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 (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί λέγετε Εἰ ἤμεθα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν οὐκ ἄν ἤμεθα κοινωνοί αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι τῶν προφητῶν)

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

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί λέγετε Εἰ ἤμεθα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν οὐκ ἄν ἤμεθα κοινωνοί αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι τῶν προφητῶν)

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

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

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

The word 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]