LUKE 3:10 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. Καί
2. kai
3. And
4. then
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. PS
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39889
1. ἐπηρώτων
2. eperōtaō
3. were asking
4. -
5. 19050
6. VIIA3··P
7. ˓were˒ asking
8. ˓were˒ asking
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39890
1. ἐπηρώτησαν
2. eperōtaō
3. -
4. -
5. 19050
6. VIAA3··P
7. asked
8. asked
9. -
10. -
11. 39891
1. αὐτόν
2. autos
3. him
4. him
5. 8460
6. R···3AMS
7. him
8. him
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39892
1. οἱ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NMP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39893
1. ὄχλοι
2. oχlos
3. crowds
4. crowds
5. 37930
6. N····NMP
7. crowds
8. crowds
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry; F39895; F39898; F39907
11. 39894
1. λέγοντες
2. legō
3. saying
4. -
5. 30040
6. VPPA·NMP
7. saying
8. saying
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry; R39894
11. 39895
1. τί
2. tis
3. what
4. -
5. 51010
6. R····ANS
7. what
8. what
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39896
1. Οὖν
2. oun
3. Therefore
4. -
5. 37670
6. C·······
7. therefore
8. therefore
9. D
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39897
1. ποιήσωμεν
2. poieō
3. may we do
4. we do
5. 41600
6. VSAA1··P
7. ˱we˲ ˓may˒ do
8. ˱we˲ ˓may˒ do
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry; R39894
11. 39898
1. ποιήσομεν
2. poieō
3. -
4. -
5. 41600
6. VIFA1··P
7. ˱we˲ ˓will_be˒ doing
8. ˱we˲ ˓will_be˒ doing
9. -
10. -
11. 39899
1. ἵνα
2. hina
3. -
4. -
5. 24430
6. C·······
7. in_order_that
8. in_order_that
9. -
10. -
11. 39900
1. σωθῶμεν
2. sōzō
3. -
4. -
5. 49820
6. VSAP1··P
7. ˱we˲ ˓may_be˒ saved
8. ˱we˲ ˓may_be˒ saved
9. -
10. -
11. 39901

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:1–20: John the Baptizer prepared the way for Jesus

The last event in Luke 2 describes Jesus’ trip to Jerusalem when he was twelve years old. This section begins about eighteen years later. At the beginning of chapter 3, both Jesus and John the Baptizer were about thirty years old. Both men were ready to begin public ministry.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it. Some other possible headings for this section are:

The Preaching of John (NCV)

John the Baptist and Jesus (REB)

John the Baptizer tells people to prepare themselves for the Messiah

Parts of Luke 3:1–20 are basically the same as verses in Matthew 3:1–12. But Luke 3:1–2, 10–14, and 19–20 are not in Matthew.

Paragraph Group 3:10–14

In 3:10–14, three groups of people asked John the same question. They asked him what they should do. The three groups are:

the crowd (3:10);
tax collectors (3:12);
soldiers (3:14).

3:10

The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

¶ The crowd asked John, “Then what must we^(excl) do?”
¶ Then people in the crowd asked John, “So how should we^(excl) change what we are doing so that God will not punish us?”
¶ The crowd asked him, therefore, what they should do to show that they had repented.

The crowds asked him: In the Greek text, the phrase that the BSB translates as The crowds asked him comes at the beginning of this verse. Some versions, such as the NIV, put it at the end of the verse. Place this phrase where it is natural in your language.

The crowds: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates literally as The crowds is plural. (See 3:7a, where Luke also used the plural form.) In this context the phrase The crowds refers to some people in the crowd. Apparently they were people who sincerely wanted to repent.

What then should we do: In this verse the people responded to John’s warnings with a serious question. The Greek word that the BSB translates as then is a conjunction that indicates result. The crowd asked what they should do as a result of what John said in 3:8–10. In 3:8a, John told the crowd to show that they had truly repented. Here they asked him what they needed to do in order to show that they had repented.

Some other ways to translate this question are:

Then what should we do? (NCV)

So what must we do?

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν & λέγοντες

˓were˒_asking (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐπηρώτων αὐτόν οἱ ὄχλοι λέγοντες τί Οὖν ποιήσωμεν)

Luke uses the word saying to introduce his quotation of what the crowds were asking John. Here and throughout the book, if you indicate the quotation in some other way, such as with quotation marks or with some other punctuation or convention that your language uses, you do not need to represent this word in your translation.

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. And
2. then
3. 25320
4. PS
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. PS
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39889
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····NMP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39893
1. crowds
2. crowds
3. 37930
5. oχlos
6. N-····NMP
7. crowds
8. crowds
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry; F39895; F39898; F39907
11. 39894
1. were asking
2. -
3. 19050
5. eperōtaō
6. V-IIA3··P
7. ˓were˒ asking
8. ˓were˒ asking
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39890
1. him
2. him
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3AMS
7. him
8. him
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39892
1. saying
2. -
3. 30040
5. legō
6. V-PPA·NMP
7. saying
8. saying
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry; R39894
11. 39895
1. Therefore
2. -
3. 37670
4. D
5. oun
6. C-·······
7. therefore
8. therefore
9. D
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39897
1. what
2. -
3. 51010
5. tis
6. R-····ANS
7. what
8. what
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry
11. 39896
1. may we do
2. we do
3. 41600
5. poieō
6. V-SAA1··P
7. ˱we˲ ˓may˒ do
8. ˱we˲ ˓may˒ do
9. -
10. Y26; TJohn_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry; R39894
11. 39898

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear LUKE 3:10

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 3:1–20: John the Baptizer prepared the way for Jesus

Paragraph Group 3:10–14

3:10

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)