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OET (OET-LV) And it_ also _became a_contention among them, that which of_them is_supposing to_be the_greater.
OET (OET-RV) and it soon turned into a dispute between them about which one of them was the greatest,
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
δὲ
and
Luke may use the word Then simply to indicate that the quarrel about which disciple was the greatest took place after the discussion about which disciple would betray Jesus. However, he could also be using the word to indicate that the quarrel arose directly from the discussion. Alternate translation: “As a result”
δοκεῖ εἶναι μείζων
/is/_supposing to_be /the/_greater
Here Luke uses the present tense in past narration. See how you decided to approach this usage in 7:40. If it would not be natural to use the present tense in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: “appeared to be the greatest one” or “people should consider to be the greatest one”
μείζων
/the/_greater
Your language might naturally use the comparative form of the adjective here, greater, to express the issue in terms of which one disciple was greater than all the others. Or your language might naturally use the superlative form, “greatest,” to express the issue in terms of which disciple was the greatest of them all. Alternate translation: “the greatest one”
22:24 who would be the greatest among them: See also Mark 9:33-37; 10:35-45.
OET (OET-LV) And it_ also _became a_contention among them, that which of_them is_supposing to_be the_greater.
OET (OET-RV) and it soon turned into a dispute between them about which one of them was the greatest,
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 SR-GNT.