OET interlinear MARK 15:43

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

ἐλθὼν Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας, εὐσχήμων βουλευτής, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν Βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ; τολμήσας, εἰσῆλθεν

/having/_come Joseph ¬which from Arimathea /a/_prominent Council_member who also himself was waiting_for the Kingdom ¬the ˱of˲_God /having/_taken_courage came_in

Here Mark introduces Joseph as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “a man from Arimathea came. He was named Joseph, and he was a respected member of the council who also himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. Having dared, he entered in”

Note 2 topic: translate-names

Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας

Joseph ¬which from Arimathea

The word Joseph is the name of a man, and the word Arimathea is the name of the city he was from.

Note 3 topic: writing-background

εὐσχήμων βουλευτής

/a/_prominent Council_member

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: “an honorable member of the council” or “a member of the council whom others thought highly of,”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν

who also himself was

Mark uses the word himself to emphasize that Joseph was one of the people who was waiting for the kingdom of God. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this emphasis. Alternate translation: “who, he too, was” or “who indeed also was”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐλθὼν

/having/_come

In a context such as this, your language might say “gone” instead of come. Alternate translation: “having gone”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ

requested the body ¬the ˱of˲_Jesus

The reason that Joseph asked Pilate for the body of Jesus was so that he could bury it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “asked for the body of Jesus so that he could bury it”