Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Mark 12:18)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:18:

  • Uma: “After that, several Saduki people came to Yesus. Those Saduki people were Yahudi religion leaders who rejected [the concept of] dead people living again on a future day. When those Saduki people arrived, they said to Yesus:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “After that some Sadduseo went to Isa, (they are) Yahudi who do not believe that the dead will live again in the last day/in later days. They asked him, they said,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were also some Sadducee people who went to Jesus. The Sadducees are the Jews who believe that nobody will be raised from the dead in the future.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There were also some Sadducees who went to Jesus. They are a party/group of Jews who say that the dead don’t live again. They said to him,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The next who went to Jesus were the Saduceo, for they questioned Jesus. As for these Saduceo, they uphold that those who have died aren’t made alive again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 12:19)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:19:

  • Uma: “‘Teacher, the prophet Musa wrote in the book of the law like this: if a man dies yet has no children, his brother must marry his widow so that he will have descendants.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘Sir, there is a law that Musa has given to us (incl.) that if there is a man and he dies without having children, (then) his younger-brother should marry that widow in order that there will be descendants of his older-brother.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they said to Jesus, they said, ‘Teacher, Moses taught long ago that, for example, if there is a man who has a wife and that man dies, it is necessary for the brother of that man to marry his sister-in-law so that the dead person might have children through him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Sir teacher, our law which Moses wrote says, ‘If there is a married-couple who have no children and the man dies, his brother must marry the widow so that thus if they have a child, that will be like a child of the dead-one.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Teacher,’ they said, ‘we (incl.) Judio have a law which was written by Moises, that if a man who is married dies, that married couple having no children yet, he is to be succeeded by his brother in marrying (that wife). For if they have a child, it is to be regarded as like it is indeed the child of that dead (person).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 12:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:20:

  • Uma: “So, there were seven siblings, all male. The first-born married, me died with no children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na so-then, there were seven men who were siblings. The oldest one married, then he died, they had no children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Long ago there were here seven brothers. The older one got married but he died without any children.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Now then, there were reportedly seven male siblings. The oldest got-married, but he died without their having children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well we say that because recently there were here with us (excl.) seven siblings who were all male. Well, the oldest married. He died without any children.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 12:21)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:21:

  • Uma: “His younger brother married his widow. He also died, yet he had not yet had children. Thus also is what happened to the third,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The next-one married the widow and he died, they also had no children. Likewise also the one next to him (mapasunu’).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The second married the widow and he also died without any children. The same thing happened to the third one.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Therefore his younger-sibling took-his-place and married the widow, but he died without their also having children. It was also the same with the third. Then so-on-and-so-forth. All those seven siblings, they took-each-other’s-places in marrying that widow,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “That’s why his wife was inherited by the one who followed him. But that one died (lit. his end/limit-of-fortune was reached) without any children either. Like that too was the third who succeeded/took-over.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 12:22)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:22:

  • Uma: “right down to the seventh. They all died with no children. Finally, the woman also died.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The seven brothers all married the widow one-after-the-other and they died, they did not leave-behind any children. In the end the woman also died.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The same thing happened to all of the seven. They all married the widow but had no children, and finally the woman died also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “and they all died having no children. After-that the woman was-last to die.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Really all seven of those brothers were married to that woman and all died without any children. Well, the woman then died too.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 12:23)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:23:

  • Uma: “So, on the future day, if all the dead indeed do live again, who of them will have that woman, for seven of them married her.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, Sir,’ they said, ‘in the day when the dead will live again, whose wife will she be? And-what’s-more all seven brothers had her as wife.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In the future when people are raised from the dead, who will really be the husband of the woman? For all of the seven brothers married her.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Now then, at the future day at the living again of the dead, which perhaps among them will be her correct spouse (lit. spouse owner)? Because they all married her.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well now, who of those seven is her husband when/if those who have died will be made alive again, since they all married her?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 12:24)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:24:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Your thinking is indeed wrong there, for you don’t comprehend the contents of the Holy Book, nor do you know the power of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered them, he said, ‘You are mistaken. The reason that you are mistaken is, because you do not understand what is written in the holy-book and you also do not know the power of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus answerd them, he said, ‘No wonder you are in error, for you don’t understand the written word of God, and you also don’t understand that he is powerful enough to raise the dead.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus answered saying, ‘You are mistaken, because you don’t understand the written word of God and neither do you understand his power.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied to them, saying, ‘Your perception really is wrong, for the reason that you don’t know the word of God which was written and the strength of his supernatural-power.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 12:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:25:

  • Uma: “For when the people who have died live again, their life is like the life of angels in heaven, they no longer take-wives or take-husbands.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For when the dead will live again,’ said Isa, ‘they will be already like the angels in heaven. They no longer take a wife or a husband.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For when people are raised from the dead no man will take wives and no women will have husbands. For all people will be like angels of God in heaven and they will not get married.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because when the dead live again, they don’t get-married but rather they will be like the angels in heaven.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because when those who have died will be made alive again, as for people, they will no longer be being married. They will then be like the angels in heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)