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OET (OET-LV) And some of_the ones having_stood there having_heard were_saying, that This man is_calling Aʸlias/(ʼĒliyyāh).
OET (OET-RV) Some of the people standing there heard him and thought that he was calling Eliyah[fn]
27:47 The original words for ‘My God’ sound a bit similar to the word for ‘Eliyah’.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
δὲ
and
Here, 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 / explicit
ἀκούσαντες
/having/_heard
Matthew implies that the people did not understand what Jesus said. They heard him say “Eli,” which means “My God,” but they thought it sounded like the name Elijah. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state more explicitly that these people misunderstood Jesus. Alternate translation: “having heard Jesus speaking without understanding him”
27:47 It was widely believed that Elijah would return before the day of the Lord (11:14-15; 17:10-13; Mal 4:5).
OET (OET-LV) And some of_the ones having_stood there having_heard were_saying, that This man is_calling Aʸlias/(ʼĒliyyāh).
OET (OET-RV) Some of the people standing there heard him and thought that he was calling Eliyah[fn]
27:47 The original words for ‘My God’ sound a bit similar to the word for ‘Eliyah’.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.