MARK 3:9 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. Καί
2. kai
3. And
4. 51-3\x*So
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23592
1. εἶπεν
2. legō
3. he told
4. -
5. 30040
6. VIAA3··S
7. ˱he˲ told
8. ˱he˲ told
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; R23532; Person=Jesus
11. 23593
1. τοῖς
2. ho
3. to the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····DMP
7. ˱to˲ the
8. ˱to˲ the
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23594
1. μαθηταῖς
2. mathētēs
3. apprentices/followers
4. apprentices
5. 31010
6. N····DMP
7. apprentices/followers
8. disciples
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23595
1. αὐτοῦ
2. autos
3. of him
4. his
5. 8460
6. R···3GMS
7. ˱of˲ him
8. ˱of˲ him
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; R23532; Person=Jesus
11. 23596
1. ἵνα
2. hina
3. that
4. -
5. 24430
6. C·······
7. that
8. that
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23597
1. πλοιάριον
2. ploiarion
3. +a little boat
4. small boat
5. 41420
6. N····NNS
7. ˓a˒ little_boat
8. ˓a˒ little_boat
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23598
1. πλοιάρια
2. ploiarion
3. -
4. -
5. 41420
6. N····NNP
7. little_boats
8. little_boats
9. -
10. -
11. 23599
1. προσκαρτερῇ
2. proskartereō
3. may be continuing
4. -
5. 43420
6. VSPA3··S
7. ˓may_be˒ continuing
8. ˓may_be˒ continuing
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23600
1. αὐτῷ
2. autos
3. with him
4. -
5. 8460
6. R···3DMS
7. ˱with˲ him
8. ˱with˲ him
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; R23532; Person=Jesus
11. 23601
1. διά
2. dia
3. because of
4. -
5. 12230
6. P·······
7. because_of
8. because_of
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23602
1. τόν
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····AMS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23603
1. ὄχλον
2. oχlos
3. crowd
4. crowd
5. 37930
6. N····AMS
7. crowd
8. crowd
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; F23607
11. 23604
1. ἵνα
2. hina
3. in order that
4. -
5. 24430
6. C·······
7. in_order_that
8. in_order_that
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23605
1. μή
2. mē
3. not
4. -
5. 33610
6. D·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23606
1. θλίβωσιν
2. thlibō
3. they may be crowding
4. -
5. 23460
6. VSPA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓may_be˒ crowding
8. ˱they˲ ˓may_be˒ crowding
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; R23604
11. 23607
1. αὐτόν
2. autos
3. him
4. -
5. 8460
6. R···3AMS
7. him
8. him
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; R23532; Person=Jesus
11. 23608
1. πολλοί
2. pollos
3. -
4. -
5. 41830
6. S····NMP
7. many
8. many
9. -
10. -
11. 23609

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:7–12: Crowds of people followed Jesus to Lake Galilee

Even though some people opposed Jesus (3:1–6), this section tells about the many people who wanted to come to Jesus. Some people wanted to hear him, and some wanted him to heal their sick people.

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 healed many people at Lake Galilee

People come from many places to see Jesus

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 12:15–16 and Luke 6:17–19.

Paragraph 3:7–12

The story in 3:7–12 began sometime after the story in 3:1–6 ended. The Greek text does not indicate how much time passed between these two stories. The events in 3:7–12 could have happened on that day or on another day.

3:9

In this verse Jesus told his disciples to get a small boat ready for him so the people would not crowd him or push him. In some languages you may need to use a different order than the BSB does. See the General Comment on 3:9a–d after 3:9d and the General Comment on 3:9–10 at the end of the notes on 3:10b for examples of how to reorder the verse parts.

3:9a

Jesus asked His disciples

He/Jesus told his disciples
He/Jesus said to his followers,

His disciples: The phrase His disciples is the same phrase as in 3:7a.

3:9b

to have a boat ready for Him

to get a small boat ready for him to use,
“Prepare a small boat for me to sit in

See the General Comment on 3:9b–d below for a way to translate this as a direct quote.

to have a boat ready for Him: The clause to have a boat ready for Him indicates that Jesus asked his disciples to get or prepare a small boat for him in case he needed it. If the people pushed him too much, he intended to sit in the boat and teach from it.

a boat: The boats used on Lake Galilee were small boats used for fishing and travel across the lake. They could hold about two to fifteen people. People made them move across the water with oars and sails.

Here are some ways to translate the word boat:

a large canoe

a vehicle for crossing water

something for carrying people on top of water

The word “boat” first occurred in 1:19c and 1:20b. See how you translated it there.

