OET interlinear LUKE 7:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

ἤρξατο λέγειν

˱he˲_began ˓to_be˒_saying

Here the pronoun he refers to Jesus. Alternate translation: [Jesus began to say]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί ἐξήλθατε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον θεάσασθαι? κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον?

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπελθόντων Δέ τῶν ἀγγέλων Ἰωάννου ἤρξατο λέγειν πρός τούς ὄχλους περί Ἰωάννου Τί ἐξήλθατε εἰς τήν ἐρῆμον θεάσασθαι Κάλαμον ὑπό ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον)

Jesus is using these questions as a teaching tool. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could show that consequently he expects a negative answer. You could also translate these words as a statement. Alternate translation: [Did you go out into the wilderness just to see a reed that the wind was shaking? Of course not!] or [Surely you did not go out into the wilderness just to see a reed that the wind was shaking.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπελθόντων Δέ τῶν ἀγγέλων Ἰωάννου ἤρξατο λέγειν πρός τούς ὄχλους περί Ἰωάννου Τί ἐξήλθατε εἰς τήν ἐρῆμον θεάσασθαι Κάλαμον ὑπό ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: [A reed that the wind was shaking?]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπελθόντων Δέ τῶν ἀγγέλων Ἰωάννου ἤρξατο λέγειν πρός τούς ὄχλους περί Ἰωάννου Τί ἐξήλθατε εἰς τήν ἐρῆμον θεάσασθαι Κάλαμον ὑπό ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον)

The implication seems to be that a reed swaying in the breeze by the banks of the Jordan River is a commonplace sight that no one would make a trip out into the desert just to see. Alternate translation: [An ordinary thing such as a reed that the wind was shaking?]