LUKE 20:31 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. 57679
1. ὁ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NMS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57680
1. τρίτος
2. tritos
3. third
4. third
5. 51540
6. S····NMS
7. third
8. third
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57681
1. ἔλαβεν
2. lambanō
3. took
4. took
5. 29830
6. VIAA3··S
7. took
8. took
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57682
1. αὐτήν
2. autos
3. her
4. her
5. 8460
6. R···3AFS
7. her
8. her
9. -
10. Y33; R57666
11. 57683
1. ὡσαύτως
2. hōsautōs
3. likewise
4. -
5. 56150
6. D·······
7. likewise
8. likewise
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57684
1. ὡσαύτως
2. hōsautōs
3. -
4. -
5. 56150
6. D·······
7. likewise
8. likewise
9. -
10. -
11. 57685
1. δέ
2. de
3. and
4. -
5. 11610
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57686
1. καί
2. kai
3. also
4. -
5. 25320
6. D·······
7. also
8. also
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57687
1. οἱ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NMP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57688
1. ἑπτά
2. hepta
3. seven
4. seventh
5. 20330
6. S····NMP
7. seven
8. seven
9. -
10. Y33; F57698
11. 57689
1. καί
2. kai
3. -
4. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. -
11. 57690
1. οὒ
2. ou
3. not
4. -
5. 37560
6. D·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57691
1. ἀφῆκαν
2. afiēmi
3. -
4. -
5. 8630
6. VIAA3··P
7. left
8. left
9. -
10. -
11. 57692
1. κατέλιπον
2. kataleipō
3. left
4. -
5. 26410
6. VIAA3··P
7. left
8. left
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57693
1. κατέλειπον
2. kataleipō
3. -
4. -
5. 26410
6. VIIA3··P
7. ˓were˒ leaving
8. ˓were˒ leaving
9. -
10. -
11. 57694
1. τέκνα
2. teknon
3. children
4. children
5. 50430
6. N····ANP
7. children
8. children
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57695
1. τέκνον
2. teknon
3. -
4. -
5. 50430
6. N····ANS
7. ˓a˒ child
8. ˓a˒ child
9. -
10. -
11. 57696
1. καί
2. kai
3. and
4. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57697
1. ἀπέθανον
2. apothnēskō
3. they died off
4. they died
5. 5990
6. VIAA3··P
7. ˱they˲ died_off
8. ˱they˲ died_off
9. -
10. Y33; R57689
11. 57698

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.

20:31a

and the third married the widow,

and then the third brother.
Then the third brother married her, and died leaving no children.

and the third married the widow: Then the third oldest brother married the woman. It is again implied that he died childless. Your translation should not imply that the woman caused the men to die.

20:31b

and in the same way all seven died,

And in the same way, all seven brothers married her, and all seven died.
All seven brothers married her, and all of them died.

20:31c

leaving no children.

None of them had any children.
The woman did not bear any of them a child.

20:31b–c

and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children: It is clearly implied here that before they died, all seven brothers married the same woman, one after the other. None of the seven brothers produced any children by the woman whom they all had married. Another way to translate this is:

In the same way all seven brothers married the widow, died, and left no children. (GW)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

καὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ὁ τρίτος ἔλαβεν αὐτήν ὡσαύτως δέ καί οἱ ἑπτά οὒ κατέλιπον τέκνα καί ἀπέθανον)

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 / explicit

ὁ τρίτος ἔλαβεν αὐτήν

the third took her

The implication, as the end of the verse says specifically, is that after this third brother married the widow, he too died before they had any children. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. It may be helpful to make this a separate sentence. Alternate translation: [The third brother then married her, but he also died before they had any children]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ὁ τρίτος

the third

Jesus is using the adjective third 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 third brother] or [the next oldest brother]

Note 4 topic: translate-ordinal

ὁ τρίτος

the third

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

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ, οὐ κατέλιπον τέκνα, καὶ ἀπέθανον

likewise (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ὁ τρίτος ἔλαβεν αὐτήν ὡσαύτως δέ καί οἱ ἑπτά οὒ κατέλιπον τέκνα καί ἀπέθανον)

The Sadducees are speaking in a compact way in order to keep the story short. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could supply the information they leave out from the context. It may be helpful to make this a separate sentence. Alternate translation: [In the same way, the rest of the seven brothers married this widow, but they all died before they had any children]

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

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. and
2. -
3. 25320
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57679
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····NMS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57680
1. third
2. third
3. 51540
5. tritos
6. S-····NMS
7. third
8. third
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57681
1. took
2. took
3. 29830
5. lambanō
6. V-IAA3··S
7. took
8. took
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57682
1. her
2. her
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3AFS
7. her
8. her
9. -
10. Y33; R57666
11. 57683
1. and
2. -
3. 11610
5. de
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57686
1. likewise
2. -
3. 56150
5. hōsautōs
6. D-·······
7. likewise
8. likewise
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57684
1. also
2. -
3. 25320
5. kai
6. D-·······
7. also
8. also
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57687
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····NMP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57688
1. seven
2. seventh
3. 20330
5. hepta
6. S-····NMP
7. seven
8. seven
9. -
10. Y33; F57698
11. 57689
1. not
2. -
3. 37560
5. ou
6. D-·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57691
1. left
2. -
3. 26410
5. kataleipō
6. V-IAA3··P
7. left
8. left
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57693
1. children
2. children
3. 50430
5. teknon
6. N-····ANP
7. children
8. children
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57695
1. and
2. -
3. 25320
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57697
1. they died off
2. they died
3. 5990
5. apothnēskō
6. V-IAA3··P
7. ˱they˲ died_off
8. ˱they˲ died_off
9. -
10. Y33; R57689
11. 57698

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.