Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Matthew 27:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:25:

  • Uma: “The crowds answered, they said: ‘Yes, we ourselves and our descendants will shoulder [i.e., be responsible for] his death.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “All the people answered, they said, ‘Let his death come home to/fall on us and on our children.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the people answered, ‘Yes, it is our sin, the killing of this one, and the sin also of our descendants.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then they all said in reply, ‘Yes indeed! Let us (excl.) (lit. even-if we (excl.)) and our (excl.) children be responsible for his death!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Those people replied, ‘We(excl.) and our descendants will answer for his death!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The people said: ‘We, along with our children, let it be our fault that this man dies.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:26:

  • Uma: “From there, he released to/for them Barabas, and he ordered his soldiers to beat Yesus. After that he turned him over to them to be crucified.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Pilatus set Barabbas free for them. And he commanded Isa to be beaten and then handed him over that he be nailed to the post.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Pilate set Barabbas free, and he had Jesus beaten, and he commanded the soldiers that they nail Jesus to a cross.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “So then, Pilato released Barabbas, but as for Jesus, he had-him-whipped and after that he handed-him-over to the solders so they would go and nail-him to the cross.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anything else, he then released Barrabas. As for Jesus, he had him whipped and then handed him over to those who would nail him to a cross.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Pilate then commanded that Barabbas be released. As for Jesus, he told the soldiers to whip him and to take him to be put on a cross.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:27)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:27:

  • Uma: “After that the soldiers of the Governor took Yesus into the Governor’s house, and they called all their companions to come surround him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Isa was taken by the soldiers of Pilatus to the palace of the governor and all the soldiers of one company gathered there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The soldiers brought Jesus into the palace of the governor, and the whole company of soldiers gathered there to him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The soldiers brought-Jesus -in to the house of the governor and they gathered-together all their companions and surrounded (him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus was taken by the soldiers inside the house of the governor. And then he was surrounded by all the governor’s soldiers.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The soldiers of the governor took Jesus and went to the courtyard of the palace. All the soldiers there gathered around him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:28)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:28:

  • Uma: “They removed his clothes and clothed him with a reddish shirt that is like a king’s shirt.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When they were there, they took all the clothes off from Isa and dressed him in purple clothes like the clothes of a king of old.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they stripped him, and they put on him a red shirt as if he were a king.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then they removed his clothes and replaced-them with a red loose-garment.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus was stripped of his clothes, and then cloaked in red like the clothes of a king.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The soldiers removed Jesus’ clothing and put on him a coat of purple.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:29:

  • Uma: “They made a hat from thorny vines like a king’s hat, and they put it on him. They also gave him a staff in his right hand, like the staff a king holds, and they knelt in front of him, they said: ‘Greetings, King of the Yahudi people!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They twisted thorny vines making-them like a crown of a king and placed them on Isa’s head. Then they caused Isa to hold a stick in his right hand. After that they prostrated pretending to honor him and they said, ‘Assalamu alaikum, King of the Yahudi.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they wove a thorny vine to crown him with, and they put it on his head. And they made him hold a staff in his right hand, and they knelt down pretending to honor him. And they said to him, ‘Greetings, King of the Jews!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They also wove thorns which they put-on-him -as-a-crown. They also got a reed and caused-it-to-be-held in his right hand. After that they knelt in front of him, and they mocked him saying, ‘Live-and-live you (sing.) who are the King of the Jews!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then what those soldiers did was, they made a circle of a thorny plant for they made a crown of it. And then they used it as a crown for Jesus. They caused his right hand to hold a stick which was like it was the sign of kingship. And then they mocked him bowing down and giving him honor, saying, ‘Good morning to the King of the Judio!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The soldiers had woven a crown of thorns and they put it on the head of Jesus. They placed a stick in his right hand. An they knelt in front of Jesus as though they truly honored him as a king. They mocked him then and said: ‘Supreme is the king of the Jews,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:30:

  • Uma: “They spit on him and took the staff from his hand and hit his head with it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then they spat on Isa and took the stick he was holding and hit his head.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They spit on him, and they snatched the staff away from him and hit him on the head with it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They repeatedly-spit-on-him while-simultaneously also they took-turns taking the reed he was holding in order to use-it-to-strike-repeatedly on his head.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, they kept spitting at him and then they took that stick which they had caused him to hold for that’s what they used to hit the head of Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “They spit on him. They took the stick from his hand then and hit him on his head.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:31:

  • Uma: “After that had mocked him like that, they removed the shirt they had put on him earlier and they put back on his own clothes. After that they took him outside the village to be crucified.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “After they had finished making fun of Isa, they removed those purple clothes and dressed him again in his own clothes. Then they took him outside in order to nail him on the post.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they grew tired of playing with him, they stripped him of the red shirt, and they put back on him his own shirt. And then they took him because they will nail him to a cross.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “After they had finished mocking him, they removed the red (garment) that they had dressed-him -in, and they again put-on him his former garment. Then they took-him-away to go nail-him to the cross.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When they tired of what they were doing, they took off again that with which they had cloaked him. They clothed Jesus again with his original clothes. And then they took him to the execution-place to nail him to a cross.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When they finished mocking him, they removed the clothing he wore and put on his own clothing again. Then they took him away to go put him on the cross.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:32)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:32:

  • Uma: “On the was they met a person named Simon the Kirene person. The Roma soldiers forced Simon to bear-on-his-shoulder Yesus’s cross.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “While they were leaving the town, they met a man from the place Kirene, his name was Simon. The soldiers forced him telling him to carry the post to which Isa was soon to be nailed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And on the trail they met a man named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross that Jesus was carrying.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “While they were still on the way (lit. path), they met a man from-Cirene who was named Simon, and they forced-him to carry-on-his-shoulder Jesus’ cross.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As the soldiers to-whom-Jesus -had-been-committed were going out of that city, they came across a man called Simon who was a taga Cirene. They forced him to shoulder the cross on which they would nail Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “On the road they met up with a man who was a native of the city of Cyrene, who was named Simon. The soldiers who were taking Jesus along caused that Simon carried the cross on which Jesus was to be put.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)