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OET (OET-RV) And some Greek people were also going to Yerushalem to worship God at the celebrations
OET-LV And Hellaʸns were some of the ones going_up, in_order_that they_may_prostrate at the feast,
SR-GNT Ἦσαν δὲ Ἕλληνές τινες ἐκ τῶν ἀναβαινόντων, ἵνα προσκυνήσωσιν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ· ‡
(Aʸsan de Hellaʸnes tines ek tōn anabainontōn, hina proskunaʸsōsin en taʸ heortaʸ;)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Now certain Greeks were among the ones going up so that they might worship at the festival.
UST Some people who were not Jews were among the people who went up to Jerusalem in order to worship God during the Passover celebration.
BSB § Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
BLB Now there were certain Greeks among those coming up that they might worship at the feast.
AICNT Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
OEB ¶ Among those who were going up to worship at the Festival were some Greeks,
WEBBE Now there were certain Greeks amongst those who went up to worship at the feast.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up to worship at the feast.
LSV And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the celebration,
FBV Now some Greeks had come to the festival to worship.
TCNT Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
T4T Among those who went up to Jerusalem to worship God during the Passover celebration were some Greeks.
LEB Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up in order to worship at the feast.
BBE Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:
Moff No Moff YHN (JHN) book available
Wymth Now some of those who used to come up to worship at the Festival were Greeks.
ASV Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:
DRA Now there were certain Gentiles among them, who came up to adore on the festival day.
YLT And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast,
Drby And there were certain Greeks among those who came up that they might worship in the feast;
RV Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:
Wbstr And there were certain Greeks among them, that came to worship at the feast.
KJB-1769 ¶ And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
KJB-1611 ¶ And there were certaine Greeks among them, that came vp to worship at the feast:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps There were certaine Grekes among them, that came to worship at the feast:
(There were certain Grekes among them, that came to worship at the feast:)
Gnva Nowe there were certaine Greekes among them that came vp to worship at the feast.
(Now there were certain Greekes among them that came up to worship at the feast. )
Cvdl There were certayne Grekes (amonge the that were come vp to Ierusale to worshipe at the feast)
(There were certain Grekes (amonge the that were come up to Yerusalem to worship at the feast))
TNT Ther were certayne Grekes amonge them that came to praye at the feast:
(Ther were certain Grekes among them that came to pray at the feast: )
Wyc And there weren summe hethene men, of hem that hadden come vp to worschipe in the feeste dai.
(And there were some heathen men, of them that had come up to worship in the feast day.)
Luth Es waren aber etliche Griechen unter denen, die hinaufkommen waren, daß sie anbeteten auf das Fest.
(It were but several Griechen under denen, the hinaufkommen were, that they/she/them anbeteten on the Fest.)
ClVg Erant autem quidam gentiles, ex his qui ascenderant ut adorarent in die festo.
(Erant however quidam gentiles, from his who ascenderant as adorarent in day festo. )
UGNT ἦσαν δὲ Ἕλληνές τινες ἐκ τῶν ἀναβαινόντων ἵνα προσκυνήσωσιν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ;
(aʸsan de Hellaʸnes tines ek tōn anabainontōn hina proskunaʸsōsin en taʸ heortaʸ;)
SBL-GNT Ἦσαν δὲ ⸂Ἕλληνές τινες⸃ ἐκ τῶν ἀναβαινόντων ἵνα προσκυνήσωσιν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ·
(Aʸsan de ⸂Hellaʸnes tines⸃ ek tōn anabainontōn hina proskunaʸsōsin en taʸ heortaʸ;)
TC-GNT Ἦσαν δέ [fn]τινες Ἕλληνες ἐκ τῶν ἀναβαινόντων ἵνα προσκυνήσωσιν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ·
(Aʸsan de tines Hellaʸnes ek tōn anabainontōn hina proskunaʸsōsin en taʸ heortaʸ; )
12:20 τινες ελληνες ¦ ελληνες τινες CT
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
12:20 Among the people drawn to Jesus (12:19) were some Greeks, God-fearing Gentiles who had come to Passover to worship. Jesus’ mission was not simply to Israel but encompassed the entire world (10:16; 11:52). Following Jesus’ resurrection, the church’s mission was to go beyond Judea to Samaria, and ultimately to the ends of the earth (Matt 28:19; Acts 1:8).
Note 1 topic: writing-participants
δὲ Ἕλληνές τινες
and Greeks some
This phrase marks the introduction of certain Greeks as new characters in the story. Use the natural form in your language for introducing a new character.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
Ἕλληνές
Greeks
Here, the term Greeks refers to non-Jewish people who lived in the Roman Empire. It does not refer only to people from the country of Greece or to people who speak the Greek language. (See: greek) If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “Gentiles” or “non-Jews”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τῶν ἀναβαινόντων
the_‹ones› going_up
The phrase going up is used specifically for the act of going to Jerusalem, which is a city at a higher elevation than the area around it. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “those going up to Jerusalem”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ἵνα προσκυνήσωσιν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ
in_order_that ˱they˲_/may/_prostrate at the feast
John is leaving out a word that some languages would need in order a clause to be complete. If you language requires an object for the verb worship, you can supply it from the context. Alternate translation: “to worship God at the festival”
τῇ ἑορτῇ
the feast
This refers to the Jewish Passover festival. See how you translated this word in 12:12.