OET interlinear MAT 22:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰσελθών Δέ ὁ βασιλεύς θεάσασθαι τούς ἀνακειμένους εἶδεν ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἐνδεδυμένον ἔνδυμα γάμου)

The word But introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: [Then]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

εἰσελθὼν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰσελθών Δέ ὁ βασιλεύς θεάσασθαι τούς ἀνακειμένους εἶδεν ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἐνδεδυμένον ἔνδυμα γάμου)

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

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοὺς ἀνακειμένους

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰσελθών Δέ ὁ βασιλεύς θεάσασθαι τούς ἀνακειμένους εἶδεν ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἐνδεδυμένον ἔνδυμα γάμου)

In Jesus’ culture, people would usually recline, or lie on one side, when they were eating. See how you expressed the idea in [22:10](../22/10.md). Alternate translation: [the ones sitting down to eat] or [the ones ready to eat]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

ἔνδυμα γάμου

clothing ˱of˲_wedding

The phrase wedding clothes refers to nice or special clothing that people would wear to weddings. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of clothing, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [appropriate clothes] or [the correct clothing]