OET interlinear MAT 14:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

προσελθόντες

˓having˒_approached

Matthew implies that John’s disciples went to the jail where John had been imprisoned. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [having visited the place where John had been imprisoned]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸ πτῶμα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταί αὐτοῦ ἦραν τό πτῶμα καί ἔθαψαν αὐτόν καί ἐλθόντες ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Ἰησοῦ)

Matthew implies that this was John’s corpse. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [John’s corpse]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐλθόντες

˓having˒_come

Matthew implies that John’s disciples went to where Jesus was. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [having come to where Jesus was]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐλθόντες

˓having˒_come

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

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Ἰησοῦ

˱they˲_reported ¬the ˱to˲_Jesus

Matthew implies that John’s disciples told Jesus that Herod had executed John. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [they told Jesus what Herod had done to John]