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OET (OET-LV) Truly, I_am_saying to_you_all that are some of_the ones having_stood here who by_no_means may_ not _taste of_death, until wishfully they_may_see the son of_ the _man coming in the kingdom of_him.
OET (OET-RV) I can assure you that some people standing here won’t experience death until they first see humanity’s child coming in his kingdom.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
οὐ μὴ γεύσωνται θανάτου
by_no_means not /may/_taste ˱of˲_death
Here Jesus speaks as if death were food that people could taste. Those who taste death truly experience death as much as a person who eats food truly experiences that food. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “will certainly not experience death” or “will certainly not participate in death”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
οὐ μὴ γεύσωνται θανάτου
by_no_means not /may/_taste ˱of˲_death
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of death, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “will certainly not die”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
οὐ μὴ
by_no_means not
The words translated certainly not are two negative words. In this construction, the second negative does not cancel the first to create a positive meaning. Instead, it gives greater emphasis to the negative. If your language can use two negatives that do not cancel one another to create a positive meaning, you could use a double negative here. If your language does not use two negatives in that way, you could translate with one strong negative, as the ULT does. Alternate translation: “by no means”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ
the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man coming in the kingdom ˱of˲_him
Here Jesus speaks about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the first person. Alternate translation: “I, who am the Son of Man, coming in my kingdom”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo
ἐρχόμενον ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ
coming in the kingdom ˱of˲_him
Christians debate what the phrase coming in his kingdom means. It could refer to one or several of the following events: Jesus’ transfiguration (see 17:1–8), Jesus’ resurrection and enthronement in heaven, the empowerment and growth of the church, the destruction of Jerusalem, and Jesus’ final return. If possible, express the idea in such a way that most or all of these interpretations are possible. Alternate translation: “acting as king in his kingdom” or “taking charge of his kingdom”
16:28 This saying has been taken to refer either to (1) the transfiguration that follows (17:1-13); (2) the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (27:50-53; 28:1-10); (3) Pentecost (Acts 2:1-47); (4) the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 (Matt 24:1-31); (5) the second coming of Christ in the future (24:29-31); or (6) an unfolding revelation of God’s Kingdom in various ways, including the evangelism of the world. In the fourth view, coming would mean “coming in judgment” upon sinful Israel.
• The expression Son of Man (16:27-28) forms an inclusio (bracketing expression) with 16:13, unifying 16:13-28 around the theme of the identity of the Son of Man. He is the Messiah who would suffer and then be exalted by God and return as Judge.
OET (OET-LV) Truly, I_am_saying to_you_all that are some of_the ones having_stood here who by_no_means may_ not _taste of_death, until wishfully they_may_see the son of_ the _man coming in the kingdom of_him.
OET (OET-RV) I can assure you that some people standing here won’t experience death until they first see humanity’s child coming in his kingdom.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.