OET interlinear MARK 3:31

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

καὶ

and

Here, the word And introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave And untranslated. Alternate translation: “After that,”

Note 2 topic: translate-kinship

οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ

the brothers ˱of˲_him

These were Jesus' younger brothers. They were sons of Mary and Joseph. Since the Father of Jesus was God, and their father was Joseph, they were actually his half-brothers. That detail is not normally translated, but if your language has a specific word for “younger brother,” you could use it here.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἔρχονται

/are/_coming

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

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἔξω στήκοντες

outside standing

Here Mark implies that they are standing outside the house that Jesus is in, most likely the house mentioned in 3:20. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “standing outside the house” or “standing outside the place where Jesus was teaching”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν καλοῦντες αὐτόν

˱they˲_sent_out to him calling him

Here Mark means that Jesus’ mother and brothers sent a person to Jesus to ask him to come out and meet them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “they sent a messenger to him to summon him” or “they had someone go in and tell him to come out”