OET interlinear LUKE 20:30

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

καὶ

and

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

and the second

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

and the second

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]