MARK 8:9 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. ἦσαν
2. eimi
3. they were
4. -
5. 15100
6. VIIA3··P
7. ˱they˲ were
8. ˱they˲ were
9. -
10. Y32; R28439
11. 28481
1. Δέ
2. de
3. And
4. and
5. 11610
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y32
11. 28482
1. οἱ
2. ho
3. they
4. -
5. 35880
6. R···3NMP
7. they
8. they
9. -
10. Y32
11. 28483
1. φαγόντες
2. esthiō
3. having eaten
4. eaten
5. 20680
6. VPAA·NMP
7. ˓having˒ eaten
8. ˓having˒ eaten
9. -
10. Y32
11. 28484
1. ὡς
2. hōs
3. about
4. -
5. 56130
6. D·······
7. about
8. about
9. -
10. Y32
11. 28485
1. τετρακισχίλιοι
2. tetrakisχilioi
3. four thousand
4. four thousand
5. 50700
6. S····NMP
7. four_thousand
8. four_thousand
9. -
10. Y32
11. 28486
1. Καί
2. kai
3. And
4. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y32
11. 28487
1. ἀπέλυσεν
2. apoluō
3. he sent away
4. sent
5. 6300
6. VIAA3··S
7. ˱he˲ sent_away
8. ˱he˲ sent_away
9. -
10. Y32; R26835; Person=Jesus
11. 28488
1. αὐτούς
2. autos
3. them
4. -
5. 8460
6. R···3AMP
7. them
8. them
9. -
10. Y32; R28439
11. 28489

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 8:1–10: Jesus did a miracle to feed four thousand people

In the previous section, Jesus healed a man who was deaf and could not speak clearly. People quickly spread the news about this miracle throughout the Decapolis area. As a result, many other people came to Jesus. Most of these people were probably Gentiles. They stayed with Jesus for three days. This section is about how Jesus felt compassion for them and miraculously fed them.

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

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People (GNT)

Jesus multiplied a small amount of food to feed four thousand people

Jesus fed four thousand people in a miraculous way

There is a parallel passage for this section in Matthew 15:32–39.

Paragraph 8:6–10

In this paragraph, Jesus told the crowd to sit down. He said a prayer of thanksgiving for the bread and the fish. Then he asked the disciples to give the food to the people. Jesus performed a miracle by feeding four thousand people with seven loaves of bread and a few fish.

8:9a

And about four thousand men were present.

There were four thousand people in the crowd that day.
And there were about four thousand people who ate.

And about four thousand men were present: The Greek word that the BSB translates as four thousand men is literally “four thousand.” Here the phrase refers to people in general, not only to males.

General Comment on 8:8–9a

In some languages it may be more natural to change the order of the information in verses 8:8a–b and 8:9a. For example:

Everybody ate and had enough—there were about four thousand people. Then the disciples took up seven baskets full of pieces left over. (GNT)

The crowd of about four thousand people ate all they wanted, and the leftovers filled seven large baskets. (CEV)

8:9b

As soon as Jesus had dismissed the crowd,

When Jesus had dismissed the people,
After the people ate, Jesus told them that they should go to their homes.

As soon as Jesus had dismissed the crowd: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as As soon as Jesus had dismissed the crowd indicates that after the people had eaten as much as they wanted, Jesus told them to return to their homes. Your translation should not imply that Jesus was being rude or hostile toward the people. This is similar to the expression “send them home” in 8:3. Also, see how you translated “dismissed the crowd” in 6:45.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

δὲ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἦσαν Δέ οἱ φαγόντες ὡς τετρακισχίλιοι Καί ἀπέλυσεν αὐτούς)

Mark uses the word Now to introduce background information that helps the readers understand how amazing what Jesus did was. The word does not introduce another event in the story. Use a natural form in your language for introducing background information. Alternate translation: [As for how many people were there,] or [In the end,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τετρακισχίλιοι

four_thousand

Mark is using the number 4,000 as a noun to mean 4,000 people. Your language may use numbers in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [4,000 individuals]

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

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. And
2. and
3. 11610
4. S
5. de
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y32
11. 28482
1. they were
2. -
3. 15100
5. eimi
6. V-IIA3··P
7. ˱they˲ were
8. ˱they˲ were
9. -
10. Y32; R28439
11. 28481
1. they
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. R-···3NMP
7. they
8. they
9. -
10. Y32
11. 28483
1. having eaten
2. eaten
3. 20680
5. esthiō
6. V-PAA·NMP
7. ˓having˒ eaten
8. ˓having˒ eaten
9. -
10. Y32
11. 28484
1. about
2. -
3. 56130
5. hōs
6. D-·······
7. about
8. about
9. -
10. Y32
11. 28485
1. four thousand
2. four thousand
3. 50700
5. tetrakisχilioi
6. S-····NMP
7. four_thousand
8. four_thousand
9. -
10. Y32
11. 28486
1. And
2. -
3. 25320
4. S
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y32
11. 28487
1. he sent
2. sent
3. 6300
5. apoluō
6. V-IAA3··S
7. ˱he˲ sent_away
8. ˱he˲ sent_away
9. -
10. Y32; R26835; Person=Jesus
11. 28488
1. them
2. -
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3AMP
7. them
8. them
9. -
10. Y32; R28439
11. 28489
1. away
2. sent
3. 6300
5. apoluō
6. V-IAA3··S
7. ˱he˲ sent_away
8. ˱he˲ sent_away
9. -
10. Y32; R26835; Person=Jesus
11. 28488

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.