OET interlinear LUKE 9:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Ἰωάννην ἐγὼ ἀπεκεφάλισα, τίς δέ ἐστιν οὗτος

John I beheaded who but is this

Herod is assuming that it is impossible for John to have risen from the dead. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “It cannot be John, because I had his head cut off, so who is this”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

Ἰωάννην ἐγὼ ἀπεκεφάλισα

John I beheaded

Herod speaks of himself as the person who did this action, representing the entire group of people who were responsible for it. Herod’s soldiers would actually have carried out the execution, on his orders. Alternate translation: “I commanded my soldiers to cut off John’s head”