YHN 20:5 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. Καί
2. kai
3. And
4. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y33
11. 80312
1. παρακύψας
2. parakuptō
3. having stooped down
4. stooped
5. 38790
6. VPAA·NMS
7. ˓having˒ stooped_down
8. ˓having˒ stooped_down
9. -
10. Y33; R80298
11. 80313
1. βλέπει
2. blepō
3. he is seeing
4. saw
5. 9910
6. VIPA3··S
7. ˱he˲ ˓is˒ seeing
8. ˱he˲ ˓is˒ seeing
9. -
10. Y33; R80298
11. 80314
1. κείμενα
2. keimai
3. lying there
4. lying there
5. 27490
6. VPPM·ANP
7. lying ‹there›
8. lying ‹there›
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80315
1. τά
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····ANP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80316
1. ὀθόνια
2. othonion
3. linen cloths
4. linen
5. 36080
6. N····ANP
7. linen_cloths
8. linen_cloths
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80317
1. κείμενα
2. keimai
3. -
4. -
5. 27490
6. VPPM·ANP
7. lying ‹there›
8. lying ‹there›
9. -
10. -
11. 80318
1. οὒ
2. ou
3. not
4. -
5. 37560
6. D·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80319
1. μέντοι
2. mentoi
3. however
4. -
5. 33050
6. C·······
7. however
8. however
9. -
10. Y33
11. 80320
1. μέν
2. men
3. -
4. -
5. 33030
6. D·······
7. indeed
8. indeed
9. -
10. -
11. 80321
1. τοῖς
2. ho
3. -
4. -
5. 35880
6. R····DNP
7. ˱to˲ the ‹things›
8. ˱to˲ the ‹things›
9. -
10. -
11. 80322
1. εἰσῆλθεν
2. eiserχomai
3. he came in
4. -
5. 15250
6. VIAA3··S
7. ˱he˲ came_in
8. ˱he˲ came_in
9. -
10. Y33; R80298
11. 80323

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 20:1–10: Jesus’ body was not in the tomb

This section tells how Mary Magdalene went to Jesus’ tomb on Sunday morning and found that it was empty. So she went and told Peter and another disciple and they went to the tomb with Mary. They also saw that the body of Jesus was not there. All that they found were the cloths that had been around Jesus’ body. When the second disciple, probably John, saw, he believed.

Here are other possible section headings:

The resurrection of Jesus

Three of Jesus’ followers went to the tomb but it was empty

The empty tomb

Paragraph 20:3–5

Peter and the other disciple both ran to the tomb. The other disciple got there first and looked inside.

20:5a

He bent down and looked in

He bent/leaned over to look into the tomb,
He stooped/squatted down and peered inside.

20:5b

at the linen cloths lying there,

and saw that the linen burial cloths lay there.
He could see the cloths in which they wrapped Jesus' body lay there.

20:5a–b

He bent down: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as He bent down is more literally “having bent down.” It indicates that the disciple stooped (bent his upper body down). It implies that he did so in order to see inside the tomb.

He had to bend down because the opening of the cave was short, probably less than one meter (three feet) high. A person standing up could not see inside. In your translation, make it clear that the disciple looked inside the tomb, not down at the ground outside. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

He stooped (NLT)

He bent over (GW)

and looked in at the linen cloths lying there: The Greek expression that the BSB translates as looked in at the linen cloths lying there here indicates that this disciple saw only the linen wrappings. They were lying by themselves, not wrapped around a body, and probably limp and collapsed. It is implied but not explicitly stated that there was no body inside. In some languages a literal translation may be enough to imply this. For example:

saw that the burial cloths were lying there

In other languages it may be clearer to make the implied information more explicit. For example:

saw just the linen wrappings lying there

saw the linen wrappings lying there by themselves

the linen cloths: The BSB translates the Greek phrase literally as the linen cloths. See how you translated this phrase in 19:40. It refers to the cloths that the Jews wrapped around a dead body at burial. The emphasis is on the use of these cloths, not on what they were made of. It may be more natural to just say what the cloths were used for. For example:

the burial cloths

linen: The word linen refers to a type of cloth made from a plant called flax. Linen was considered a good-quality cloth and was known for being white.

lying there: This phrase indicates that this disciple could see that the burial cloths remained in the tomb. They had been left behind, abandoned. The cloths were probably lying either on the ground or on the shelf where Jesus’ body had been. The text does not indicate exactly where they were. But in some languages it may be natural to say explicitly to what the word there refers. If that is so in your language, it is best to use a general expression. For example:

lying inside the tomb (CEV)

lying where Jesus’ body had been

20:5c

but he did not go in.

However, he did not go into the tomb.
But he remained outside at the entrance.

but he did not go in: This disciple did not go into the tomb at this point. In some languages it may be natural to say what he did not enter. For example:

but he did not enter it

but he did not go into/inside the cave/tomb

Because he did enter a few minutes later, in some languages it may be more natural to say:

but he did not yet enter

but: The Greek word that the BSB translates as but introduces a contrast. The contrast is between what we might expect the disciple to do (enter) and what he actually did (stay outside). Although he saw only the linen cloths, this second follower of Jesus did not go inside the burial cave.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

βλέπει & οὐ μέντοι εἰσῆλθεν

˱he˲_˓is˒_seeing & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί παρακύψας βλέπει κείμενα τά ὀθόνια οὒ μέντοι εἰσῆλθεν)

If you translated the other disciple with a first person form in the previous verse, then you will need to use first person pronouns in this verse. Alternate translation: [I saw … but I did not enter]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture

βλέπει

˱he˲_˓is˒_seeing

Here John uses the present tense in past narration in order to call attention to a development in the story.

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

ὀθόνια

linen_cloths

Wrapping a dead body in strips of cloth was the burial custom in this culture. See the discussion of this in the introduction for Chapter 19. If your readers would not be familiar with such a custom, you could describe it more specifically, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: [the linen cloths in which they had wrapped Jesus’ body for burial]

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

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) 20:5