OET interlinear LUKE 2:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν

when /were/_fulfilled days eight ¬which /to/_circumcise him

The law that God gave to Jewish believers told them to circumcise a baby boy on the eighth day of his life. As in 1:59, the day on which the baby was born was considered to be the first day. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate this expression according to the way your own culture reckons time. Alternate translation: “when the baby was one week old, and according to the Jewish law it was time to circumcise him”

Note 2 topic: writing-newevent

ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ

when /were/_fulfilled days eight

This time reference also introduces a new event. Alternate translation: “after eight days had gone by” or “when the baby was one week old”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ

/were/_fulfilled days eight

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: “after eight days had gone by” or “when the baby was one week old”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς

/was/_called the name ˱of˲_him Jesus

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. Alternate translation: “his parents Joseph and Mary named him Jesus”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς

/was/_called the name ˱of˲_him Jesus

As in 1:13, to “call a name” is an idiom that means to give a child a name. Alternate translation: “his parents Joseph and Mary named him Jesus”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου

the which /having_been/_called by the angel

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: “which was the name that the angel had told Mary to give him”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

πρὸ τοῦ συνλημφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ

before the_‹time› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου πρὸ τοῦ συλλημφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ)

In your language, it might seem that the phrase conceived in the womb expresses unnecessary extra information. If so, you could abbreviate it. Alternate translation: “before he was conceived”