OET interlinear MAT 23:30

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

λέγετε, εἰ ἤμεθα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, οὐκ ἂν ἤμεθα κοινωνοὶ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι τῶν προφητῶν

˱you_all˲_/are/_saying if ˱we˲_were in the days ˱of˲_the fathers ˱of˲_us not would ˱we˲_were partners ˱with˲_them in the blood ˱of˲_the prophets

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “you say that if you had been in the days of your fathers, you would not have been sharers with them in the blood of the prophets.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

εἰ ἤμεθα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, οὐκ ἂν ἤμεθα κοινωνοὶ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι τῶν προφητῶν

if ˱we˲_were in the days ˱of˲_the fathers ˱of˲_us not would ˱we˲_were partners ˱with˲_them in the blood ˱of˲_the prophets

Here Jesus quotes the scribes and Pharisees using an imaginary situation to show that they would not have participated in killing the prophets. Use a natural method in your language for introducing an imaginary situation. Alternate translation: “Imagine that we were in the days of our fathers. In that situation, we would not have been sharers with them in the blood of the prophets”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις

in the days

Here, the phrase in the days refers to a specific period of time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “during the times”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν

˱of˲_the fathers ˱of˲_us

Here, the word fathers refers to ancestors, not direct fathers. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a similar phrase or plain language. Alternate translation: “of our forefathers”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τῷ αἵματι τῶν προφητῶν

the blood ˱of˲_the prophets

Here, blood represents death. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “killing the prophets” or “the death of the prophets”