3:9c

so that the crowd

because many people came,
since there is such a big crowd,
There were very many people; that is the reason why

3:9d

would not crush Him.

and he wanted to prevent the people from crowding/crushing him.
so that the people will not push/crush me.”

3:9c-d

so that the crowd would not crush Him: In Greek this is literally “because of the crowd so that they might not crowd him.” Jesus wanted a boat because the crowd had become so large that the people might have crushed

not crush Him: The Greek word that the BSB translates as crush means “pushing,” “pressing hard,” “crushing.”

General Comment on 3:9a–d

In some languages it may be more natural to change the order of some of the parts in 3:9a–d. For example:

^9cThere were so many people ^9dthat they might crush Jesus. ^9aThat is why Jesus told his followers ^9bto have a boat ready for him to sit in while teaching the people.

General Comment on 3:9b–d

In some languages it will be more natural to translate 3:9b–d as a direct quote. For example:

Jesus said to his disciples, “Get a small boat for me to sit in, so that the crowd will not crush me.”

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, ἵνα πλοιάριον προσκαρτερῇ αὐτῷ διὰ τὸν ὄχλον, ἵνα μὴ θλίβωσιν αὐτόν

˱he˲_told ˱to˲_the disciples ˱of˲_him that ˓a˒_little_boat ˓may_be˒_continuing ˱with˲_him (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἵνα πλοιάριον προσκαρτερῇ αὐτῷ διά τόν ὄχλον ἵνα μή θλίβωσιν αὐτόν)

It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: [he said to his disciples, “Make sure that a small boat is waiting for me because of the crowd, so that they do not press against me.”]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πλοιάριον προσκαρτερῇ αὐτῷ διὰ τὸν ὄχλον

˓a˒_little_boat ˓may_be˒_continuing ˱with˲_him (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἵνα πλοιάριον προσκαρτερῇ αὐτῷ διά τόν ὄχλον ἵνα μή θλίβωσιν αὐτόν)

Here Mark implies that Jesus plans to get into this small boat to get away from the crowd. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [a small boat might be ready for him to embark on to get away from the crowd]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μὴ θλίβωσιν αὐτόν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἵνα πλοιάριον προσκαρτερῇ αὐτῷ διά τόν ὄχλον ἵνα μή θλίβωσιν αὐτόν)

Here Mark implies that Jesus is concerned that the crowd will press against him and crush or injure him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [they might not press against him and injure him] or [they might not hurt him]

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

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
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. 51-3\x*So
3. 25320
4. S
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23592
1. he told
2. -
3. 30040
5. legō
6. V-IAA3··S
7. ˱he˲ told
8. ˱he˲ told
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; R23532; Person=Jesus
11. 23593
1. to the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····DMP
7. ˱to˲ the
8. ˱to˲ the
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23594
1. apprentices/followers
2. apprentices
3. 31010
5. mathētēs
6. N-····DMP
7. apprentices/followers
8. disciples
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23595
1. of him
2. his
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3GMS
7. ˱of˲ him
8. ˱of˲ him
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; R23532; Person=Jesus
11. 23596
1. that
2. -
3. 24430
5. hina
6. C-·······
7. that
8. that
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23597
1. +a little boat
2. small boat
3. 41420
5. ploiarion
6. N-····NNS
7. ˓a˒ little_boat
8. ˓a˒ little_boat
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23598
1. may be continuing
2. -
3. 43420
5. proskartereō
6. V-SPA3··S
7. ˓may_be˒ continuing
8. ˓may_be˒ continuing
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23600
1. with him
2. -
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3DMS
7. ˱with˲ him
8. ˱with˲ him
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; R23532; Person=Jesus
11. 23601
1. because of
2. -
3. 12230
5. dia
6. P-·······
7. because_of
8. because_of
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23602
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····AMS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23603
1. crowd
2. crowd
3. 37930
5. oχlos
6. N-····AMS
7. crowd
8. crowd
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; F23607
11. 23604
1. in order that
2. -
3. 24430
5. hina
6. C-·······
7. in_order_that
8. in_order_that
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23605
1. they may
2. -
3. 23460
5. thlibō
6. V-SPA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓may_be˒ crowding
8. ˱they˲ ˓may_be˒ crowding
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; R23604
11. 23607
1. not
2. -
3. 33610
5. mē
6. D-·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes
11. 23606
1. be crowding
2. -
3. 23460
5. thlibō
6. V-SPA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓may_be˒ crowding
8. ˱they˲ ˓may_be˒ crowding
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; R23604
11. 23607
1. him
2. -
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3AMS
7. him
8. him
9. -
10. Y31; THealing_Multitudes; R23532; Person=Jesus
11. 23608

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.

OET interlinear MARK 3:9

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)