OET interlinear MAT 24:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a basis for the command that Jesus gave in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a command, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “I say that because” or “That is because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὥσπερ & ἡ ἀστραπὴ ἐξέρχεται ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν καὶ φαίνεται ἕως δυσμῶν, οὕτως ἔσται ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου

as & the lightning /is/_coming_out from /the/_east and /is/_shining as_far_as /the/_west thus will_be the coming ˱of˲_the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man

Jesus is saying that the coming of the Son of Man will be like lightning because they are both visible to everyone and very obvious. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “just as the lightning comes out from the east and shines as far as the west so that it is visible to everyone, so will the coming of the Son of Man be visible to everyone”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἡ ἀστραπὴ ἐξέρχεται ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν καὶ φαίνεται ἕως δυσμῶν

the lightning /is/_coming_out from /the/_east and /is/_shining as_far_as /the/_west

Here Jesus is referring to how a large bolt of lightning begins at one side of the sky and flashes to the other side. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “the lightning flashes across the sky” or “the lightning lights up the sky from east to west”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐξέρχεται

/is/_coming_out

In a context such as this, your language might say “goes” instead of comes. Alternate translation: “goes out”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἔσται ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου

will_be the coming ˱of˲_the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man

Here Jesus implies that the Son of Man will come back to this world at some point in the future. He is also implying that the Son of Man will leave this world before he comes back. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make some or all of those ideas more explicit. Alternate translation: “the Son of Man will come back to this world” or “the Son of Man, after leaving this world, will come back”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου

˱of˲_the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man

Here Jesus speaks about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the first person. Alternate translation: “me, who am the Son of Man”