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OET (OET-LV) And Yaʸsous himself was beginning about thirty years, being the_son, as was_being_thought, of_Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf), the son of_Aʸli/(ˊĒlī),
OET (OET-RV) Yeshua was about thirty when he started his ministry. He was the son (as it was thought) of Yosef, son of Heli,
Note 1 topic: writing-background
καὶ
and
Luke uses the word And to introduce background information about Jesus’ age and ancestors. Alternate translation: “Now”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
αὐτὸς ἦν Ἰησοῦς ἀρχόμενος ὡσεὶ ἐτῶν τριάκοντα
himself was Jesus beginning about years thirty
This idiomatic expression could mean: (1) the word beginning is a reference to Jesus starting his own ministry. UST follows this interpretation. Alternate translation: “Jesus himself was about 30 years old when he began his ministry” (2) Luke is saying that Jesus had just turned 30 was when he was baptized. Alternate translation: “Jesus himself was just 30 years old at this time”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὢν υἱός, ὡς ἐνομίζετο, Ἰωσὴφ
being /the/_son as /was_being/_thought ˱of˲_Joseph
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “People assumed that he was the son of Joseph”
3:23 Jesus was about thirty years old: This is the only reference in the New Testament to Jesus’ age during his public ministry, and it is an approximation. Jesus was born 6~4 BC (see study note on 2:2) and began his ministry AD 27~29 (see study note on 3:1), so Jesus was evidently 31~35 years old when he began his public ministry.
• known as the son of Joseph: Jesus was the legal but not the biological son of Joseph.
• Joseph was the son of Heli: If this is actually Mary’s genealogy (see study note on 3:23-38), then Joseph was Heli’s son-in-law, a possible understanding of the Greek sentence.
OET (OET-LV) And Yaʸsous himself was beginning about thirty years, being the_son, as was_being_thought, of_Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf), the son of_Aʸli/(ˊĒlī),
OET (OET-RV) Yeshua was about thirty when he started his ministry. He was the son (as it was thought) of Yosef, son of Heli,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.