OET interlinear LUKE 12:40

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ᾗ ὥρᾳ οὐ δοκεῖτε

˱in˲_that hour (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ὑμεῖς γίνεσθε ἑτοῖμοι ὅτι ᾗ ὥρᾳ οὒ δοκεῖτε ὁ Υἱός τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται)

Jesus is using the term hour to refer to a particular time. Alternate translation: [at a time when you are not expecting him]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται

the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ὑμεῖς γίνεσθε ἑτοῖμοι ὅτι ᾗ ὥρᾳ οὒ δοκεῖτε ὁ Υἱός τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται)

Here Jesus is referring to himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: [I, the Son of Man, will return] (and for the previous phrase, “at a time when you are not expecting me”)

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται

the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ὑμεῖς γίνεσθε ἑτοῖμοι ὅτι ᾗ ὥρᾳ οὒ δοκεῖτε ὁ Υἱός τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται)

See how you translated the title Son of Man in [5:24](../05/24.md). Alternate translation: [I, the Messiah, will return]