OET interlinear LUKE 14:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

ὅστις οὐ βαστάζει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔρχεται ὀπίσω μου, οὐ δύναται εἶναί μου μαθητής

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅστις οὒ βαστάζει τόν σταυρόν αὐτοῦ καί ἔρχεται ὀπίσω μού οὒ δύναται εἶναι μού μαθητής)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this double negative as a positive statement. Alternate translation: [Whoever wants to be my disciple must carry his cross and follow me]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐ βαστάζει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅστις οὒ βαστάζει τόν σταυρόν αὐτοῦ καί ἔρχεται ὀπίσω μού οὒ δύναται εἶναι μού μαθητής)

Jesus assumes that the crowds will know that the Romans executed some criminals by nailing them to a wooden beam with crossbar that was set upright so that the criminals would slowly suffocate. Jesus assumes that the crowds will also know that the Romans made these criminals carry these wooden crosses through the streets to the place where they were going to be executed. Alternate translation: [does not carry the wooden cross on which he will be executed]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐ βαστάζει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅστις οὒ βαστάζει τόν σταυρόν αὐτοῦ καί ἔρχεται ὀπίσω μού οὒ δύναται εἶναι μού μαθητής)

Jesus uses the phrase carry his cross, referring to this practice of execution, to say that his disciples must be people who have given up their lives to God and who are willing to suffer. Alternate translation: [does not surrender his life to God and be willing to suffer]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἔρχεται ὀπίσω μου

˓is˒_coming after (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅστις οὒ βαστάζει τόν σταυρόν αὐτοῦ καί ἔρχεται ὀπίσω μού οὒ δύναται εἶναι μού μαθητής)

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: [follow my example] or [obey me]