LUKE 17:13 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. and
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y33
11. 54765
1. αὐτοί
2. autos
3. they
4. -
5. 8460
6. R···3NMP
7. they
8. they
9. -
10. Y33
11. 54766
1. ἦραν
2. airō
3. lifted up
4. -
5. 1420
6. VIAA3··P
7. lifted_up
8. lifted_up
9. -
10. Y33
11. 54767
1. ἔκραξαν
2. krazō
3. -
4. -
5. 28960
6. VIAA3··P
7. cried_out
8. cried_out
9. -
10. -
11. 54768
1. τήν
2. ho
3. -
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····AFS
7. their
8. their
9. -
10. -
11. 54769
1. φωνήν
2. fōnē
3. ^their voice
4. -
5. 54560
6. N····AFS
7. ˓their˒ voice
8. ˓their˒ voice
9. -
10. Y33
11. 54770
1. φωνῇ
2. fōnē
3. -
4. -
5. 54560
6. N····DFS
7. ˱with˲ ˓a˒ voice
8. ˱with˲ ˓a˒ voice
9. -
10. -
11. 54771
1. μεγάλῃ
2. megalos
3. -
4. -
5. 31730
6. A····DFS
7. loud
8. loud
9. -
10. -
11. 54772
1. λέγοντες
2. legō
3. saying
4. -
5. 30040
6. VPPA·NMP
7. saying
8. saying
9. -
10. Y33; R54757
11. 54773
1. Ἰησοῦ
2. iēsous
3. Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)
4. “Yeshua
5. 24240
6. N····VMS
7. Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)
8. Jesus
9. UDN
10. Person=Jesus; Y33; F54776
11. 54774
1. Ἐπιστάτα
2. epistatēs
3. master
4. master
5. 19880
6. N····VMS
7. Master
8. Master
9. GV
10. Y33
11. 54775
1. ἐλέησον
2. eleeō
3. show mercy
4. mercy
5. 16530
6. VMAA2··S
7. show_mercy
8. show_mercy
9. -
10. Y33; R54774; Person=Jesus
11. 54776
1. ἡμάς
2. egō
3. to us
4. -
5. 14730
6. R···1A·P
7. ˱to˲ us
8. ˱to˲ us
9. -
10. Y33
11. 54777

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 17:11–19: Jesus healed ten lepers

In this section Jesus and his disciples were continuing to travel to Jerusalem. As they approached a village on the way, ten men with leprosy or another serious skin disease begged Jesus to help them. People with this disease were outcasts and were not allowed to live in a village with healthy people. They were also considered to be ritually unclean or impure. They were not allowed to worship God with healthy people.

Jesus healed all ten men, and they became ritually pure. However, only one of them thanked Jesus for healing him. This man was a Samaritan, and Jews usually despised Samaritans. However, Jesus often showed that he did not despise them. In the parable that Jesus told in 10:25–37, he used a Samaritan as the example of a person who loved his neighbor.

Notice the contrast in the way “thanks” is used here and in 17:10. In 17:10, Jesus implied that servants of God often feel that they deserve special thanks or reward for simply doing their duty. In this section, when Jesus did something that deserved much thanks and praise, only one of ten people thanked him.

Some other ideas for this section heading are:

Jesus heals ten lepers

Jesus cleanses ten men

The book of Luke is the only gospel that tells about this event.

17:13a

and raised their voices, shouting,

and shouted out to him,
They called loudly to him,

raised their voices, shouting: The Greek expression that the BSB translates as raised their voices, shouting is literally “lifted voice saying.” This is an idiom. It indicates here that the lepers spoke loudly to Jesus. They shouted so that he could hear them, since they stood at a distance from him. In your translation, use an expression that refers to calling loudly to someone or shouting, but not in an impolite or angry way. For example:

but called to him (NCV)

called out, saying (NRSV)

and shouted (GNT)

17:13b

“Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

“Jesus! Master! Pity^(sing) us and heal us!”
“Jesus, our Master, be^(sing) merciful to us.”

Jesus, Master: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Master is a word that shows respect. People used this word to address a person who had high position or status.The Greek word here is Ἐπιστάτα which is unique to Luke in the Gospels. Parallel passages in Matthew use κύριε while parallels in Mark use either διδασκαλε or ραββι. It showed that the lepers respected Jesus. The word Master is similar in meaning to “Lord” in 17:5. However, when someone used the word “Lord,” he was showing greater respect.

Use an appropriate term of address for the lepers to use toward a respected healer whom they were begging for help. For example:

leader

elder

In some languages it may be more natural to change the order of Jesus’ name and title. For example:

Master Jesus

have mercy on us: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as have mercy means “be merciful.” This verb also occurred in 16:24. The pronoun us refers to the lepers. Their request implies that they wanted Jesus to heal them so they would no longer have leprosy. Here are some other ways to translate this:

have pity on us (NIV)

be^(sing) kind to us^(excl) and heal/cleanse us

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

αὐτοὶ ἦραν φωνὴν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί αὐτοί ἦραν φωνήν λέγοντες Ἰησοῦ Ἐπιστάτα ἐλέησον ἡμάς)

This idiom means that they spoke loudly. Alternate translation: [they called out in loud voices] or [they shouted out]

Note 2 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

αὐτοὶ ἦραν φωνὴν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί αὐτοί ἦραν φωνήν λέγοντες Ἰησοῦ Ἐπιστάτα ἐλέησον ἡμάς)

If it would be unusual in your language for someone to speak as if a group of people had only one voice, you could use the plural form here. Alternate translation: [they called out in loud voices]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς

show_mercy (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί αὐτοί ἦραν φωνήν λέγοντες Ἰησοῦ Ἐπιστάτα ἐλέησον ἡμάς)

This is an imperative, but it should be translated as a polite request, rather than as a command. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [please have mercy on us]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς

show_mercy (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί αὐτοί ἦραν φωνήν λέγοντες Ἰησοῦ Ἐπιστάτα ἐλέησον ἡμάς)

The ten lepers assume that Jesus will know that they are specifically asking to be healed. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [please have mercy on us and heal us] or [please be merciful to us by healing us]

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. And
2. and
3. 25320
4. S
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y33
11. 54765
1. they
2. -
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3NMP
7. they
8. they
9. -
10. Y33
11. 54766
1. lifted up
2. -
3. 1420
5. airō
6. V-IAA3··P
7. lifted_up
8. lifted_up
9. -
10. Y33
11. 54767
1. ^their voice
2. -
3. 54560
5. fōnē
6. N-····AFS
7. ˓their˒ voice
8. ˓their˒ voice
9. -
10. Y33
11. 54770
1. saying
2. -
3. 30040
5. legō
6. V-PPA·NMP
7. saying
8. saying
9. -
10. Y33; R54757
11. 54773
1. Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)
2. “Yeshua
3. 24240
4. UDN
5. iēsous
6. N-····VMS
7. Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)
8. Jesus
9. UDN
10. Person=Jesus; Y33; F54776
11. 54774
1. master
2. master
3. 19880
4. GV
5. epistatēs
6. N-····VMS
7. Master
8. Master
9. GV
10. Y33
11. 54775
1. show mercy
2. mercy
3. 16530
5. eleeō
6. V-MAA2··S
7. show_mercy
8. show_mercy
9. -
10. Y33; R54774; Person=Jesus
11. 54776
1. to us
2. -
3. 14730
5. egō
6. R-···1A·P
7. ˱to˲ us
8. ˱to˲ us
9. -
10. Y33
11. 54777

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 LUKE 17:13

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 17:11–19: Jesus healed ten lepers

17:13a

17:13b

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