OET interlinear MARK 14:48

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀποκριθεὶς

answering

Here, the word answering indicates that Jesus was responding to what had happened. He was not answering a question. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “in response to what had happened”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν ἐξήλθατε μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων συνλαβεῖν με?

as against /a/_robber ˱you_all˲_came_out with swords and clubs (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν ἐξήλθατε μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων συλλαβεῖν με)

Jesus is using the question form to rebuke the people who were arresting him for how they were acting. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “It was not necessary for you to come out as against a robber, bringing swords and clubs to seize me.” or “There was no reason for you to come out with swords and clubs to seize me, as if I were a robber!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν

as against /a/_robber

Jesus is saying that the crowds are acting like he is a dangerous robber because they have come to arrest him with many weapons. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “As you arm yourselves to seize a robber,” or “As if I were a bandit who needed to be subdued with force”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐξήλθατε

˱you_all˲_came_out

In a context such as this, your language might say “gone” instead of come. Alternate translation: “have you gone out”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

ξύλων

clubs

See how you translated clubs in 14:43. Alternate translation: “sticks for hitting people”