Mark 16:4 — Greek interlinear

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strong's
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. ἦν
2. εἰμί
3. -
4. -
5. G1510 ↗
6. V-IIA3··S
7. ˱it˲ was
8. ˱it˲ was
9. -
10. -
11. 36842
1. γάρ
2. γάρ
3. -
4. -
5. G1063 ↗
6. C-·······
7. for
8. for
9. -
10. -
11. 36843
1. μέγας
2. μέγας
3. -
4. -
5. G3173 ↗
6. S-····NMS
7. large
8. large
9. -
10. -
11. 36844
1. σφόδρα
2. σφόδρα
3. -
4. -
5. G4970 ↗
6. D-·······
7. exceedingly
8. exceedingly
9. -
10. -
11. 36845
1. Καί
2. καί
3. And
4. when
5. G2532 ↗
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y33
11. 36846
1. ἀναβλέψασαι
2. ἀναβλέπω
3. having looked up
4. looked
5. G308 ↗
6. V-PAA·NFP
7. ˓having˒ looked_up
8. ˓having˒ looked_up
9. -
10. Y33; R36781; Person=Mary6; Person=Mary3; R36785; R36790; Person=Salome
11. 36847
1. ἔρχονται
2. ἔρχομαι
3. -
4. -
5. G2064 ↗
6. V-IPM3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ coming
8. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ coming
9. -
10. -
11. 36848
1. Καί
2. καί
3. -
4. -
5. G2532 ↗
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. -
11. 36849
1. θεωροῦσιν
2. θεωρέω
3. they are observing
4. they saw
5. G2334 ↗
6. V-IPA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ observing
8. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ observing
9. -
10. Y33; R36781; Person=Mary6; Person=Mary3; R36785; R36790; Person=Salome
11. 36850
1. εὑρίσκουσιν
2. εὑρίσκω
3. -
4. -
5. G2147 ↗
6. V-IPA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ finding
8. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ finding
9. -
10. -
11. 36851
1. ὅτι
2. ὅτι
3. that
4. that
5. G3754 ↗
6. C-·······
7. that
8. that
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36852
1. ἀνακεκύλισται
2. ἀνακυλίω
3. -
4. -
5. G351 ↗
6. V-IEP3··S
7. ˓has_been˒ rolled_away
8. ˓has_been˒ rolled_away
9. -
10. -
11. 36853
1. ἀποκεκύλισται
2. ἀποκυλίω
3. has been rolled away
4. had been rolled away
5. G617 ↗
6. V-IEP3··S
7. ˓has_been˒ rolled_away
8. ˓has_been˒ rolled_away
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36854
1. ἀνακεκυλισμένον
2. ἀνακυλίω
3. -
4. -
5. G351 ↗
6. V-PEP·AMS
7. ˓having_been˒ rolled_away
8. ˓having_been˒ rolled_away
9. -
10. -
11. 36855
1. ἀποκεκυλισμένον
2. ἀποκυλίω
3. -
4. -
5. G617 ↗
6. V-PEP·AMS
7. ˓having_been˒ rolled_away
8. ˓having_been˒ rolled_away
9. -
10. -
11. 36856
1. ὁ
2. ὁ
3. the
4. the
5. G3588 ↗
6. E-····NMS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36857
1. τόν
2. ὁ
3. -
4. -
5. G3588 ↗
6. E-····AMS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. -
11. 36858
1. λίθον
2. λίθος
3. -
4. -
5. G3037 ↗
6. N-····AMS
7. stone
8. stone
9. -
10. -
11. 36859
1. λίθος
2. λίθος
3. stone
4. rock
5. G3037 ↗
6. N-····NMS
7. stone
8. stone
9. -
10. Y33; F36861
11. 36860
1. ἦν
2. εἰμί
3. it was
4. -
5. G1510 ↗
6. V-IIA3··S
7. ˱it˲ was
8. ˱it˲ was
9. -
10. Y33; R36860
11. 36861
1. γάρ
2. γάρ
3. because/for
4. -
5. G1063 ↗
6. C-·······
7. for
8. for
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36862
1. μέγας
2. μέγας
3. large
4. large
5. G3173 ↗
6. S-····NMS
7. large
8. large
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36863
1. σφόδρα
2. σφόδρα
3. exceedingly
4. very
5. G4970 ↗
6. D-·······
7. exceedingly
8. exceedingly
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36864
1. μέγας
2. μέγας
3. -
4. -
5. G3173 ↗
6. S-····NMS
7. large
8. large
9. -
10. -
11. 36865

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 16:1–8: Jesus rose from the dead

In this section, Mark wrote about what happened when Jesus rose from the dead. He rose just as he had told his disciples that he would.

When the Sabbath was over, some women who knew Jesus bought spices. They planned to bring them to Jesus’ tomb early the next morning to anoint his body. When they arrived at the tomb, they saw that someone had rolled the large stone away from the entrance. A young man dressed in a white robe was sitting inside the tomb. He told them that Jesus was not there. He was alive again! Then the women became afraid and ran from the tomb.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Jesus Comes Back to Life (GW)

The Resurrection of Jesus (NRSV)

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 28:1–8; Luke 24:1–12; and John 20:1–12, 20:15.

