Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Matthew 22:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:26:

  • Uma: “Before they had a chance to have children, that younger sibling died too. And it kept on happening like that to the third one down to the seventh one.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He died and he also didn’t have children. Likewise the one below him. The seven brothers married the widow in turn and they died without having children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now long ago there were here seven brothers. The older got married, but he died and he had no children. And his younger brother married his wife. And the younger brother died also without children. And the younger brother of this one married the widow also. And he did the same also, he died without children. And each of these did just the same. The younger brothers of the first one each married their sister-in-law, but they all died, these brothers, without having any children.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “but he died without their also having any children. So also with the third. Then so-on-and-so-forth until the seventh.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But that one who succeeded was like that too. Like that too was the third until all seven were used up.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But he also dies and there were no children. The widow continues to be married when her husbands die until all seven brothers have died.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 22:27)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:27:

  • Uma: “In the end, the woman also died.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Finally the woman also died.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at the end, the woman also died.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then the woman was-last to die.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “After all seven of them had died, that woman also died.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “She has lived with all seven brothers and finally she herself dies.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 22:28)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:28:

  • Uma: “So in the future, if the dead really do come back to life, whose wife will that woman be? For they all 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: “And in the future on the day when all are raised from the dead, who will be the true husband of the wife? For all of them married her, all of these brothers.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Now then, at the future day at the living again of the dead, which of them perhaps 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 if/when the ones who have died will be made alive again, since all of them got to marry her?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “So now, on the day the dead resurrect, which of the seven brothers is the owner of the woman? For all had lived with her.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 22:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:29:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Your thinking is so wrong, for you do not understand the contents of the Holy Book, nor do you know the power of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered he said, ‘You are wrong. That’s why you are wrong 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: “And Jesus answered them, saying, ‘You are really mistaken. It’s because you do not understand the written word of God, and you also don’t understand that God is very powerful to raise the dead.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus answered saying, ‘You are mistaken, because you do not understand God’s written word and neither do you understand his power.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, ‘Your perception is wrong, for the reason that you don’t know the written word of God, and the strength of his supernatural-power.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to the people he was speaking with: ‘You do not know about the matter you are speaking of. Because you do not understand the word written in the Holy Book. And you do not know how great God’s power is.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 22:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:30:

  • Uma: “For when the dead people live again, their life will be like the life of angels in heaven, they will no longer marry [lit., have-wives and have-husbands].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For when the dead live again,’ said Isa, ‘they will be like the angels in heaven. They will not take a wife or a husband.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For when the dead will be raised, they are like the messengers of God in heaven, and men and women don’t get married.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because when the dead live again, they will not get-married but they will be like the angels in heaven.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because at the coming alive again, as for people, they will no longer be being married. They will then be like the angels there in heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When the dead are resurrected, they will become like the angels of God in heaven, they will not marry.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 22:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:31:

  • Uma: “Haven’t you ever before read the words in the Holy Book that make-clear that the dead live again? There are words of God long ago that say to you like this:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, about the dead that they will be made alive again, have you not read as to what God said to you?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I will relate an account to you so that you will be convinced that the dead are still raised again. Haven’t you read that written word of God to you?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And concerning furthermore the living again of the dead, it-is-as-if you haven’t read God’s written word to you that says,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, also about this coming alive again of the ones who have died, haven’t you yet read the written word of God which he said to you? Isn’t it so that he said, even though it was a long time since Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had died,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The word written in the Holy Book is where it is seen that the dead will resurrect. Because there is written the word God spoke when he said: ‘I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. I am the God of Jacob,’ God said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 22:32)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:32:

  • Uma: “‘I am God worshipped by Abraham, God worshipped by Ishak, God worshipped by Yakub.’ That means even though Abraham, Ishak and Yakub died long ago, they still lived. For it is not dead people who worship God, it is living people who worship him.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “God said, ‘I am the God who is God for Ibrahim, Isahak and Yakub.’ God is a God of the living not God of the dead.’ (That means that even though Ibrahim and Isahak and Yakub have long died, they are alive in heaven because they are still worshiping God.)” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because even though Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were already dead then, God said, ‘I am the God who is worshipped by Abraham, and by Isaac, and by Jacob,’ which is to say, they are still worshipping God, for the one who worships him, even if he dies, he still has life.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘I am God who is still the God of (pl.) Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.’ He said that even-though (pl.) Abraham had long-ago died. What this means to say is that the dead live again, because God, he is not God of dead people but rather of the living.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’ Of course God is not the God of people who are dead, but on the contrary, alive. Therein it’s clear that Abraham and company (i.e. Isaac and Jacob) are alive again, even though they had already died.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Thus is seen that there where God is, the dead do not lose their souls.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

See also complete verse (Mark 12:27).

complete verse (Matthew 22:33)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:33:

  • Uma: “When the crowds heard this teaching of Yesus, it amazed them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the crowds heard this, they wondered much about his teaching.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the many people heard this, they were really amazed at his teaching.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The people who were hearing, they were extremely amazed by what he was teaching.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The people were amazed when they heard that which Jesus taught.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When the people heard the word Jesus taught, they were astounded.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)