LUKE 8:20 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, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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).

ULT Then it was reported to him, “Your mother and your brothers have stood outside, wanting to see you.”

UST Then people told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

BSB He was told, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”

MSB He was told, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”

BLB And it was told Him, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You."

AICNT And it was reported to him [[that,]][fn] “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, {wanting to see you}.”[fn]

8:20, that: Some manuscripts include. ℵ(01) D(05) Latin(a b e ff² it) ‖ Some manuscripts read “saying.” A(02) BYZ TR ‖ Absent from 𝔓75 B(03) W(032) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT.

8:20, waiting to see you: Some manuscripts read “seeking you.” D(05)

OEB So word was brought to him – “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

WEBBE Some people told him, “Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

LSV and it was told Him, saying, “Your mother and Your brothers stand outside, wishing to see You”;

FBV Jesus was told, “Your mother and your brothers are outside. They want to see you.”

TCNT So some people told him, “Yoʋr mother and yoʋr brothers are standing outside, wanting to see yoʋ.”

T4T Someone told him, “Your mother and your younger brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

LEB And it was reported to him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to see you.”

BBE And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you.

Moff Word was brought to him that "your mother and brothers are standing outside; they wish to see you."

Wymth But He was told, "Your mother and brothers are standing on the edge of the crowd, and want to see you."

ASV And it was told him, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

DRA And it was told him: Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

YLT and it was told him, saying, 'Thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, wishing to see thee;'

Drby And it was told him [saying], Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, wishing to see thee.

RV And it was told him, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
(And it was told him, Thy/Your mother and thy/your brethren/brothers stand without, desiring to see thee/you. )

SLT And it was announced to him, saying, Thy mother and thy brethren have stood without, wishing to see thee.

Wbstr And it was told to him by certain , who said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

KJB-1769 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
(And it was told him by certain which said, Thy/Your mother and thy/your brethren/brothers stand without, desiring to see thee/you. )

KJB-1611 And it was told him by certaine which saide, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps And it was tolde hym by certayne which sayde: Thy mother and thy brethren stande without, & woulde see thee.
(And it was told him by certain which said: Thy/Your mother and thy/your brethren/brothers stand without, and would see thee/you.)

Gnva And it was tolde him by certaine which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, and would see thee.
(And it was told him by certain which said, Thy/Your mother and thy/your brethren/brothers stand without, and would see thee/you. )

Cvdl And it was tolde him. Thy mother and thy brethren stonde without, and wolde se the.
(And it was told him. Thy/Your mother and thy/your brethren/brothers stand without, and would see them.)

TNT And they tolde him sayinge: Thy mother and thy brethren stonde with out and wolde se the.
(And they told him saying: Thy/Your mother and thy/your brethren/brothers stand with out and would see them. )

Wycl And it was teeld to hym, Thi modir and thi britheren stonden with outforth, willynge to se thee.
(And it was teeld to him, Thy/Your mother and thy/your brethren/brothers stood with outforth, willing to see thee/you.)

Luth Und es ward ihm angesagt: Deine Mutter und deine Brüder stehen draußen und wollen dich sehen.
(And it what/which him announced: Your mother and your brothers stand outside and want you/yourself see.)

ClVg Et nuntiatum est illi: Mater tua et fratres tui stant foris, volentes te videre.
(And nuntiatum it_is them: Mater your and brothers yours(sg) stand outside, volentes you(sg) to_see. )

UGNT ἀπηγγέλη δὲ αὐτῷ, ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου, ἑστήκασιν ἔξω ἰδεῖν θέλοντές σε.
(apaʸngelaʸ de autōi, haʸ maʸtaʸr sou kai hoi adelfoi sou, hestaʸkasin exō idein thelontes se.)

SBL-GNT ⸂ἀπηγγέλη δὲ⸃ ⸀αὐτῷ· Ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ἑστήκασιν ἔξω ἰδεῖν ⸂σε θέλοντες⸃.
(⸂apaʸngelaʸ de⸃ ⸀autōi; Haʸ maʸtaʸr sou kai hoi adelfoi sou hestaʸkasin exō idein ⸂se thelontes⸃.)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἀπηγγέλη αὐτῷ, λεγόντων, Ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ἑστήκασιν ἔξω, ἰδεῖν σε θέλοντες.
(Kai apaʸngelaʸ autōi, legontōn, Haʸ maʸtaʸr sou kai hoi adelfoi sou hestaʸkasin exō, idein se thelontes.)