Paragraph 16:1–4

The events of this paragraph happened on the day after the Sabbath. It was against the Jewish religious law to do any work on the Sabbath day. So the women had to wait until the next day to anoint Jesus’ body.

16:4a

But when they looked up,

But when they looked ahead,
Then they looked toward the tomb and

But: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as But is often translated as “and.” Here it connects the women’s question in 16:3 with what they saw in 16:4. They did not expect to see that the stone was already rolled away from the entrance to the tomb. Some English versions use “then” or do not use a conjunction to connect the verses. Connect these verses in a natural way in your language.

when they looked up: Here in 16:4 the women were close enough to see the entrance to the tomb. The clause when they looked up indicates that the women looked toward the tomb. It does not imply that they looked up at the sky.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

when they looked ahead

when they looked

16:4b

they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.

they saw that the very large stone had already been rolled away from the entrance.
saw that someone had already rolled away the stone, which was a very large one.

they saw that the stone had been rolled away: This clause is passive. It does not tell who rolled away the stone, and the women did not know how it had been rolled away. In some languages it may be necessary to use an active verb here and to supply a subject. If this is the case in your language, you should supply a general subject. For example:

they saw that someone had rolled away the stone

even though it was extremely large: The Greek clause that the BSB translates as even though it was extremely large is literally “for it was very large.” The word “for” often introduces an explanation. In this context the clause probably explains why the stone could not be moved easily. It may also explain why the women could see from a distance that the stone had already been rolled away.

In Greek this explanation comes at the end of 16:4. In some languages it may be more natural to place it in a different place in 16:3 or 16:4. See the General Comment on 16:3–4 for suggestions.

extremely large: In this context the words extremely large also imply that the stone was extremely heavy. The women were not strong enough to move such a large and heavy stone.

General Comment on 16:3–4

In some languages it may be more natural to change the order of the clause “for the stone was very large.” For example:

^3aThey asked each other, ^3b“Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” ^4a–bAnd looking up they saw that this very large stone had already been rolled away from the entrance.

^3–4On the way they said to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” (It was a very large stone.) Then they looked up and saw that the stone had already been rolled back. (GNT)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀποκεκύλισται ὁ λίθος

˓has_been˒_rolled_away the stone

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. If you need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: [somebody had rolled the stone away]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀναβλέψασαι θεωροῦσιν ὅτι ἀποκεκύλισται ὁ λίθος ἦν γάρ μέγας σφόδρα)

Here, the word for could introduce: (1) further information about the stone. Alternate translation: [and as for that stone,]; (2) a reason why the women were able to see the stone from far away when they looked up. Alternate translation: [which they could observe because]; (3) a reason why the women were concerned about who would roll the stone away for them (see 16:3). Alternate translation: [and they had been asking each other about the stone because]

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

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strong's
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. when
3. G2532 ↗
4. Καί
5. καί
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y33
11. 36846
1. having looked up
2. looked
3. G308 ↗
4. ἀναβλέψασαι
5. ἀναβλέπω
6. V-PAA·NFP
7. ˓having˒ looked_up
8. ˓having˒ looked_up
9. -
10. Y33; R36781; Person=Mary6; Person=Mary3; R36785; R36790; Person=Salome
11. 36847
1. they are observing
2. they saw
3. G2334 ↗
4. θεωροῦσιν
5. θεωρέω
6. V-IPA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ observing
8. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ observing
9. -
10. Y33; R36781; Person=Mary6; Person=Mary3; R36785; R36790; Person=Salome
11. 36850
1. that
2. that
3. G3754 ↗
4. ὅτι
5. ὅτι
6. C-·······
7. that
8. that
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36852
1. the
2. the
3. G3588 ↗
4. ὁ
5. ὁ
6. E-····NMS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36857
1. stone
2. rock
3. G3037 ↗
4. λίθος
5. λίθος
6. N-····NMS
7. stone
8. stone
9. -
10. Y33; F36861
11. 36860
1. has been rolled away
2. had been rolled away
3. G617 ↗
4. ἀποκεκύλισται
5. ἀποκυλίω
6. V-IEP3··S
7. ˓has_been˒ rolled_away
8. ˓has_been˒ rolled_away
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36854
1. because/for
2. -
3. G1063 ↗
4. γάρ
5. γάρ
6. C-·······
7. for
8. for
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36862
1. it was
2. -
3. G1510 ↗
4. ἦν
5. εἰμί
6. V-IIA3··S
7. ˱it˲ was
8. ˱it˲ was
9. -
10. Y33; R36860
11. 36861
1. exceedingly
2. very
3. G4970 ↗
4. σφόδρα
5. σφόδρα
6. D-·······
7. exceedingly
8. exceedingly
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36864
1. large
2. large
3. G3173 ↗
4. μέγας
5. μέγας
6. S-····NMS
7. large
8. large
9. -
10. Y33
11. 36863

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.