OET interlinear LUKE 4:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πτύξας τὸ βιβλίον

/having/_rolled_up the scroll

A scroll was closed by rolling it like a tube to protect the writing inside it. Alternate translation: “closing the scroll by rolling it up”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

τῷ ὑπηρέτῃ

˱to˲_the attendant

The attendant refers to a synagogue worker who, with proper care and reverence, would bring out and put away the scrolls that contained the Scriptures. If there is a word in your language for a person who has a similar role in your culture, you could use it here. Alternate translation: “the sexton”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκάθισεν

˱he˲_sat_down

Since a person would stand to read the Scriptures in a synagogue but then sit down to teach, the implication is that Jesus was going to speak to the people about what he had just read. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly, as UST does. Alternate translation: “he sat down to teach”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

πάντων οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ

˱of˲_all the eyes in the synagogue

Luke is using one part of people, their eyes, to represent people themselves in the act of seeing. Alternate translation: “all the people in the synagogue”