Matthew 20:29 — Greek interlinear

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strong's
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. Καί
2. καί
3. And
4. When
5. G2532 ↗
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. PS
10. Y33
11. 14012
1. ἐκπορευομένων
2. ἐκπορεύω
3. going out
4. left
5. G1607 ↗
6. V-PPM·GMP
7. going_out
8. going_out
9. -
10. Y33
11. 14013
1. αὐτῶν
2. αὐτός
3. them
4. -
5. G846 ↗
6. R-···3GMP
7. them
8. them
9. -
10. Y33; R13877; Person=Jesus; R13693
11. 14014
1. ἀπό
2. ἀπό
3. from
4. -
5. G575 ↗
6. P-·······
7. from
8. from
9. -
10. Y33
11. 14015
1. Ἰεριχώ
2. Ἰεριχώ
3. Yeriⱪō/(Yərīḩō)
4. Yeriho !(Jericho
5. G2410 ↗
6. N-····GFS
7. Yeriⱪō/(Yərīḩō)
8. Jericho
9. U
10. Location=Jericho; Y33
11. 14016
1. ἠκολούθησεν
2. ἀκολουθέω
3. followed
4. followed
5. G190 ↗
6. V-IAA3··S
7. followed
8. followed
9. -
10. Y33
11. 14017
1. ἠκολούθησαν
2. ἀκολουθέω
3. -
4. -
5. G190 ↗
6. V-IAA3··P
7. followed
8. followed
9. -
10. -
11. 14018
1. αὐτῷ
2. αὐτός
3. after him
4. after him
5. G846 ↗
6. R-···3DMS
7. ˱after˲ him
8. ˱after˲ him
9. -
10. Y33; R13877; Person=Jesus
11. 14019
1. ὄχλος
2. ὄχλος
3. +a crowd
4. a crowd
5. G3793 ↗
6. N-····NMS
7. ˓a˒ crowd
8. ˓a˒ crowd
9. -
10. Y33
11. 14020
1. ὄχλοι
2. ὄχλος
3. -
4. -
5. G3793 ↗
6. N-····NMP
7. crowds
8. crowds
9. -
10. -
11. 14021
1. πολύς
2. πολύς
3. great
4. large
5. G4183 ↗
6. A-····NMS
7. great
8. great
9. -
10. Y33
11. 14022
1. πολλοί
2. πολλός
3. -
4. -
5. G4183 ↗
6. A-····NMP
7. great
8. great
9. -
10. -
11. 14023

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 20:29–34: Jesus healed two blind people

In this section, Jesus healed two blind people. These blind people called Jesus the “Son of David” two times. This emphasizes who Jesus was just as he was about to enter Jerusalem as the Messiah. The blind people’s simple request to be healed is a stark contrast with James’ and John’s request for high positions.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Two blind men receive their sight

Jesus had mercy on two blind people and healed them

There are parallel passages for this section in Mark 10:46–52 and Luke 18:35–43.

20:29

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.

¶ Then, as Jesus and his disciples were leaving the town of Jericho, a large crowd followed him.
¶ Later Jesus and his disciples passed through the town of Jericho. As they were leaving, many people followed him.

The story in this section began sometime after the story in the previous section ended. The Greek text does not indicate how much time passed between these two stories. In some languages, it is natural to begin a new story with a time word or phrase. If your language is like that, use an expression here that is not too specific. For example:

Then

Later

In other languages, a time word or phrase is not necessary. Introduce this story in a natural way in your language.

As they were leaving Jericho: There is some implied information here. Matthew did not say that Jesus and his disciples had arrived at Jericho. He only says that they were leaving. In some languages, it may be important to include some of this implied information. For example:

Jesus and his disciples arrived at Jericho, and as they were leaving

After Jesus and his disciples had passed through Jericho

they: The pronoun they refers to Jesus and his disciples. In some languages, it may be natural to make this explicit. For example:

Jesus and his disciples (NIV)

Jericho: Jericho was a town on the west side of the Jordan River. It was just a few kilometers from where the Jordan River runs into the Dead Sea. It was about 24 kilometer to the northeast of Jerusalem. Jerusalem was where Jesus and his disciples were going.

In some languages, it may be natural to say that Jericho is a town. For example:

the town of Jericho

a large crowd: The word large indicates that there was a great number of people in the crowd.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

a great many people (NCV)

a large group of people

followed Him: Here the phrase followed Him probably means “walked along with Jesus for some distance” (as in 19:2a). This probably indicates that the crowd was attracted to who Jesus was, what he said, and the miracles he did. The people wanted to see and hear him. They did not just happen to be on the same road as Jesus.

In other contexts, this word can mean “became a disciple of Jesus.” That is not the meaning here. Here you should translate followed in a more literal way. For example:

followed behind him

walked along behind/with him

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκπορευομένων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ Ἰερειχὼ

going_out them (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐκπορευομένων αὐτῶν ἀπό Ἰεριχώ ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ ὄχλος πολύς)

Matthew implies that Jesus and the disciples had previously entered Jericho. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [after visiting Jericho, as they were going out from the city] or [as they were traveling through Jericho]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐκπορευομένων αὐτῶν

going_out them

In a context such as this, your language might say “coming” instead of going. Alternate translation: [as they were coming out]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτῶν

them

The pronoun they refers to Jesus and his disciples. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [Jesus and his disciples]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strong's
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. And
2. When
3. G2532 ↗
4. Καί
5. καί
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. PS
10. Y33
11. 14012
1. them
2. -
3. G846 ↗
4. αὐτῶν
5. αὐτός
6. R-···3GMP
7. them
8. them
9. -
10. Y33; R13877; Person=Jesus; R13693
11. 14014
1. going out
2. left
3. G1607 ↗
4. ἐκπορευομένων
5. ἐκπορεύω
6. V-PPM·GMP
7. going_out
8. going_out
9. -
10. Y33
11. 14013
1. from
2. -
3. G575 ↗
4. ἀπό
5. ἀπό
6. P-·······
7. from
8. from
9. -
10. Y33
11. 14015
1. Yeriⱪō/(Yərīḩō)
2. Yeriho !(Jericho
3. G2410 ↗
4. Ἰεριχώ
5. Ἰεριχώ
6. N-····GFS
7. Yeriⱪō/(Yərīḩō)
8. Jericho
9. U
10. Location=Jericho; Y33
11. 14016
1. +a
2. a crowd
3. G3793 ↗
4. ὄχλος
5. ὄχλος
6. N-····NMS
7. ˓a˒ crowd
8. ˓a˒ crowd
9. -
10. Y33
11. 14020
1. great
2. large
3. G4183 ↗
4. πολύς
5. πολύς
6. A-····NMS
7. great
8. great
9. -
10. Y33
11. 14022
1. crowd
2. a crowd
3. G3793 ↗
4. ὄχλος
5. ὄχλος
6. N-····NMS
7. ˓a˒ crowd
8. ˓a˒ crowd
9. -
10. Y33
11. 14020
1. followed
2. followed
3. G190 ↗
4. ἠκολούθησεν
5. ἀκολουθέω
6. V-IAA3··S
7. followed
8. followed
9. -
10. Y33
11. 14017
1. after him
2. after him
3. G846 ↗
4. αὐτῷ
5. αὐτός
6. R-···3DMS
7. ˱after˲ him
8. ˱after˲ him
9. -
10. Y33; R13877; Person=Jesus
11. 14019

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear MAT 20:29

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 20:29–34: Jesus healed two blind people

20:29

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)