OET interlinear LUKE 2:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-background

καὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον ὑπό τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἁγίου μή ἰδεῖν θάνατον πρίν ἄν ἴδῃ τόν Χριστόν Κυρίου)

Luke uses the word And to introduce background information that will help readers understand what happens next. Alternate translation: [Now]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἁγίου

was ˱to˲_him ˓having_been˒_revealed (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον ὑπό τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἁγίου μή ἰδεῖν θάνατον πρίν ἄν ἴδῃ τόν Χριστόν Κυρίου)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: [the Holy Spirit had shown him] or [the Holy Spirit had told him]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

μὴ ἰδεῖν θάνατον πρὶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον ὑπό τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἁγίου μή ἰδεῖν θάνατον πρίν ἄν ἴδῃ τόν Χριστόν Κυρίου)

To see death is an idiom that means “to die.” Alternate translation: [that he would not die before]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

μὴ ἰδεῖν θάνατον πρὶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον ὑπό τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἁγίου μή ἰδεῖν θάνατον πρίν ἄν ἴδῃ τόν Χριστόν Κυρίου)

Here, Luke is using a figure of speech that expresses a positive meaning by using a negative word together with a word that is the opposite of the intended meaning. Alternate translation: [he would live until]