OET interlinear MAT 21:36

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τῶν πρώτων

˱than˲_the first

Jesus is using the word first as a noun to mean the servants who were sent before he sent others. Your language may use numbers in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [the first servants]

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

τῶν πρώτων

˱than˲_the first

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use a cardinal number here or an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: [the previous ones]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐποίησαν αὐτοῖς ὡσαύτως

˱they˲_did ˱to˲_them likewise

Jesus means that the farmers did the same things to these later servants as they did to the first servants (see 21:35). You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [they did the same things to them] or [they beat, killed, or stoned them too]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐποίησαν αὐτοῖς

˱they˲_did ˱to˲_them

The pronoun they refers to the farmers, and the pronoun them refers to the servants. If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to these people more directly. Alternate translation: [the farmers did to the servants]