OET interlinear MARK 3:30

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὅτι

because

Here, the word because introduces a reason why Jesus gave the teaching that Mark quotes in 3:23–29. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different word or phrase that introduces this kind of reason. Alternate translation: “which things he said because” or “and the reason for his teaching was that”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

ἔλεγον, πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον ἔχει

˱they˲_/were/_saying /a/_spirit unclean ˱he˲_/is/_having

It may be more natural in your language to have an indirect quotation here. Alternate translation: “they were saying that he had an unclean spirit”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον ἔχει

/a/_spirit unclean ˱he˲_/is/_having

Here the scribes meant that they thought that Jesus was possessed or controlled by an unclean spirit. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “He is possessed by an unclean spirit” or “An unclean spirit possesses him”