OET interlinear LUKE 21:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἶπεν

˱he˲_said

Jesus is still speaking to his disciples, as in [20:45](../20/45.md). If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [he said to his disciples]

ἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶπεν Ἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἡ χήρα αὕτη ἡ πτωχή πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν)

Jesus says this to emphasize the importance of what he is about to say. Alternate translation: [I can assure you]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἡ χήρα αὕτη ἡ πτωχὴ, πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν

¬the widow this ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶπεν Ἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἡ χήρα αὕτη ἡ πτωχή πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν)

Even though it is not literally true that the widow has put more money into the offering box than all the rich people, this is still not figurative language. As Jesus explains in the next verse, he means that she has put in proportionately more than all the others, relative to her means, and that is literally true. But Jesus makes the seemingly untrue statement first, to get his disciples to reflect on how it can be true. So it would be appropriate to translate Jesus’ words directly and not interpret them as if they were figurative. For example, it would be a figurative interpretation to say, “God considers what this poor widow has given to be more valuable than the gifts of all the others”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πάντων

all

In context, all means specifically all of the rich people who were putting large monetary gifts in the collection boxes. Alternate translation: [all of those rich people]