OET interlinear LUKE 20:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

λέγοντες

saying

Luke could mean that one Sadducee spoke on behalf of the whole group, and you could indicate that as UST does. If you decide to do that, it may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [One of them said to Jesus]

Διδάσκαλε

Teacher

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

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ἡμῖν

Moses wrote ˱to˲_us

These Sadducees are describing Moses giving this instruction in the law by association with the way that he wrote it down. Alternate translation: [Moses instructed us in the law]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμῖν

˱to˲_us

Here, the word us would be inclusive, if your language marks that distinction. The Sadducces mean “us Jews,” and they are speaking to Jesus, who is also a Jew.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

ἐάν τινος ἀδελφὸς ἀποθάνῃ ἔχων γυναῖκα, καὶ οὗτος ἄτεκνος ᾖ, ἵνα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: λέγοντες Διδάσκαλε Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ἡμῖν Ἐάν τινός ἀδελφός ἀποθάνῃ ἔχων γυναῖκα καί οὗτος ἄτεκνος ἵνα λάβῃ ὁ ἀδελφός αὐτοῦ τήν γυναῖκα καί ἐξαναστήσῃ σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ)

Alternate translation: [if a man’s brother dies who is married but who does not have children,]

λάβῃ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα

˓may˒_take the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: λέγοντες Διδάσκαλε Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ἡμῖν Ἐάν τινός ἀδελφός ἀποθάνῃ ἔχων γυναῖκα καί οὗτος ἄτεκνος ἵνα λάβῃ ὁ ἀδελφός αὐτοῦ τήν γυναῖκα καί ἐξαναστήσῃ σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ)

Alternate translation: [that man should marry his dead brother’s widow]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐξαναστήσῃ σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ

˓may˒_raise_up seed ˱to˲_the brother ˱of˲_him

The Sadducees assume that Jesus will know that this law specified that if the widow had children by her late husband’s brother, those children would be considered the children of her late husband. Alternate translation: [and have children who will be considered his brother’s descendants]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

σπέρμα

seed

See how you translated this figurative sense of the word seed in [1:55](../01/55.md). Alternate translation: [descendants]