OET interlinear MAT 23:35

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὅπως

so_that

Here, the phrase so that could introduce: (1) a result from what the scribes and Pharisees will do. Alternate translation: “with the result that” (2) a purpose for which Jesus sends people to the scribes and Pharisees even when he knows that they will kill them. Alternate translation: “in order that”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἔλθῃ ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς

/may/_come on you_all

Jesus is speaking as if the blood of righteous people would come upon the scribes and Pharisees. He means that God would consider them guilty of shedding this blood. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you might be considered guilty for”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

αἷμα δίκαιον ἐκχυννόμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς & τοῦ αἵματος & τοῦ αἵματος

blood righteous /being/_poured_out on the earth & the blood & the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅπως ἔλθῃ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς πᾶν αἷμα δίκαιον ἐκχυννόμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ τοῦ δικαίου ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Βαραχίου ὃν ἐφονεύσατε μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου)

In this verse, Jesus uses the phrase blood being shed and the word blood to refer to murder. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the murders of righteous people having happened on the earth … the murder … the murder”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πᾶν αἷμα δίκαιον

all blood righteous

Here Jesus uses the phrase righteous blood to refer to blood from righteous people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “all the blood from righteous people”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐκχυννόμενον

/being/_poured_out

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: “that humans have shed”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἂβελ τοῦ δικαίου, ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου

from the blood (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅπως ἔλθῃ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς πᾶν αἷμα δίκαιον ἐκχυννόμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ τοῦ δικαίου ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Βαραχίου ὃν ἐφονεύσατε μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου)

Here Jesus refers to Abel and Zechariah because the stories of their murders are the first and last stories about the murders of righteous people in the Hebrew Scriptures. In this way, Jesus indicates that he is speaking about all the stories about the murders of righteous people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from the blood of Abel the righteous, the first victim, and including the blood of every victim after that up to the last, the blood of Zechariah”

Note 7 topic: translate-names

Ζαχαρίου & Βαραχίου

˱of˲_Zacharias & ˱of˲_Barachias

The words Zechariah and Barachiah are the names of men. The man named Zechariah is most likely the one whose murder is described in 2 Chronicles 24:20–22. King Joash had him stoned to death in the temple courtyard after he rebuked the people of Judah for worshipping idols.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐφονεύσατε

˱you_all˲_murdered

Here Jesus speaks as if you, his current audience, killed Zechariah. He means that the ancestors of his current audience did that. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “your ancestors killed”