YHN 12:20 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. ἦσαν
2. eimi
3. were
4. -
5. 15100
6. VIIA3··P
7. were
8. were
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74152
1. Δέ
2. de
3. And
4. -
5. 11610
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. PS
10. Y33
11. 74153
1. καί
2. kai
3. -
4. -
5. 25320
6. D·······
7. also
8. also
9. -
10. -
11. 74154
1. τινές
2. tis
3. -
4. -
5. 51000
6. E····NMP
7. some
8. some
9. -
10. -
11. 74155
1. Ἕλληνες
2. Hellēn
3. Hellaʸns
4. -
5. 16720
6. N····NMP
7. Hellaʸns
8. Greeks
9. U
10. Y33; F74168; F74179; F74181; F74183; F74186; F74212; F74226
11. 74156
1. τινές
2. tis
3. some
4. -
5. 51000
6. E····NMP
7. some
8. some
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74157
1. ἐκ
2. ek
3. of
4. -
5. 15370
6. P·······
7. of
8. of
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74158
1. τῶν
2. ho
3. the ones
4. -
5. 35880
6. R····GMP
7. the ‹ones›
8. the ‹ones›
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74159
1. ἀναβαινόντων
2. anabainō
3. going up
4. going
5. 3050
6. VPPA·GMP
7. going_uphill
8. going_up
9. -
10. Y33; F74163
11. 74160
1. ἀναβάντων
2. anabainō
3. -
4. -
5. 3050
6. VPAA·GMP
7. ˓having˒ gone_up
8. ˓having˒ gone_up
9. -
10. -
11. 74161
1. ἵνα
2. hina
3. in order that
4. -
5. 24430
6. C·······
7. in_order_that
8. in_order_that
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74162
1. προσκυνήσωσιν
2. proskuneō
3. they may prostrate
4. -
5. 43520
6. VSAA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓may˒ prostrate
8. ˱they˲ ˓may˒ prostrate
9. -
10. Y33; R74160
11. 74163
1. προσκυνήσουσιν
2. proskuneō
3. -
4. -
5. 43520
6. VIFA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓will_be˒ prostrating
8. ˱they˲ ˓will_be˒ prostrating
9. -
10. -
11. 74164
1. ἐν
2. en
3. at
4. -
5. 17220
6. P·······
7. at
8. at
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74165
1. τῇ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····DFS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74166
1. ἑορτῇ
2. heortē
3. feast
4. -
5. 18590
6. N····DFS
7. feast
8. feast
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74167

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 12:20–26: Some Greeks wanted to meet Jesus

Some Greek people went to Philip to ask to meet Jesus. Jesus responded to the Greeks’ request by giving the illustration of a seed that must die to produce fruit.

Here are some other possible titles for this section:

Some Greek people asked to see Jesus

Some Greeks sought Jesus

12:20

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

¶ There were some non-Jews among the people who had gone to Jerusalem to worship at the feast/festival.
¶ Some Gentiles had gone with the Jews/others to Jerusalem to worship at the feast called Death-Passed-Over-Us.

Now: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Now here introduces a new event in the story. In this context it is not a time word. Many English translations do not translate this word. Introduce this new event in a natural way in your language.

there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast: It was not only Jewish people who went to Jerusalem at this time. Some Greeks (Gentiles) went also. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

Some Greeks were among those who came to worship during the Passover festival. (GW)

Some Greeks had gone to Jerusalem to worship during Passover. (CEV)

some Greeks: The word Greeks refers to people who were not Jews by birth. They were Gentiles, speakers of the Greek language. The word Greeks in the New Testament does not refer to people from the country of Greece. (It did not exist yet.) See the notes on Greeks in 7:35. Here is another way to translate this phrase:

some Gentiles (REB)

went up: This phrase is a Jewish idiom meaning “went to Jerusalem.” They used this idiom because Jerusalem was built on a hill. You may want to make it explicit that they went up to Jerusalem. For example:

had gone to Jerusalem (GNT)

to worship: The Greeks went to worship God. In some languages it may be necessary to make this explicit. For example:

to worship God

the feast: This phrase here refers to the Passover festival, when the Jews celebrated their freedom from being slaves to the Egyptians. See the note on 2:13.You may want to make it clear which festival it was. For example:

the Passover Feast (NCV)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

δὲ Ἕλληνές τινες

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἦσαν Δέ Ἕλληνες τινές ἐκ τῶν ἀναβαινόντων ἵνα προσκυνήσωσιν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ)

This phrase marks the introduction of certain Greeks as new characters in the story. Use the natural form in your language for introducing a new character.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Ἕλληνές

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἦσαν Δέ Ἕλληνες τινές ἐκ τῶν ἀναβαινόντων ἵνα προσκυνήσωσιν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ)

The term Greeks refers to non-Jewish people who lived in the Roman Empire. It does not refer only to people from the country of Greece or to people who speak the Greek language. (See: greek) You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [Gentiles] or [non-Jews]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῶν ἀναβαινόντων

the_‹ones› going_up

The phrase going up is used specifically for the act of going to Jerusalem, which is a city at a higher elevation than the area around it. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [those going up to Jerusalem]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἵνα προσκυνήσωσιν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ

in_order_that ˱they˲_˓may˒_prostrate at the feast

John is leaving out a word that some languages would need in order a clause to be complete. If you language requires an object for the verb worship, you can supply it from the context. Alternate translation: [to worship God at the festival]

τῇ ἑορτῇ

the feast

This refers to the Jewish Passover festival. See how you translated this word in [12:12](../12/12.md).

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. And
2. -
3. 11610
4. PS
5. de
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. PS
10. Y33
11. 74153
1. Hellaʸns
2. -
3. 16720
4. U
5. Hellēn
6. N-····NMP
7. Hellaʸns
8. Greeks
9. U
10. Y33; F74168; F74179; F74181; F74183; F74186; F74212; F74226
11. 74156
1. were
2. -
3. 15100
5. eimi
6. V-IIA3··P
7. were
8. were
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74152
1. some
2. -
3. 51000
5. tis
6. E-····NMP
7. some
8. some
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74157
1. of
2. -
3. 15370
5. ek
6. P-·······
7. of
8. of
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74158
1. the ones
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. R-····GMP
7. the ‹ones›
8. the ‹ones›
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74159
1. going up
2. going
3. 3050
5. anabainō
6. V-PPA·GMP
7. going_uphill
8. going_up
9. -
10. Y33; F74163
11. 74160
1. in order that
2. -
3. 24430
5. hina
6. C-·······
7. in_order_that
8. in_order_that
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74162
1. they may prostrate
2. -
3. 43520
5. proskuneō
6. V-SAA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓may˒ prostrate
8. ˱they˲ ˓may˒ prostrate
9. -
10. Y33; R74160
11. 74163
1. at
2. -
3. 17220
5. en
6. P-·······
7. at
8. at
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74165
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····DFS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74166
1. feast
2. -
3. 18590
5. heortē
6. N-····DFS
7. feast
8. feast
9. -
10. Y33
11. 74167

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 12:20

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 12:20–26: Some Greeks wanted to meet Jesus

12:20

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)