OET interlinear MARK 15:40

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

δὲ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἦσαν Δέ καί γυναῖκες ἀπό μακρόθεν θεωροῦσαι ἐν αἷς καί Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή καί Μαρία ἡ Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καί Ἰωσῆ μήτηρ καί Σαλώμη)

Mark uses the word Now to introduce background information that will help readers understand what happens later in the story. The word does not introduce the next event in the story. Use a natural form in your language for introducing background information. Alternate translation: [Meanwhile,] or [During all those things,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

καὶ Μαριὰμ ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ, καὶ Μαρία ἡ Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καὶ Ἰωσῆ μήτηρ, καὶ Σαλώμη

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἦσαν Δέ καί γυναῖκες ἀπό μακρόθεν θεωροῦσαι ἐν αἷς καί Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή καί Μαρία ἡ Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καί Ἰωσῆ μήτηρ καί Σαλώμη)

Consider how you might naturally include a list of three women with descriptions of them. The UST has moved Salome earlier in the list so that it is clear that she is not one of the children of Mary. Alternate translation: [also Mary Magdalene and Salome and Mary the mother of James the little and of Joses]

Note 3 topic: translate-names

Μαρία ἡ & μήτηρ

Mary the & mother

The word Mary is the name of a woman. This Mary was not Mary Magdalene nor Mary the mother of Jesus. Mark identifies her instead as the mother of James the younger and of Joses.

Note 4 topic: translate-names

Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καὶ Ἰωσῆ

˱of˲_Jacobus the little (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἦσαν Δέ καί γυναῖκες ἀπό μακρόθεν θεωροῦσαι ἐν αἷς καί Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή καί Μαρία ἡ Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καί Ἰωσῆ μήτηρ καί Σαλώμη)

The word James is the name of a man. This James is not James the brother of Jesus, James son of Zebedee, or James son of Alphaeus. The word Joses is also the name of a man. This Joses is not Jesus’ brother.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ

˱of˲_Jacobus the little

When Mark refers to James as the little, he could mean that: (1) he was younger than one or more other people named James. Alternate translation: [of James the young] or [of the younger James] (2) he was less well-known than one or more other people named James. Alternate translation: [of James the less] or [of the less famous James] (3) he was a short man. Alternate translation: [of James the short]

Note 6 topic: translate-names

Σαλώμη

Salome

The word Salome is the name of a woman.