TC-GNT [fn]Καὶ ἀπηγγέλη αὐτῷ, [fn]λεγόντων, Ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ἑστήκασιν ἔξω, ἰδεῖν [fn]σε θέλοντες.
(Kai apaʸngelaʸ autōi, legontōn, Haʸ maʸtaʸr sou kai hoi adelfoi sou hestaʸkasin exō, idein se thelontes. )

8:20 και απηγγελη ¦ απηγγελη δε CT

8:20 λεγοντων ¦ — CT

8:20 σε θελοντες ¦ θελοντες σε NA TH WH

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 8:19–21: Jesus said that people who obey God’s word are his real family

In this section Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him. However, they could not get to him because there were many other people around him. The theme of this section is similar to the theme of 8:4–18. In 8:4–18, the text emphasized that people should listen carefully to Jesus’ teaching. In this section, Jesus said that people who hear and obey God’s message are members of his family. They are as closely related to him as his own mother and brothers are.

Some other possible headings for this section are:

All who obey God are members of Jesus’ family

Jesus’ True Family (NET)

Jesus’ Mother and Brothers (GNT)

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 12:46–50 and Mark 3:31–35.

8:20a

He was told,

Someone said to him,
The message/report came to him,

He was told: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as He was told is literally “it was reported to him” (as in the NASB). The text does not tell who said this to Jesus.Matthew gives this as one man (Matthew 12:47) while Mark uses a plural verb (Mark 3:32). Other ways to say this are:

Someone brought him the message that

the message/report came to him

Jesus was told

8:20b

“Your mother and brothers are standing outside,

“Your^(sing) mother and your brothers are standing outside.
“Your^(sing) mother and your brothers are standing on the outskirts of the crowd

standing outside: The context implies that Jesus had been teaching outside, not in a house. If this is true, the phrase standing outside indicates that his mother and brothers were on the outskirts of the crowd around Jesus.See Lenski. The alternative position is that this refers to “outside of the house” as mentioned in Mark 3:20 and 3:31. It may be that εξω used as an adverb (as opposed to as a preposition with specified object) and with no specific mention of place means “outside, out-of-doors” and so carried the implication that Jesus was inside (see Marshall on 8:20). You could make this explicit in your language if you need to. For example:

standing on the edge of the crowd

8:20c

wanting to see You.”

They want to see you^(sing).”
hoping to meet with you^(sing).”
and they want to talk to you.”

wanting to see You: This phrase explains the reason why Jesus’ mother and brothers had come to where he was. Express this reason in a natural way in your language. One way to translate it in English is:

because they want to see you

General Comment on 8:20a–c

If your language prefers indirect speech, you could say:

Jesus heard that his mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to see him.

In some languages it may be more natural to change the order of some information in this verse. For example:

^20aSomeone told Jesus, ^20b“Your mother and brothers ^20care here to see you, ^20band they are standing on the edge of the crowd.”

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀπηγγέλη & αὐτῷ

˱it˲_˓was˒_reported & ˱to˲_him

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. The subject should be plural, since in the next verse Jesus responds to “them.” Alternate translation: [people told him]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / you

σου & σου & σε

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπηγγέλη Δέ αὐτῷ Ἡ μήτηρ σοῦ καί οἱ ἀδελφοί σοῦ ἑστήκασιν ἔξω ἰδεῖν θέλοντες σέ)

Since the person who said this was speaking to Jesus alone, your and you are singular.

ἰδεῖν θέλοντές σε

˓to˒_see (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπηγγέλη Δέ αὐτῷ Ἡ μήτηρ σοῦ καί οἱ ἀδελφοί σοῦ ἑστήκασιν ἔξω ἰδεῖν θέλοντες σέ)

Alternate translation: [and they would like to see you]

Parallel LUKE 8:20

Section 8:19–21: Jesus said that people who obey God’s word are his real family

8:20a

8:20b

8:20c

General Comment on 8:20a–c