OET interlinear LUKE 22:52

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

στρατηγοὺς τοῦ ἱεροῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν Δέ Ἰησοῦς πρός τούς παραγενομένους ἐπʼ αὐτόν ἀρχιερεῖς καί στρατηγούς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καί πρεσβυτέρους Ὡς ἐπί λῃστήν ἐξήλθατε μετά μαχαιρῶν καί ξύλων)

See how you translated this phrase in [22:4](../22/04.md). Alternate translation: [captains of the temple guard] or [temple military officers]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν ἐξήλθατε μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων?

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν Δέ Ἰησοῦς πρός τούς παραγενομένους ἐπʼ αὐτόν ἀρχιερεῖς καί στρατηγούς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καί πρεσβυτέρους Ὡς ἐπί λῃστήν ἐξήλθατε μετά μαχαιρῶν καί ξύλων)

Jesus is using the question form to rebuke the Jewish leaders. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [You did not need to bring soldiers with weapons to arrest me, as if I were a bandit!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν ἐξήλθατε μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων?

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν Δέ Ἰησοῦς πρός τούς παραγενομένους ἐπʼ αὐτόν ἀρχιερεῖς καί στρατηγούς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καί πρεσβυτέρους Ὡς ἐπί λῃστήν ἐξήλθατε μετά μαχαιρῶν καί ξύλων)

The implication, as Jesus will say specifically in the next verse, is that he has demonstrated that he is a peaceful person. He has taught openly and undefened in the temple. He has not gathered an armed band around him and operated from a hidden location. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [You have seen that I am a peaceful person, yet you come to arrest me bringing soldiers with weapons, as if I were a bandit!]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν ἐξήλθατε

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν Δέ Ἰησοῦς πρός τούς παραγενομένους ἐπʼ αὐτόν ἀρχιερεῖς καί στρατηγούς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καί πρεσβυτέρους Ὡς ἐπί λῃστήν ἐξήλθατε μετά μαχαιρῶν καί ξύλων)

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the meaning of this simile. Here, the term robber likely indicates a violent person who steals from others by forcing them to hand over their valuables, threatening to harm them if they refuse. Alternate translation: [as if I were a bandit who needed to be subdued with force have you come out against me]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων

swords (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν Δέ Ἰησοῦς πρός τούς παραγενομένους ἐπʼ αὐτόν ἀρχιερεῖς καί στρατηγούς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καί πρεσβυτέρους Ὡς ἐπί λῃστήν ἐξήλθατε μετά μαχαιρῶν καί ξύλων)

Jesus is speaking of these weapons, to mean the soldiers who are carrying them. Alternate translation: [soldiers armed with weapons]