OET interlinear LUKE 20:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν

˱they˲_asked (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτόν λέγοντες Διδάσκαλε οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὀρθῶς λέγεις καί διδάσκεις καί οὒ λαμβάνεις πρόσωπον ἀλλʼ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας τήν ὁδόν τοῦ Θεοῦ διδάσκεις)

It may be helpful to state explicitly that this happened after the spies whom the leaders sent arrived where Jesus was. Alternate translation: [the spies came and asked Jesus]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν

˱they˲_asked (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτόν λέγοντες Διδάσκαλε οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὀρθῶς λέγεις καί διδάσκεις καί οὒ λαμβάνεις πρόσωπον ἀλλʼ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας τήν ὁδόν τοῦ Θεοῦ διδάσκεις)

Luke could mean that one spy spoke on behalf of the whole group. So instead of they, you could state “one of them,” as UST does.

Διδάσκαλε

Teacher

Teacher is a respectful title. You could translate it with an equivalent term that your language and culture would use.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

οἴδαμεν

˱we˲_˓have˒_known

The spies are speaking only of themselves, so we would be exclusive, if your language marks that distinction.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

οὐ λαμβάνεις πρόσωπον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτόν λέγοντες Διδάσκαλε οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὀρθῶς λέγεις καί διδάσκεις καί οὒ λαμβάνεις πρόσωπον ἀλλʼ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας τήν ὁδόν τοῦ Θεοῦ διδάσκεις)

The spies are using the term face to mean “person.” Alternate translation: [it does not matter to you who a person is]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτόν λέγοντες Διδάσκαλε οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὀρθῶς λέγεις καί διδάσκεις καί οὒ λαμβάνεις πρόσωπον ἀλλʼ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας τήν ὁδόν τοῦ Θεοῦ διδάσκεις)

The spies speak of how God wants people to live as if it were a way or path that people should follow. Alternate translation: [how God wants people to live]