OET interlinear MARK 7:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀφέντες

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀφέντες τήν ἐντολήν τοῦ Θεοῦ κρατεῖτε τήν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων)

Here Jesus speaks as if the commandment of God were a place that the scribes and Pharisees could leave. He means that they have stopped obeying the commandment of God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Having abandoned] or [Having stopped obeying]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀφέντες τήν ἐντολήν τοῦ Θεοῦ κρατεῖτε τήν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων)

Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe a commandment that came from God. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the commandment given by God] or [the commandment we received from God]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀφέντες τήν ἐντολήν τοῦ Θεοῦ κρατεῖτε τήν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of commandment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [what God commanded us]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀφέντες τήν ἐντολήν τοῦ Θεοῦ κρατεῖτε τήν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων)

Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe a tradition that came from men. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the tradition handed down by men] or [the tradition you received from men]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀφέντες τήν ἐντολήν τοῦ Θεοῦ κρατεῖτε τήν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of tradition, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [what men teach]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τῶν ἀνθρώπων

¬the ˱of˲_humans

Although the term men is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [of people]

Note 7 topic: translate-textvariants

τῶν ἀνθρώπων

¬the ˱of˲_humans

Some ancient manuscripts do not include any words in this verse after the phrase of men. The ULT follows that reading. Other ancient manuscripts add the words “washings of pitchers and cups and many other similar such things you do” after the words of men. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT.