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OET (OET-LV) father will_be_being_divided against son, and son against father, mother against daughter, and daughter against the mother, mother_in_law against the daughter-in-law of_her, and daughter-in-law against the mother_in_law.
OET (OET-RV) Fathers will be in conflict with their sons, and sons with fathers, mothers against daughters and daughters against mothers, mothers-in-law against their daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law against mothers-in-law.”
In this section Jesus was still talking to his disciples. He told them that a difficult time was coming. He warned them that in many families, some family members would follow him and some would not. This would cause family members to disagree and separate.
Some other headings for this section are:
Jesus Causes Division (NCV)
Not Peace but Division (NIV)
There is a parallel passage for this section in Matthew 10:34–36.
They will be divided, father against son and son against father,
A father/man and his son will oppose each other.
This verse implies that the son and his wife and the daughter would be against the father and mother.
father against son and son against father: This phrase means that a man and his son would oppose one another because they thought differently about Jesus.
mother against daughter and daughter against mother,
A mother/woman and her daughter will also oppose each other.
mother against daughter and daughter against mother: This phrase refers to the same kind of situation as in 12:53a. The women within a family, like the men, were divided about whether they would follow Jesus.
mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
And the mother/woman and her daughter-in-law, they will also oppose each other because of me.”
mother-in-law: A woman’s mother-in-law is her husband’s mother. So this is the same mother mentioned in 12:53b. According to Jewish custom, a woman would normally greatly respect her mother-in-law.
daughter-in-law: A woman’s daughter-in-law is her son’s wife.
Languages have different ways of referring to pairs of family members. For example, some languages have specific terms for father-son pairs, and other terms for mother-daughter pairs. Use natural kinship terms in your language as you express the mutual opposition that Jesus was talking about.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
διαμερισθήσονται
˓will_be_being˒_divided
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: [Family members will oppose one another]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
πατὴρ ἐπὶ υἱῷ, καὶ υἱὸς ἐπὶ πατρί
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: διαμερισθήσονται Πατήρ ἐπί υἱῷ καί υἱός ἐπί πατρί μήτηρ ἐπί θυγατέρα καί θυγάτηρ ἐπί τήν μητέρα πενθερά ἐπί τήν νύμφην αὐτῆς καί νύμφη ἐπί τήν πενθεράν)
These two phrases mean the same thing. Jesus is likely using repetition for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases and make them a sentence of their own. Alternate translation: [Fathers and sons will oppose one another]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
μήτηρ ἐπὶ τὴν θυγατέρα, καὶ θυγάτηρ ἐπὶ τὴν μητέρα
mother (Some words not found in SR-GNT: διαμερισθήσονται Πατήρ ἐπί υἱῷ καί υἱός ἐπί πατρί μήτηρ ἐπί θυγατέρα καί θυγάτηρ ἐπί τήν μητέρα πενθερά ἐπί τήν νύμφην αὐτῆς καί νύμφη ἐπί τήν πενθεράν)
These two phrases mean the same thing. Jesus is likely using repetition for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases and make them a sentence of their own. Alternate translation: [Mothers and daughters will oppose one another]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
πενθερὰ ἐπὶ τὴν νύμφην αὐτῆς, καὶ νύμφη ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράν
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: διαμερισθήσονται Πατήρ ἐπί υἱῷ καί υἱός ἐπί πατρί μήτηρ ἐπί θυγατέρα καί θυγάτηρ ἐπί τήν μητέρα πενθερά ἐπί τήν νύμφην αὐτῆς καί νύμφη ἐπί τήν πενθεράν)
These two phrases mean the same thing. Jesus is likely using repetition for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases and make them a sentence of their own. Alternate translation: [Mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law will oppose one another]
OET (OET-LV) father will_be_being_divided against son, and son against father, mother against daughter, and daughter against the mother, mother_in_law against the daughter-in-law of_her, and daughter-in-law against the mother_in_law.
OET (OET-RV) Fathers will be in conflict with their sons, and sons with fathers, mothers against daughters and daughters against mothers, mothers-in-law against their daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law against mothers-in-law.”
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.
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