OET interlinear MARK 6:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

καὶ

and

Here, the word And introduces the next major event in the story. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave And untranslated. Alternate translation: “After that,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἤρξατο αὐτοὺς ἀποστέλλειν

began them /to_be/_sending_out

Here, the phrase began to send them out indicates that Jesus prepared them for when he would send them out. The Twelve do not actually leave on their mission until 5:12. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “prepared to send them out” or “began to get them ready to send them out”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

δύο δύο

two ˱by˲_two

Here, the phrase two by two means that Jesus sent out the Twelve in six groups with two disciples in each group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in pairs” or “in sets of two”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐδίδου αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τῶν πνευμάτων τῶν ἀκαθάρτων

/was/_giving ˱to˲_them authority ˱over˲_the spirits ¬the unclean

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: “he was empowering them to control the unclean spirits”