OET interlinear LUKE 22:43

22:43–44

There is a textual issue here. Some early Greek manuscripts do not include the words in 22:43–44. Scholars disagree about whether they should be included in a translation:

1. These verses were in the original text and should be included. (BSB, NIV, KJV, NASB, NJB, REB, GW, GNT, NLT, NCV, CEV, ESV, JBP. The NET and NRSV include them in square brackets.)

2. These verses were not in the original text and should not be included. (RSV)

It is recommended that you follow option (1), as most English versions do.For more information on this issue, see Marshall, pp. 831–832, and Arndt, pp. 448–449.

22:43a

Then: This verse begins with a common Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as Then. It introduces something that happened as Jesus was praying. Introduce the verse in a natural way in your language. Some ways to introduce it in English are:

As Jesus prayed

After he finished speaking

an angel from heaven: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as an angel from heaven refers to an angel from God. The Jews often used the word heaven to refer indirectly to God. They did that to show their great respect for his name. In some languages it may be necessary to refer directly to God. For example:

an angel from God in heaven

God sent an angel

one of God’s angels

angel: The Greek word that the BSB translates as angel means “messenger.” It refers here to a spirit being who serves God.

Some ways to translate this term are:

• Use a descriptive word or phrase. For example:

  messenger from God/heaven

  holy spirit-being

• Use a local term that fits the biblical meaning.

• In some areas the churches may already be using a borrowed term or a transliterated word for “angel.” Be sure that this term fits the biblical meaning. If some people do not understand the right meaning from this term, you may need to indicate the meaning in some way. For example:

  an angelos messenger from God

  a sacred angelos spirit

Be sure that your term for “angel” is different from your terms for “prophet” and “apostle.” See angel in the Glossary for a chart that shows the differences in these three terms.

This term also occurred in 1:11. See how you translated it there.

from heaven: In this context the phrase from heaven describes the angel. It indicates that he was an angel who served God. It does not imply that the angel was in heaven when Jesus saw him. It also does not necessarily indicate that he had come directly from heaven to Jesus. See the examples in the note on “angel from heaven.”

appeared to Him: The phrase appeared to Him indicates here that the angel came to Jesus, and Jesus could see him. This phrase is often used in the Bible when spirit beings come to people in visible form.

In some languages the context may already imply that Jesus could see the angel. If that is true in your language, it may be more natural to focus only on the angel’s arrival. For example:

came to him

22:43b

strengthened Him: The Greek word that the BSB translates as strengthened can refer to strength of body and also to strength of spirit. It is different from the word that the BSB translated as “strengthen” in 22:32d. The strength that the angel gave Jesus here probably affected both his body and his spirit. The angel helped Jesus so that he was able to endure the anguish that he felt. He was then able to pray even more earnestly (22:44).Some scholars believe that Jesus felt such severe anguish that it could have caused his death.

Some other ways to translate strengthened in this context are:

helped him

gave him strength

In some languages there may be an idiom to translate this.