OET interlinear MAT 27:57

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

δὲ

and

Here, the word Now introduces the next major event in the story. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: “Later on,”

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

ἦλθεν ἄνθρωπος πλούσιος ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας, τοὔνομα Ἰωσήφ, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἐμαθητεύθη τῷ Ἰησοῦ

came /a/_man rich from Arimathea namely Joseph who also himself (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης ἦλθεν ἄνθρωπος πλούσιος ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας τοὔνομα Ἰωσήφ ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἐμαθήτευσεν τῷ Ἰησοῦ)

Matthew is here introducing the Joseph as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “a man named Joseph came. He was from Arimathea, and he was rich. He also himself was discipled by Jesus”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἦλθεν

came

In a context such as this, your language might say “went” instead of came. Alternate translation: “went”

Note 4 topic: translate-names

Ἁριμαθαίας & Ἰωσήφ

Arimathea & Joseph

The word Joseph is the name of a man, and the word Arimathea is the name of the city he was from.

τοὔνομα Ἰωσήφ

namely Joseph

Alternate translation: “who was called Joseph”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἐμαθητεύθη τῷ Ἰησοῦ

who also himself (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης ἦλθεν ἄνθρωπος πλούσιος ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας τοὔνομα Ἰωσήφ ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἐμαθήτευσεν τῷ Ἰησοῦ)

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “whom also Jesus had discipled”