OET interlinear MAT 13:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ

in ¬the day that

Here, the phrase On that day introduces the next major event in the story, an event that happened on the same day as the teaching recorded in the previous chapter. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different word or phrase that introduces an event that happened later during the same day. Alternate translation: [Sometime later that day]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐξελθὼν

/having/_come_out

In a context such as this, your language might say “come” instead of gone. Alternate translation: [having come out]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῆς οἰκίας

˱from˲_the house

Matthew refers to the house that Jesus was in while he was teaching what is recorded in the previous chapter. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [of the house where he had been] or [of the house in which he had been teaching]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκάθητο

/was/_sitting

In Jesus’ culture, teachers usually sat down when they were going to teach. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [was sitting down to instruct people] or [was sitting down as a teacher does]