OET interlinear MARK 8:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον αὐτοῦ λέγων, μηδὲ εἰς τὴν κώμην εἰσέλθῃς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀπέστειλεν αὐτόν εἰς οἶκον αὐτοῦ λέγων Μηδέ εἰς τήν κώμην εἰσέλθῃς)

It may be more natural in your language to make everything that Jesus commands in this verse a direct quotation or an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: [And he told him, “Go to your home. You may not even enter into the town] or [And he sent him away to his home, telling him that he might not even enter into the town]

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

λέγων

saying

Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [and he said]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

μηδὲ & εἰσέλθῃς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀπέστειλεν αὐτόν εἰς οἶκον αὐτοῦ λέγων Μηδέ εἰς τήν κώμην εἰσέλθῃς)

Because Jesus is speaking to the man who was blind, the word You is singular.

Note 4 topic: translate-textvariants

εἰς τὴν κώμην

to into (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀπέστειλεν αὐτόν εἰς οἶκον αὐτοῦ λέγων Μηδέ εἰς τήν κώμην εἰσέλθῃς)

Many ancient manuscripts do not include any words in this verse after the phrase into the town. The ULT follows that reading. Other ancient manuscripts include the words “nor speak to anyone in the town” after the phrase into the town. 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.