LUKE 20:30 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. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57669
1. ἔλαβεν
2. lambanō
3. -
4. -
5. 29830
6. VIAA3··S
7. took
8. took
9. -
10. -
11. 57670
1. ὁ
2. ho
3. the
4. the
5. 35880
6. E····NMS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57671
1. δεύτερος
2. deuteros
3. second
4. second
5. 12080
6. S····NMS
7. second
8. second
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57672
1. τήν
2. ho
3. -
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····AFS
7. ¬the
8. ¬the
9. -
10. -
11. 57673
1. γυναῖκα
2. gunē
3. -
4. -
5. 11350
6. N····AFS
7. wife
8. wife
9. -
10. -
11. 57674
1. καί
2. kai
3. -
4. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. -
11. 57675
1. οὗτος
2. houtos
3. -
4. -
5. 37780
6. R···3NMS
7. this ‹man›
8. this ‹man›
9. -
10. -
11. 57676
1. ἀπέθανεν
2. apothnēskō
3. -
4. -
5. 5990
6. VIAA3··S
7. died_off
8. died_off
9. -
10. -
11. 57677
1. ἄτεκνος
2. ateknos
3. -
4. -
5. 8150
6. S····NMS
7. childless
8. childless
9. -
10. -
11. 57678

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 20:27–40: Sadducees asked Jesus a trick question about the resurrection

The Jewish leaders continued to challenge Jesus’ authority and the things that he was teaching. In this section some Sadducees asked Jesus a question to try to show that his teaching was wrong. Like the Pharisees, the Sadducees were another group of Jewish leaders with certain religious beliefs. Many of the Sadducees were priests. They did not believe that God would cause anyone who had died to live again.

Jesus taught that God does cause people who have died to live again. The Sadducees tried to use this belief to trick Jesus in 20:27–40. They told a story to ridicule these beliefs that Jesus taught. The story was not true, but they used it to ask a question. They thought that if a person believed that people who died could live again, there was no sensible answer to the question.

The Sadducees based their story on the custom that is described in Deuteronomy 25:5–6. This scripture teaches that if an Israelite woman did not have any children by her husband before he died, her husband’s brother should marry her. Their first child would have the name of his dead brother and would be the heir of the dead brother.This custom was called levirate marriage. Jewish people considered the first son that the widow bore after marrying the brother of her dead husband to be the son of her dead husband, not the son of the man who was now her husband. This meant that this son and his descendants would carry on the dead man’s family and family name through future generations. Any sons born after this to the woman and her living husband would carry on the name of the living husband for future generations. In that way, the dead man’s family and family name could continue through future generations. Since the Scripture taught this custom, the Sadducees believed that they could prove from Scripture that Jesus was wrong.

Examples of headings for this section are:

The Question about Rising from Death (GNT)

Do the dead rise again?

The Sadducees challenged Jesus on people rising from death

Parallel passages for this section are found in Matthew 22:23–33 and Mark 12:18–27.

20:30

Then the second

The next oldest brother married her,
Then the second brother married his older brother’s widow, and died.

Then the second: the second refers to the second oldest brother. In some languages it may be helpful to translate this verse as a separate sentence. For example:

Then the second brother married the widow (GW)

In some languages it may be necessary to make explicit here that this brother also died without having children. For example:

Then the second oldest brother married her and died childless.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

καὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ὁ δεύτερος)

The Sadducees are continuing to describe a hypothetical situation. It may be helpful to make this a separate sentence. Alternate translation: [And suppose that]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

καὶ ὁ δεύτερος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ὁ δεύτερος)

The division at the end of this verse separates this subject from its verb, effectively creating an ellipsis that is not in the original Greek. The verb, “took her,” must now be supplied from the next verse. Alternate translation: [the second brother then married her]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καὶ ὁ δεύτερος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ὁ δεύτερος)

The implication, as the next verse says specifically, is that after this second brother married the first brother’s widow, he too died before they had any children. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [and the second brother then married her, but he also died before they had any children]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ὁ δεύτερος

the second

Jesus is using the adjective second as a noun in order to indicate a particular person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could specify the person. Alternate translation: [the second brother] or [the next oldest brother]

Note 5 topic: translate-ordinal

ὁ δεύτερος

the second

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use a cardinal number here. Alternate translation: [brother number two] or [the next oldest brother]

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

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 20:30

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

Section 20:27–40: Sadducees asked Jesus a trick question about the resurrection

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