OET interlinear MAT 28:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

συναχθέντες

/having_been/_gathered_together

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. Alternate translation: “having gathered” or “having come together”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

συμβούλιόν & λαβόντες

counsel & /having/_taken

Here, the phrase having taken counsel indicates that the chief priests and elders were working together to figure something out. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. See how you expressed the similar phrase in 12:14. Alternate translation: “having made plans” or “having come up with an idea”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀργύρια ἱκανὰ ἔδωκαν τοῖς στρατιώταις

silver_coins many ˱they˲_gave ˱to˲_the soldiers

Here Matthew means that the chief priests and elders gave money to the soldiers so that they would tell a lie about what happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “they bribed the soldiers with many pieces of silver”

Note 4 topic: translate-bmoney

ἀργύρια ἱκανὰ

silver_coins many

Each of these pieces of silver was a coin equivalent to about four days’ wages. See how you expressed the idea in 26:15. Alternate translation: “many coins made out of silver” or “a lot of money”