LUKE 15:26 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BLB And having called near one of the servants, he began inquiring what these things might be.

AICNT And calling one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.

OEB and he called one of the servants and asked what it all meant.

WEBBE He called one of the servants to him and asked what was going on.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.

LSV and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

FBV So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.

TCNT So he called one of [fn]the servants over and asked him what was happening.

15:26 the ¦ his ST

T4T He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.

LEB And he summoned one of the slaves and[fn] asked what these things meant.

15:26 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“summoned”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

Moff so, summoning one of the servants, he asked what this meant.

Wymth Then he called one of the lads to him and asked what all this meant.

ASV And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.

DRA And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

YLT and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

Drby And having called one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.

RV And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.
(And he called to him one of the servants, and enquired what these things might be. )

SLT And having called one of his servants, he inquired what these may be.

Wbstr And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

KJB-1769 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

KJB-1611 And he called one of the seruants, and asked what these things meant.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges meant.
(And called one of his servants, and asked, what those things meant.)

Gnva And called one of his seruaunts, and asked what those things meant.
(And called one of his servants, and asked what those things meant. )

Cvdl and called one of the seruauntes vnto him, and axed what it was.
(and called one of the servants unto him, and asked what it was.)

TNT and called one of his servauntes and axed what thoose thinges meate.
(and called one of his servants and asked what thoose things meat. )

Wycl And he clepide oon of the seruauntis, and axide, what these thingis weren.
(And he called one of the servants, and asked, what these things were.)

Luth und rief zu sich der Knechte einen und fragte, was das wäre.
(and shouted to/for itself/yourself/themselves the/of_the servant(s) a and asked, what/which the were.)

ClVg et vocavit unum de servis, et interrogavit quid hæc essent.[fn]
(and he_called one from/about slaves, and asked what these_things they_would_be. )

15.26 Interrogavit. Et nunc quærit Isræl cur Deus lætetur in assumptione gentium, et propter invidiam nescit patris voluntatem, et foris stat, quamvis per præcones rogetur.

15.26 Interrogavit. And now seeks Israel cur God happy in/into/on assumptione nations, and because envy doesn't_know of_the_father will, and outside stands, although/however through heralds rogetur.

UGNT καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα τῶν παίδων, ἐπυνθάνετο τί ἂν εἴη ταῦτα.
(kai proskalesamenos hena tōn paidōn, epunthaneto ti an eiaʸ tauta.)

SBL-GNT καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα τῶν παίδων ἐπυνθάνετο τί ⸀ἂν εἴη ταῦτα·
(kai proskalesamenos hena tōn paidōn epunthaneto ti ⸀an eiaʸ tauta;)

RP-GNT Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα τῶν παίδων, ἐπυνθάνετο τί εἴη ταῦτα.
(Kai proskalesamenos hena tōn paidōn, epunthaneto ti eiaʸ tauta.)

TC-GNT Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα τῶν [fn]παίδων, ἐπυνθάνετο τί [fn]εἴη ταῦτα.
(Kai proskalesamenos hena tōn paidōn, epunthaneto ti eiaʸ tauta. )

15:26 παιδων ¦ παιδων αυτου ST

15:26 ειη ¦ αν ειη CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:11–32: Jesus told about a father welcoming his sinful son home

In this parable Jesus told about a young man who left his father’s home and wasted the money that his father had given him. Then Jesus told how the young man returned to his father, and how his father welcomed him home. The young man had an older brother who was not happy at all when his father welcomed his younger brother. This story illustrates what God is like. He is ready to forgive anyone who truly turns from his sins and begins to obey him. It also warns people not to be like the older son, who did not want to forgive his brother.

Some other headings for this section are:

The Lost Son (GNT)

The Son Who Left Home (NCV)

A son who wasted his share of the inheritance

A father was happy when his son returned home

Before you decide on a heading for this section, think about a natural way in your language to describe a child who deliberately left home and foolishly wasted his money. In some languages a word such as “lost” can only be used to describe someone who doesn’t know where he is. If that is true in your language, you will want to use a more appropriate expression for this context.

15:26

So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.

So he called one of the servants/slaves to come so that he could ask him what was happening.
When he arrived, the older son called a servant and asked him, ‘What is happening?’

So: This verse begins with a Greek conjunction that many English versions translate as “and.” The BSB, along with several other English versions, translates as So because introduces what the older son did as a result of hearing the music and dancing. Translate the connection in a natural way in your language.

he called: The verb that the BSB translates as he called means here that he summoned or called a servant to come to him. The servant was probably outside the house at the time.

one of the servants: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as one of the servants refers to a household servant/slave. It is a different word from the word translated as “servants” in 15:22a. Here it may refer to one of the younger servants.Bock (p. 1316) suggests that the servant was probably a young servant or special servant.

asked what was going on: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as asked what was going on means that the older brother asked the servant to tell him why people were playing music and dancing. If in your language it is more natural to translate this as direct speech, you could say something like:

asked him, “Why are people celebrating like this?”

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

καὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα τῶν παίδων ἐπυνθάνετο τί ἄν εἴη ταῦτα)

Jesus uses the word And to introduce the results of what the previous sentence described. When the older son heard these sounds, he wondered what was going on, so he called for a servant and asked him. Alternate translation: [So]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἕνα τῶν παίδων

one ˱of˲_the servants

Here the word that is translated as servant ordinarily means “boy.” So here it may indicate that the servant was young. Alternate translation: [a young servant]

τί ἂν εἴη ταῦτα

what (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα τῶν παίδων ἐπυνθάνετο τί ἄν εἴη ταῦτα)

Alternate translation: [what was happening]

Parallel LUKE 15:26

Section 15:11–32: Jesus told about a father welcoming his sinful son home

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