MARK 7:1 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. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. PS
10. Y32
11. 27461
1. συνάγονται
2. sunagō
3. are being gathered together
4. -
5. 48630
6. VIPP3··P
7. ˓are_being˒ gathered_together
8. ˓are_being˒ gathered_together
9. -
10. Y32
11. 27462
1. πρός
2. pros
3. to
4. -
5. 43140
6. P·······
7. to
8. to
9. -
10. Y32
11. 27463
1. αὐτόν
2. autos
3. him
4. -
5. 8460
6. R···3AMS
7. him
8. him
9. -
10. Y32
11. 27464
1. οἱ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NMP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y32
11. 27465
1. Φαρισαῖοι
2. farisaios
3. Farisaios party
4. party
5. 53300
6. N····NMP
7. Farisaios_\add party\add*
8. Pharisees
9. U
10. Y32; F27471; F27476
11. 27466
1. καί
2. kai
3. and
4. and
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y32
11. 27467
1. τινές
2. tis
3. some
4. -
5. 51000
6. R····NMP
7. some
8. some
9. -
10. Y32; F27471; F27476
11. 27468
1. τῶν
2. ho
3. of the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····GMP
7. ˱of˲ the
8. ˱of˲ the
9. -
10. Y32
11. 27469
1. γραμματέων
2. grammateus
3. scribes
4. teachers
5. 11220
6. N····GMP
7. scribes
8. scribes
9. -
10. Y32
11. 27470
1. ἐλθόντες
2. erχomai
3. having come
4. come
5. 20640
6. VPAA·NMP
7. ˓having˒ come
8. ˓having˒ come
9. -
10. Y32; R27466; R27468
11. 27471
1. ἀπό
2. apo
3. from
4. -
5. 5750
6. P·······
7. from
8. from
9. -
10. Y32
11. 27472
1. Ἱεροσολύμων
2. ierosoluma
3. Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim)
4. -
5. 24140
6. N····GNP
7. Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim)
8. Jerusalem
9. U
10. Location=Jerusalem; Y32
11. 27473

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:1–23: Jesus explained what makes a person unclean

This section (7:1–23) deals with the difference between ritual uncleanness and real moral uncleanness. Ritual uncleanness is external, but real uncleanness involves the inner being of a person. Mark introduced this topic by describing an incident in which the Pharisees and teachers of the law rebuked Jesus. They did this because his disciples ate without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish tradition (7:1–5).

Jesus did not respond to their rebuke directly. Instead, he gave an example of how these leaders ignored God’s law in order to follow their own traditions (7:6–13). Jesus then explained to the crowd that true uncleanness in God’s sight is not caused by external things. It is not caused by things such as food going into the body. True uncleanness is caused by sinful things that a person does or says. Those things come from a person’s inner being (7:14–23).

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Ritual uncleanness is not what causes God to consider a person unclean

Jesus teaches about what defiles a person

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 15:1–20 and Luke 11:37–39.

Paragraph 7:1–5

In the first paragraph of this section, Mark introduced the topic of ritual uncleanness. He did this by telling an incident in which the Pharisees and teachers of the law rebuked Jesus. They rebuked him because his disciples had not followed the Jewish tradition of washing their hands in a special way before they ate.

In the middle of this paragraph (7:2b–4), Mark explained some of these Jewish traditions. He did this so that his readers would understand why the Pharisees and other Jewish leaders were upset with Jesus and questioned him.

In Greek, 7:2–5 forms one long sentence. The RSV has a long sentence in 7:3–4, and the BSB has a long sentence in 7:1–2. In your translation, use sentences that are a normal length in your language.

7:1a

Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem

¶ Later, the Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who came from Jerusalem
¶ The Pharisees and some of the experts in the law came/arrived from the city of Jerusalem.

Then: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as Then introduces what the religious leaders did next after the events in Mark 6. Here are some other ways to begin this story:

One day (NLT)

After this

You should begin this story in a way that is natural in your language.

the Pharisees: The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group or party. It was very important to them to obey all of the Jewish religious laws very carefully and in detail. Here are some ways to translate this word:

Transliterate the word Pharisees according to the sounds of your language and indicate that it refers to people. For example:
Farisi members
Parise adherents
Transliterate the word Pharisees and indicate that it refers to a group of people with certain beliefs. For example:
people belonging to the Parise religious sect/group
members of the religious group called the Farasi

You may also want to include an explanation of Pharisees in the glossary of your translation.

the scribes: The Greek word that the BSB translates as scribes refers to men who copied the laws of Moses by hand in New Testament times. Besides copying the Scripture, their main task were to study, interpret, and teach the laws of Moses and related Jewish laws and traditions.

Here are some other ways to translate this term:

the teachers of the Law of Moses (CEV)

the teachers of religious law (NLT)

the experts in the law (NET)

See how you translated this word in 1:22c and 3:22a. See also teacher of the law in the Glossary.

who had come from Jerusalem: The phrase who had come from Jerusalem can be understood in two ways:

It refers to both the Pharisees and the teachers of the law. Both groups came from Jerusalem. For example, the NLT says:
One day some Pharisees and teachers of religious law arrived from Jerusalem (NASB, NLT, NCV)
It refers only to the teachers of the law. Only the teachers of the law came from Jerusalem. This implies that the Pharisees were already there. For example, the ESV says:
Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem (ESV, REB)

The Greek text and many English versions are ambiguous. If possible, you should also leave it ambiguous. If you must choose, it is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). This fits the parallel passage in Matthew 15:1.

7:1b

gathered around Jesus,

and gathered around Jesus.
They came to where Jesus was and stood around him.

gathered around Jesus: The Greek word that the BSB translates as gathered around indicates that the Pharisees and teachers of the law came to where Jesus was. They wanted to see him.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

καὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί συνάγονται πρός αὐτόν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καί τινές τῶν γραμματέων ἐλθόντες ἀπό Ἱεροσολύμων)

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: [Sometime later,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

συνάγονται πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καί τινες τῶν γραμματέων, ἐλθόντες ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων

˓are_being˒_gathered_together (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί συνάγονται πρός αὐτόν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καί τινές τῶν γραμματέων ἐλθόντες ἀπό Ἱεροσολύμων)

Here Mark could be implying that: (1) both the Pharisees and the scribes came from Jerusalem. Alternate translation: [having come from Jerusalem, the Pharisees and some of the scribes are being gathered to him] (2) only the scribes came from Jerusalem. Alternate translation: [the Pharisees and some of the scribes who came from Jerusalem are being gathered to him]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐλθόντες

˓having˒_come

In a context such as this, your language might say “gone” instead of come. Alternate translation: [having gone]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

συνάγονται

˓are_being˒_gathered_together

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [are gathering] or [are coming together]

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

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 7:1

SR Greek word order

Section 7:1–23: Jesus explained what makes a person unclean

Paragraph 7:1–5

7:1a

7:1b

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