OET interlinear LUKE 23:53

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

καὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί καθελών ἐνετύλιξεν αὐτό σινδόνι καί ἔθηκεν αὐτόν ἐν μνήματι λαξευτῷ οὗ οὐκ ἦν οὐδείς οὔπω κείμενος)

Luke uses the word And to introduce the results of what the previous sentence described. When Pilate gave Joseph permission to take Jesus’ body down from the cross and bury it, Joseph did so. Alternate translation: [So]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

ἐνετύλιξεν αὐτὸ σινδόνι

˱he˲_wrapped (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί καθελών ἐνετύλιξεν αὐτό σινδόνι καί ἔθηκεν αὐτόν ἐν μνήματι λαξευτῷ οὗ οὐκ ἦν οὐδείς οὔπω κείμενος)

This was the burial custom in this culture. If your readers would not be familiar with such a custom, you could describe it more specifically, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: [and he wrapped it in a fine linen burial cloth] or [and he prepared it for burial]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

σινδόνι

˱in˲_˓a˒_linen_cloth

The term linen cloth refers to a high quality clothe made from the fibers of the flax plant. If you do not have linen in your region and/or your readers would be unfamiliar with this term, you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: [a fine cloth]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

μνήματι λαξευτῷ

˓a˒_tomb rock_cut

This means specifically a burial place that had been cut or chiseled out of rock, most likely into the face of a cliff, as UST suggests. You could express that more specifically, or you could use a general expression if there are no rock cliffs in your area and readers might not understand the meaning. Alternate translation: [a tomb that had been chiseled out of rock] or [a special burial place]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

οὗ οὐκ ἦν οὐδεὶς οὔπω κείμενος

where not was (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί καθελών ἐνετύλιξεν αὐτό σινδόνι καί ἔθηκεν αὐτόν ἐν μνήματι λαξευτῷ οὗ οὐκ ἦν οὐδείς οὔπω κείμενος)

Here Luke uses a triple negative in Greek for emphasis, “where no one not yet had not lain.” This stresses the honor that Joseph was showing Jesus by putting his body in a tomb that was being used for the very first time. If your language uses multiple negatives for emphasis, it would be appropriate to use that construction here. You might express the emphasis in other ways, and it may also be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [No body had ever before been put in that tomb]