MAT 11:2 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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ULT Now John, having heard in the prison about the deeds of Christ, having sent through his disciples,

UST Meanwhile, John the Baptizer was in jail. People told him about what Jesus the Messiah was doing. So, he sent some of his apprentices

BSB § Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples [fn]

BLB And John, having heard in prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

AICNT Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent {by}[fn] his disciples

11:2, by: Later manuscripts read “two of.” BYZ TR

OEB Now John had heard in prison what the Christ was doing, and he sent a message by his disciples,

WEBBE Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples

WMBB Now when Yochanan heard in the prison the works of Messiah, he sent two of his disciples

NET Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

LSV And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

FBV While John was in prison he heard what the Messiah was doing, so he sent his disciples

TCNT Now when John heard in prison about the works Christ had done, he sent [fn]two of his disciples

11:2 two of ¦ — CT

T4T While John the Baptizer was in prison, he heard what Jesus, the man whom he thought was the Messiah, was doing. So he sent some of his disciples to him in order

LEB Now when[fn] John[fn] heard in prison the deeds of Christ, he sent word[fn] by his disciples

11:2 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal

11:2 That is, John the Baptist

11:2 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

BBE Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth Now John had heard in prison about the Christ's doings, and he sent some of his disciples to inquire:

ASV Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples

DRA Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ: sending two of his disciples he said to him:

YLT And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

Drby But John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent by his disciples,

RV Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples,

Wbstr Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

KJB-1769 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

KJB-1611 [fn]Now when Iohn had heard in the prison the workes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

11:2 Luk. 7. 18

Bshps When Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christe, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him:
(When Yohn being in prison heard the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him:)

Gnva And when Iohn heard in the prison the woorkes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him,
(And when Yohn heard in the prison the woorkes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him, )

Cvdl Whan Ihon beinge in preson herde of the workes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
(When Yohn beinge in preson heard of the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,)

TNT When Ihon beinge in preson hearde the workes of Christ he sent two of his disciples
(When Yohn beinge in preson heard the works of Christ he sent two of his disciples )

Wycl But whanne Joon in boondis hadde herd the werkis of Crist, he sente tweyne of hise disciplis,
(But when Yohn in boondis had herd the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,)

Luth Da aber Johannes im Gefängnis die Werke Christi hörete, sandte er seiner Jünger zwei.
(So but Yohannes in_the Gefängnis the Werke Christi heard, sent he his Yünger zwei.)

ClVg Joannes autem cum audisset in vinculis opera Christi, mittens duos de discipulis suis,[fn]
(Yoannes however when/with audisset in vinculis opera of_Christ, mittens duos about discipulis to_his_own, )

11.2 Joannes autem. Et dum Christus prædicaret, etc., usque ad quis ordinem rei gestæ teneat, non apparet.

11.2 Yoannes however. And dum Christus prædicaret, etc., until to who/any ordinem rei gestæ teneat, not/no apparet.

UGNT ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης, ἀκούσας ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, πέμψας διὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ,
(ho de Yōannaʸs, akousas en tōi desmōtaʸriōi ta erga tou Ⱪristou, pempsas dia tōn mathaʸtōn autou,)

SBL-GNT Ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης ἀκούσας ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ χριστοῦ πέμψας ⸀διὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ
(Ho de Yōannaʸs akousas en tōi desmōtaʸriōi ta erga tou ⱪristou pempsas ⸀dia tōn mathaʸtōn autou)

TC-GNT Ὁ δὲ [fn]Ἰωάννης ἀκούσας ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, πέμψας [fn]δύο τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ,
(Ho de Yōannaʸs akousas en tōi desmōtaʸriōi ta erga tou Ⱪristou, pempsas duo tōn mathaʸtōn autou, )

11:2 ιωαννης ¦ ιωανης WH

11:2 δυο ¦ δια CT

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

δὲ

and

Here, the word Now introduces the next major event in the story. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: [Then,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

ὁ & Ἰωάννης, ἀκούσας ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ

¬the & John /having/_heard in the prison

Matthew has not yet told the story of why John was in prison. Since Matthew narrates this story in 14:4-5, you do not need to explain it to your reader here. If it would be helpful in your language, you could clarify that John is in the prison when he hears about the deeds of Christ. Alternate translation: [John, who was in prison, having heard about]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Χριστοῦ

the works ˱of˲_the Messiah

Here, Matthew is using the possessive form to describe deeds that Christ did. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the deeds that Christ had done]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πέμψας διὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ

/having/_sent through ˱of˲_the disciples ˱of˲_him

Here Matthew means that John sent his disciples to Jesus and had them speak to Jesus for him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [having sent his disciples to speak to Jesus for him]

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτοῦ

˱of˲_him

The pronoun his refers to John. If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to him more directly. Alternate translation: [his own]

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