Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 24:38)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:38:

  • Noongar: “But he said to them, ‘Why are you frightened? Why don’t you believe in your hearts?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus said to them: ‘Why are you afraid and uncertain?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But he said to them, ‘Why are you startled and why are you still doubting?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, Jesus said to them, ‘Why are you afraid of me? Why do you doubt me?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “So then he said to them, ‘Why are you afraid and doubting about me?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “That’s why Jesus said to them, ‘What are your minds/thinking agitated about? Why do you continue to be of two minds?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 24:39)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:39:

  • Noongar: “See my hands and feet. Look! This is me, myself! Touch me, and you will know, because ghosts do not have flesh and bone, but you can see my body!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “See the scars on my hands [this word includes the arm and hand] and my feet. It is I! Touch me and make certain, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see in Me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Look at my hands and my feet. It is really me. Touch me so that you know that I am not a ghost. For ghosts do not have a body. But I here, you see that I have a body.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Look here at my hands and my feet because it really is I! Touch me and you will know! Because a soul has no body; however, I — look at me, I have a body,’ he said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Look at my hands and my feet so that you will believe that it is truly I. Put-your-hands-on me so you will be satisfied. Because a ghost, it has no body and bones, and you are emphatically able to see that I have (them).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Here, look where the nails went here in my hands and feet. It’s I all right. Feel and scrutinize me well. For as for a spirit, it has no flesh and bones, but I myself have flesh and bones as you can see.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 24:40)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:40:

  • Noongar: “Jesus said this and he showed them his hands and feet.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, and he showed them his hands and his feet.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He said this and he showed them his hands and his feet.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he showed them where the nails had passed through his hands and feet.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Upon his saying that, he showed them his hands and his feet.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “After he had said that, he showed them his hands and his feet.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 24:41)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:41:

  • Noongar: “Still they could not believe. They were overjoyed and very surprised; so Jesus asked them, ‘You have bread or meat to eat, don’t you?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “They could scarcely believe that it was really He. They were amazed carried by the joy of their hearts mixed with confusion. That is why Yesus asked them, he said: ‘do you have any food?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But they had difficulty to believe that it was really true for they were very glad and they wondered. Then he said to them, ‘Do you have anything to eat here?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And since they were still doubting, however they were very full of joy, Jesus asked, he said, ‘Have you got any food here?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They still didn’t believe because they were excessively amazed and happy, so Jesus also said to them, ‘Is there food here?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But well, there was now so much happiness and amazement in their minds for maybe this truly was Jesus, that’s why it’s like they couldn’t yet believe. Therefore Jesus asked them, saying, ‘Is there something here still which I can eat?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 24:42)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:42:

  • Noongar: “They gave Jesus a piece of cooked fish.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “They offered him roasted fish.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They handed him a roasted fish.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they gave him some roasted fish,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They gave him some broiled fish,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “They gave Jesus a piece of roasted fish.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 24:43)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:43:

  • Noongar: “He took the fish and ate in front of them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “He accepted it and ate it, so that they could see that he was not a ghost.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He took it and ate it in front of them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and he took the fish and he ate it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “and he ate it in their sight.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He took it and ate it as they were all watching.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 24:44)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:44:

  • Noongar: “Then he said to them, ‘I truly told you these things when I was still with you: everything written of me in the Law of Moses, the writings of the Prophets, and in the Psalms; everything which must happen.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that he said to them: ‘This is what I told you while I was still with you. Everything that foretold my body that was written in the letters that were written by the prophet Musa and the other prophets and the Book of Songs of Daud, all of it had to happen.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “After that he said to them, ‘This is hep what I formerly said to you at the time when we walked together. I said hep that all that had been written about me had to be fulfilled, the things written in the law of Musa and what was written by the prophets and in the holy-book Jabur. Na, the things that happened to me fulfilled their writings.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘This is what I was telling you about when I was still with you. Everything that God caused Moses to write about me long ago, and everything that he caused the other prophets to write, and even the things written long ago in the book of the Psalms, it was necessary that they be fulfilled by means of what has happened to me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he said to them, ‘These-things that have happened, it is exactly what I had been telling you when I was with you back before: all that Moses and the prophets wrote and that also which is in the book of Salmo concerning me must be fulfilled.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus spoke to his disciples, saying, ‘This is what I was getting at in what I said while we were still going around together. Isn’t it so you-remember that I said it is necessary that all be fulfilled which was written in the word of God referring to me, all that which was written by Moises and the prophets and in the writing called the Songs?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 24:45)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:45:

  • Noongar: “Then Jesus freed their thinking to see everything, all things the Scriptures said.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, he made their hearts clear so that could understand the contents of the Holy Book.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then they were given thought so that they could understand the holy-book,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then he showed them the meaning of all those things written in the Word of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he illuminated their minds so that they would understand the written word of God” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus enlightened their minds/thinking. He explained to them those things which were written in the writings so that they would understand them now.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)