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OET (OET-LV) And the apprentices/followers of_him were_saying to_him:
You_are_seeing the crowd pressing_on you, and you_are_saying:
Who touched against_me?
OET (OET-RV) But his followers said, “You can see all the people that were pressing on you so why would you ask who touched you?”
This section tells about two miracles that Jesus did. He healed a woman who had a sickness that caused her to have chronic bleeding. The story about this woman is told in the middle of the story about a dead girl whom he caused to live again. The situation was hopeless for both until Jesus miraculously helped them. His miracles showed the special power and authority that God had given to Jesus as the Messiah.
These stories include the idea of ritual impurity, just as in the story of the healing of the man with a “legion” of “unclean" spirits. Here, the woman was unclean according to the law of Moses because of the bleeding that was caused by her sickness. The dead body of Jairus’ daughter was also ritually unclean. But in spite of this, Jesus touched both of them. Instead of becoming unclean himself, he made them ritually clean by making them well.
Another important theme is faith. Jesus said that the woman who was bleeding was healed because of her faith. Then he encouraged Jairus to keep believing that God could make his daughter well, even after she died.
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 cured a woman with chronic bleeding and gave life to a dead girl
The child of Jairus and the woman who touched the hem of Jesus’ clothing
A dead girl and a sick woman (NIV)
There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 9:18–26 and Luke 8:40–56.
This paragraph begins a new story that happens before the story of Jairus ends. It describes how Jesus helped someone else before he arrived at Jairus’ house. Introduce it in a way that is natural in your language for such a context.
His disciples answered, “You can see the crowd pressing in on You,
His disciples replied, “You(sing) can see that the crowd is pressing against you;
His followers responded, “You(sing) surely are aware of the crowd of people who surround and push against you on all sides.
His disciples answered: Some translations place the phrase his disciples answered after what they said. In the Greek text, it comes before the speech begins. Place it where it is most natural in your language.
disciples: The Greek word that the BSB translates as disciples means “learners” who are in a relationship with a teacher. The learners commit themselves to their teacher in order to learn from him and live according to his teaching and example. In the New Testament disciples often lived with their teacher and followed him wherever he went.
Here are some other ways to translate disciples:
Use a term that refers to people who learn from a teacher or an expert. It is helpful if the term also implies that the learners are often with their teacher. For example:
learners/students
apprentices Be careful not to use a term that would refer only to a student in a school or classroom.
Use a term that refers to people who follow a teacher or leader by obeying his teaching. It is helpful if this term also implies learning from the teacher and actually following the teacher wherever he goes. For example:
followers
those who are committed/faithful (to a teacher/leader)
See how you translated this term in 2:15b. See also disciple in the Glossary.
answered: The Greek word that the BSB translates as answered is literally “said.” In some languages a word like “said” may be more natural than “answered” because the disciples did not really answer the question “Who touched me?”
pressing in on You: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as pressing in on is the same one that was translated “pressed around” in 5:24b. See how you translated it there.
and yet You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”
how can you ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ” (NJB)
It amazes/puzzles us that you ask who touched you!”
and yet You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’: In 5:31b the disciples asked a rhetorical question about Jesus’ real question in 5:30b. In their question the disciples repeated what Jesus had asked (but changed the words “my clothes” to the word Me).
The disciples used this rhetorical question to express their surprise at what Jesus had asked. There were so many people crowding around Jesus that his question seemed strange or unnecessary.
There are at least two ways to translate this rhetorical question.
As a rhetorical question. For example:
And yet do you ask, “Who touched me?”
Why do you ask, “Who touched me?”
How can it be that you ask such a question as “Who touched me?”
As a statement. For example:
It is very strange that you should ask “Who touched me?”
We do not understand why you ask “Who touched me?”
Use whichever form is most natural in your language for this kind of restatement.
In some languages it may be more natural to make 5:31b into an indirect question. For example, the CEV says:
How can you ask who touched you?
In some languages, “touching” a man or woman is a euphemism for sex. If this is true in your language, you may rephrase the disciples’ words to repeat the words that Jesus used in his question. For example:
…touched my clothes?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
βλέπεις τὸν ὄχλον συνθλίβοντά σε
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔλεγον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί αὐτοῦ Βλέπεις τόν ὄχλον συνθλίβοντα σέ καί λέγεις Τίς μού ἥψατο)
By saying this, the disciples were implying that anyone could have touched Jesus. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [You see the crowd pressing around you, so any one of them might have touched you]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
καὶ λέγεις, τίς μου ἥψατqο?
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔλεγον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί αὐτοῦ Βλέπεις τόν ὄχλον συνθλίβοντα σέ καί λέγεις Τίς μού ἥψατο)
The disciples are asking a rhetorical question and then quoting Jesus' real question that he asked in the previous verse. The disciples are using the question form to show that they think Jesus' question is absurd because so many people were pressing around him. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [and yet you ask us who touched you!"]
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
(Occurrence 2) καὶ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔλεγον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί αὐτοῦ Βλέπεις τόν ὄχλον συνθλίβοντα σέ καί λέγεις Τίς μού ἥψατο)
Here, the word and introduces what Jesus asked in contrast to the situation that he was in. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast. Alternate translation: [but] or [yet]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
λέγεις, τίς μου ἥψατο
˱you˲_˓are˒_saying (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔλεγον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί αὐτοῦ Βλέπεις τόν ὄχλον συνθλίβοντα σέ καί λέγεις Τίς μού ἥψατο)
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [you ask who touched you.]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / irony
λέγεις
˱you˲_˓are˒_saying
Here the disciples repeat what Jesus said to show that they think this is an unreasonable or silly question. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you still say] or [for some reason you say]
OET (OET-LV) And the apprentices/followers of_him were_saying to_him:
You_are_seeing the crowd pressing_on you, and you_are_saying:
Who touched against_me?
OET (OET-RV) But his followers said, “You can see all the people that were pressing on you so why would you ask who touched you?”
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.
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