OET interlinear MARK 6:56

uW Translation Notes:

εἰς κώμας, ἢ εἰς πόλεις, ἢ εἰς ἀγροὺς

into villages or into cities or into fields

Alternate translation: [into little towns or into big towns or into rural areas]

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐτίθεσαν

˱they˲_˓were˒_laying

Here, the pronoun they refers to people in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that refers generally to people. Alternate translation: [men and women were placing]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ταῖς ἀγοραῖς

the marketplaces

The word marketplaces refers to large, open-air areas where people buy and sell goods. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of area, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [the town squares] or [the parks]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

παρεκάλουν & ἅψωνται

˱they˲_˓were˒_imploring & ˱they˲_˓may˒_touch

The pronoun they in the phrase they might touch refers to the ones being sick. The pronoun they in the phrase they were begging could refer to: (1) the ones being sick. Alternate translation: [these sick people were begging … they might touch] (2) the people who were placing the ones being sick in the marketplaces. Alternate translation: [the people who placed the sick people there were begging … the sick people might touch]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

αὐτὸν ἵνα κἂν τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ ἅψωνται; καὶ

him that even_if ˱against˲_the fringe ˱of˲_the garment ˱of˲_him ˱they˲_˓may˒_touch and

It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: [him, ‘Please let us even touch the edge of your garment.’ And]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κἂν & ἅψωνται

even_if & ˱they˲_˓may˒_touch

Here, the word even indicates that these people think that, to be healed, they do not need to do anything more than touch Jesus’ garment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [all they might do is touch] or [they could only touch]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὅσοι ἂν ἥψαντο αὐτοῦ ἐσῴζοντο

as_many_as ¬wishfully touched ˱against˲_him ˓were_being˒_healed

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, 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 indicate that was God or Jesus himself. Alternate translation: [God was healing as many as touched it] or [Jesus was healing as many as touched it]

Note 7 topic: writing-pronouns

(Occurrence 2) αὐτοῦ

˱against˲_him

Here, the word translated it could: (1) refer to a thing, in this case the edge of Jesus’ garment. Alternate translation: [the edge of his garment] (2) refer to a person, in this case Jesus. Alternate translation: [Jesus] or [him]