YHN 3:24 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. οὔπω
2. oupō
3. not yet
4. -
5. 37680
6. D·······
7. not_yet
8. not_yet
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64354
1. Γάρ
2. gar
3. For/Because
4. -
5. 10630
6. C·······
7. for
8. for
9. S
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64355
1. ἦν
2. eimi
3. was
4. -
5. 15100
6. VIIA3··S
7. was
8. was
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64356
1. βεβλημένος
2. ballō
3. having been throw
4. -
5. 9060
6. VPEP·NMS
7. ˓having_been˒ throw
8. ˓having_been˒ cast
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64357
1. εἰς
2. eis
3. into
4. -
5. 15190
6. P·······
7. into
8. into
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64358
1. τήν
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····AFS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64359
1. φυλακήν
2. fulakē
3. prison
4. prison
5. 54380
6. N····AFS
7. prison
8. prison
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64360
1. ὁ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NMS
7. ¬the
8. ¬the
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64361
1. Ἰωάννης
2. iōannēs
3. Yōannaʸs
4. -
5. 24910
6. N····NMS
7. Yōannaʸs
8. John
9. U
10. Person=John; Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64362

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:22–30: John the Baptist told his disciples that Jesus was greater than him

John’s disciples had an argument with another Jew. They argued about whether John’s baptism or Jesus’ baptism was better. John told his disciples that he was just there to tell people that Jesus was the Savior. So Jesus should get more followers. Jesus was superior to him.

Here are some other possible section headings:

Jesus was more important than John the Baptist

John the Baptist told the truth that he knew about Jesus

Paragraph 3:22–26

John’s disciples began to discuss ceremonial washing. They told John that Jesus was baptizing more people than he was. John said that Jesus was superior to him and should get more disciples.

3:24

(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

This took place before Herod put John in prison.
(This happened before Herod made John a prisoner.)

For: In the Greek text 3:24 is connected to 3:23 with a conjunction that the BSB translates as For. It indicates that the clause that follows is background information that explains when this event happened. (The parentheses also help to indicate this.) Several translations do not explicitly translate this word but instead use parentheses. Indicate that the following clause is background information in whatever way is natural in your language.

John had not yet been thrown into prison: This statement is not part of the main story. It is a reference to what would happen later. The story is told in Matthew 14:3, Mark 6:17–20, and Luke 3:19–20. The author assumed that his readers already knew this story. In some languages it may be more natural to put this information before 3:23. See the General Comment on 3:23–24 following this note.

The Greek verb that the BSB translates as been thrown is passive. King Herod was the one who ordered his soldiers/guards to put John in prison. (The word thrown is a figure of speech meaning that they put him in prison. They probably did not literally throw John into prison. But it does imply that they used force.)

There are at least two ways to translate this clause:

Use a passive verb. For example:
John had not yet been put in prison. (ESV)
Use an active verb. For example:
This was before the authorities put John in prison.

It would be good to have a footnote saying why the authorities later put John in prison.Matthew 14:3–12, and Mark 6:14–29 tell the story of John being put in prison. For example:

King Herod later put John in prison because John criticized Herod for marrying his brother’s wife.

General Comment on 3:23–24

The information that John the Baptist was not yet in jail is background information and not on the story line. In some languages it is more natural to put 3:24 before 3:23. For example:

^23–24John had not yet been put in jail. He was at Aenon near Salim, where there was a lot of water, and people were coming there for John to baptize them. (CEV)

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. For/Because
2. -
3. 10630
4. S
5. gar
6. C-·······
7. for
8. for
9. S
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64355
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····NMS
7. ¬the
8. ¬the
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64361
1. Yōannaʸs
2. -
3. 24910
4. U
5. iōannēs
6. N-····NMS
7. Yōannaʸs
8. John
9. U
10. Person=John; Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64362
1. was
2. -
3. 15100
5. eimi
6. V-IIA3··S
7. was
8. was
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64356
1. not yet
2. -
3. 37680
5. oupō
6. D-·······
7. not_yet
8. not_yet
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64354
1. having been throw
2. -
3. 9060
5. ballō
6. V-PEP·NMS
7. ˓having_been˒ throw
8. ˓having_been˒ cast
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64357
1. into
2. -
3. 15190
5. eis
6. P-·······
7. into
8. into
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64358
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····AFS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64359
1. prison
2. prison
3. 54380
5. fulakē
6. N-····AFS
7. prison
8. prison
9. -
10. Y30; TJohn_the_Baptist_Witnesses
11. 64360

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) 3:24

SR Greek word order

Section 3:22–30: John the Baptist told his disciples that Jesus was greater than him

Paragraph 3:22–26

3:24

General Comment on 3:23–24

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