OET interlinear MARK 1:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

καὶ ἐξεπλήσσοντο ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ; ἦν γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων, καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ γραμματεῖς

and ˱they˲_/were_being/_astonished at the teaching ˱of˲_him ˱he˲_was for teaching them as_‹one› authority having and not as the scribes

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause gives the reason for the result that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: “And he was teaching them as having authority and not as the scribes. So, they were astonished at his teaching”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐξεπλήσσοντο ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ

˱they˲_/were_being/_astonished at the teaching ˱of˲_him

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, it is clear from the context that it was what Jesus taught. Alternate translation: “his teaching astonished them”

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐξεπλήσσοντο

˱they˲_/were_being/_astonished

The pronoun they refers to the people who in the “synagogue” (see 1:21). If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to these people more directly. Alternate translation: “those who were in the synagogue were astonished”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ

at the teaching ˱of˲_him

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of teaching, you could express the same idea in another way. Mark could be focusing primarily on: (1) the way in which Jesus taught. Alternate translation: “at how he taught” (2) what Jesus taught. Alternate translation: “at what he taught”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐξουσίαν ἔχων

authority having

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of authority, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “one having been authorized”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ γραμματεῖς

and and not as the scribes

Mark is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. If you use the following alternate translation, you may need to put a comma before it. Alternate translation: “and he was not teaching them as the scribes were teaching them”