OET interlinear LUKE 1:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

καὶ ἐγένετο

and ˱it˲_became

Luke uses this phrase to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὡς ἐπλήσθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι τῆς λειτουργίας αὐτοῦ

when /were/_fulfilled the days ˱of˲_the ministry ˱of˲_him

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. Alternate translation: [when Zechariah had finished his time of service at the temple]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

αἱ ἡμέραι τῆς λειτουργίας αὐτοῦ

the days ˱of˲_the ministry ˱of˲_him

Here, Luke uses the term days to refer to a particular time. Alternate translation: [his time of service at the temple]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ

˱he˲_went_away to the home ˱of˲_him

This expression indicates implicitly that Zechariah did not live in Jerusalem, where the temple was located. Luke indicates in 1:39 that Zechariah and Elizabeth lived instead in a city in the hill country of Judah, the area to the south of Jerusalem. Alternate translation: [he traveled back to his hometown]