OET interlinear MARK 15:33

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

ὥρας ἕκτης & ὥρας ἐνάτης

/the/_hour sixth & /the/_hour ninth

In this culture, people began counting the hours each day beginning around daybreak at six o’clock in the morning. So, the sixth hour would be around noon, and the ninth hour would be around three o’clock in the afternoon. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this in the way the people of your culture reckon time. See how you translated the similar time reference in 15:25. Alternate translation: “12:00 PM … 3:00 PM”

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

ὥρας ἕκτης & ὥρας ἐνάτης

/the/_hour sixth & /the/_hour ninth

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use cardinal numbers here or equivalent expressions. Alternate translation: “hour six … hour nine”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

σκότος ἐγένετο

darkness became

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of darkness, you could express it in a different way. Alternate translation: “the sky darkened” or “the light dimmed”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐφ’ ὅλην τὴν γῆν

over all the land

Here, the whole land could refer to: (1) the entire area around where Jesus was crucified. This could include just the city of Jerusalem or all of Palestine. Alternate translation: “over that whole region” (2) the entire earth. Alternate translation: “over the whole earth”