MAT 12:23 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, 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).

ULT And all the crowds were amazed and were saying, “Is this not the Son of David?”

UST What Jesus had done impressed all the large groups of people who were nearby. They declared to each other, “Perhaps this man is the special descendant of King David.”

MSB The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son[fn] of David?”

BLB And all the crowds were amazed, and were saying, "Could this be the Son of David?"

AICNT And all the crowds were amazed and said, “Could this be the son of David?”[fn]

12:23, The Greek indicates that the question is not open-ended implying speculation rather than doubt.

OEB At this all the people were astounded. ‘Is it possible that this is the son of David?’ they exclaimed.

WEBBE All the multitudes were amazed, and said, “Can this be the son of David?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET All the crowds were amazed and said, “Could this one be the Son of David?”

LSV And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Is this the Son of David?”

FBV All the crowds were amazed, and asked, “Could this really be the son of David?”[fn]

12:23 Meaning the Messiah who was expected to come.

TCNT All the crowds were amazed and said, “Can this be the [fn]Son of David?”

12:23 Son ¦ Christ, the Son ANT PCK

T4T All the crowd who saw it marveled. They began asking each other, “Could this man be the Messiah, the descendant of King David, whom we have been expecting?”

LEB No LEB MAT book available

BBE And all the people were surprised and said, Is not this the Son of David?

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth And the crowds of people were all filled with amazement and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

ASV And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the son of David?

DRA And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David?

YLT And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, 'Is this the Son of David?'

Drby And all the crowds were amazed and said, Is this [man] the Son of David?

RV And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Is this the son of David?

SLT And all the crowds were affected, and said, Is not this the son of David?

Wbstr And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

KJB-1769 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

KJB-1611 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is this the sonne of Dauid?
(And all the people were amazed, and said, Is this the son of David?)

Bshps No Bshps MAT book available

Gnva And all the people were amased, and saide, Is not this that sonne of Dauid?
(And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this that son of David? )

Cvdl No Cvdl MAT book available

TNT And all the people were amased and sayde: Ys not this that sonne of David?
(And all the people were amazed and said: Is not this that son of David? )

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Luth No Luth MAT book available

ClVg Et stupebant omnes turbæ, et dicebant: Numquid hic est filius David?
(And stupebant everyone to_the_crowd, and they_said: Is_it this/here it_is son David? )

UGNT καὶ ἐξίσταντο πάντες οἱ ὄχλοι καὶ ἔλεγον, μήτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς Δαυείδ?
(kai existanto pantes hoi oⱪloi kai elegon, maʸti houtos estin ho huios Daueid?)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἐξίσταντο πάντες οἱ ὄχλοι καὶ ἔλεγον· Μήτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς Δαυίδ;
(kai existanto pantes hoi oⱪloi kai elegon; Maʸti houtos estin ho huios Dawid;)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἐξίσταντο πάντες οἱ ὄχλοι καὶ ἔλεγον, Μήτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς Δαυίδ;
(Kai existanto pantes hoi oⱪloi kai elegon, Maʸti houtos estin ho huios Dawid;)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἐξίσταντο πάντες οἱ ὄχλοι καὶ ἔλεγον, Μήτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ [fn]υἱὸς [fn]Δαυίδ;
(Kai existanto pantes hoi oⱪloi kai elegon, Maʸti houtos estin ho huios Dawid; )

12:23 υιος ¦ χριστος ο υιος ANT PCK

12:23 δαυιδ ¦ δαβιδ HF TR ¦ δαυειδ TH WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐξίσταντο

˓were˒_marveling

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [were marveling]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

μήτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς Δαυείδ

surely_not this_‹one› is the son (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἐξίσταντο πάντες οἱ ὄχλοι καὶ ἔλεγον μήτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς Δαυίδ)

The crowds are using the question form to suggest that Jesus might be the Son of David. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [This might be the Son of David.] or [Maybe this is the Son of David!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ υἱὸς Δαυείδ

the son (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἐξίσταντο πάντες οἱ ὄχλοι καὶ ἔλεγον μήτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς Δαυίδ)

Here, the word Son means a male descendant. It does not mean that Jesus was the direct son of David. Express the idea as you did in [9:27](../09/27.md). Alternate translation: [the Descendant of David] or [you who are descended from David]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

ὁ υἱὸς Δαυείδ

the son (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἐξίσταντο πάντες οἱ ὄχλοι καὶ ἔλεγον μήτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς Δαυίδ)

David was Israel’s most important king, and God had promised him that one of his descendants would be the Messiah. So the title Son of David could implicitly mean “Messiah.” Express the idea as you did in [9:27](../09/27.md). Alternate translation: [the Son of David, the Messiah]

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