OET interlinear MAT 15:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οἶδας ὅτι οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον ἐσκανδαλίσθησαν?

˱you˲_/have/_known that the Pharisees /having/_heard the statement /were/_offended

The disciples are using the question form to inform Jesus about how the Pharisees responded. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “You should know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, were offended.” or “The Pharisees, having heard this word, were offended!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

οἶδας

˱you˲_/have/_known

Here, the word you is singular since the disciples are speaking to Jesus.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον ἐσκανδαλίσθησαν

the the Pharisees /having/_heard the statement /were/_offended

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was Jesus. Alternate translation: “you caused the Pharisees to stumble when they heard this word”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸν λόγον

the statement

The disciples is using the term word to refer to what Jesus said. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the words that you spoke” or “the things that you said”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐσκανδαλίσθησαν

/were/_offended

Here disciples speaks as if the word that Jesus said were a lump or rock that the Pharisees were stumbling on. They mean that the the Pharisees were offended by what he said. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “were offended”