MAT 4:20 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. οἱ
2. ho
3. which
4. -
5. 35880
6. R····NMP
7. ¬which
8. ¬which
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men; R1665
11. 1696
1. Δέ
2. de
3. And
4. So and
5. 11610
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men
11. 1697
1. εὐθέως
2. eutheōs
3. immediately
4. immediately
5. 21120
6. D·······
7. immediately
8. immediately
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men
11. 1698
1. ἀφέντες
2. afiēmi
3. having left
4. -
5. 8630
6. VPAA·NMP
7. ˓having˒ left
8. ˓having˒ left
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men; R1665
11. 1699
1. τά
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····ANP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men
11. 1700
1. δίκτυα
2. diktuon
3. nets
4. nets
5. 13500
6. N····ANP
7. nets
8. nets
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men
11. 1701
1. αὐτῶν
2. autos
3. -
4. -
5. 8460
6. R···3GMP
7. ˱of˲ them
8. ˱of˲ them
9. -
10. -
11. 1702
1. ἠκολούθησαν
2. akoloutheō
3. they followed
4. they followed
5. 1900
6. VIAA3··P
7. ˱they˲ followed
8. ˱they˲ followed
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men
11. 1703
1. αὐτῷ
2. autos
3. after him
4. after him
5. 8460
6. R···3DMS
7. ˱after˲ him
8. ˱after˲ him
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men; R1642; Person=Jesus
11. 1704

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:18–22: Jesus chose his first four disciples

This section describes two related events that happened near Lake Galilee during the early part of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee. First Jesus asked Peter and his brother Andrew to become his disciples. Later he asked James and his brother John to become his disciples. All four of these men were fishermen. These became four of his twelve disciples.

Here are some other headings for this section:

Jesus chose four fishermen to be his disciples

Jesus asked four men to follow him

There are parallel passages for this section in Mark 1:16–20 and Luke 5:1–11.

4:20

And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

They immediately left their nets and followed Jesus.
Right away they^(dual) abandoned their nets and their fishing work and went with Jesus to become his disciples.

And at once: The Greek word that the BSB translates as And at once introduces an important event in the story. Simon and Andrew obeyed Jesus without delay.

Here are some other ways to translate this word:

Immediately (ESV)

Right away

Right then (CEV)

they left their nets: The clause they left their nets implies that Simon and Andrew stopped their work as fishermen. They abandoned their fishing work and became Jesus’ disciples. You may want to include some implied information to make this clear. For example:

they left/abandoned their nets and their fishing work

and followed Him: As mentioned in 4:19a, the words followed Him imply that Simon and Andrew became Jesus’ disciples. They accepted Jesus’ request to follow him and become his disciples. You may want to make this information explicit. For example:

and followed him and became his disciples

and went with him to become his disciples

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

ἀφέντες τὰ δίκτυα

˓having˒_left (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἱ Δέ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τά δίκτυα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ)

Translate the word nets as you did in [4:18](../04/18.md). Alternate translation: [having stopped fishing]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ

˱they˲_followed ˱after˲_him

Here, the phrase followed him indicates that they traveled with Jesus and were his disciples. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [became his disciples] or [traveled with him as his students]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. And
2. So and
3. 11610
4. S
5. de
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men
11. 1697
1. which
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. R-····NMP
7. ¬which
8. ¬which
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men; R1665
11. 1696
1. immediately
2. immediately
3. 21120
5. eutheōs
6. D-·······
7. immediately
8. immediately
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men
11. 1698
1. having left
2. -
3. 8630
5. afiēmi
6. V-PAA·NMP
7. ˓having˒ left
8. ˓having˒ left
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men; R1665
11. 1699
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····ANP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men
11. 1700
1. nets
2. nets
3. 13500
5. diktuon
6. N-····ANP
7. nets
8. nets
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men
11. 1701
1. they followed
2. they followed
3. 1900
5. akoloutheō
6. V-IAA3··P
7. ˱they˲ followed
8. ˱they˲ followed
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men
11. 1703
1. after him
2. after him
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3DMS
7. ˱after˲ him
8. ˱after˲ him
9. -
10. Y26; TFishers_of_Men; R1642; Person=Jesus
11. 1704

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear MAT 4:20

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 4:18–22: Jesus chose his first four disciples

4:20

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)