dispute

The Greek that is translated as “dispute” in English had to be translated in Central Yupik with a term that “emphasizes wanting to get credit rather than avoiding blame” since Yupik had several terms for “dispute” with different emphases.

complete verse (Luke 22:24)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:24:

  • Noongar: “All the disciples began arguing, which one of them was greatest among all of them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “From there, the disciples of Yesus argued with one another, which of them had highest rank.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, the disciples of Isa discussed as to who of them should be the greatest.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then those disciples argued as to which one of them would be the greatest in the future.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “A little-later, the disciples of Jesus were quarrelling as to which of them was/would-be-considered the greatest.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Something else which those disciples did was, they were arguing as to which of them would be acknowledged as the most important.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

the last supper (image)

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Willy Wiedmann, the artist, commented on this picture: “In spite of some difficulty, and unlike Leonardo da Vinci [see here ] I did not set my last supper in a theatrical scene with Jesus in the center behind an elongated table with all the disciples, with two at each end so that that there are 11 seated behind the table. And not like the panel by Juan de Juanes (1623-79) [see here ] in which the six disciples left and right are very dynamic figures. And also not like Martin Schongauer’s Last Supper [see here ] with a slightly shorter table (also incidentally very similar to Juanes in the attitudes of the figures) and two figures seen from the back in the foreground of the panel. Instead I have given the Master the middle place to the foreground, with his back to us to finally leave the controversial Jesus-existential questions unanswered. Slightly symbolically it means that he is leaving his world. The iris color is meant to transfer the rainbow to Jesus, that God once linked to Noah (my kingdom is not of this world). I attempted to present answers that correspond to the characters of each individual.”

Image and text taken from the Wiedmann Bible. For more information about the images and ways to adopt them, see here .

For other images of Willy Wiedmann paintings in TIPs, see here.

 

Painting by Wang Suda 王肅達 (1910-1963),
Copyright by the Catholic University Peking, China.

Text under painting translated from Literary Chinese into English:

Beginning of the Holy Communion
You have this as food and this is my body.

Image taken from Chinese Christian Posters . For more information on the “Ars Sacra Pekinensis” school of art, see this article , for other artworks of that school in TIPs, see here.

the last supper (icon)

Following is a contemporary Ukrainian Orthodox icon of the last supper by Ulyana Tomkevych.

 

Orthodox Icons are not drawings or creations of imagination. They are in fact writings of things not of this world. Icons can represent our Lord Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the Saints. They can also represent the Holy Trinity, Angels, the Heavenly hosts, and even events. Orthodox icons, unlike Western pictures, change the perspective and form of the image so that it is not naturalistic. This is done so that we can look beyond appearances of the world, and instead look to the spiritual truth of the holy person or event. (Source )

Translation commentary on Luke 22:24

Exegesis:

egeneto de kai philoneikia en autois ‘an argument also arose among them.’ de kai marks the transition to a new event in the same situation.

philoneikia in a concrete sense, ‘dispute,’ ‘argument,’ ‘quarrel.’

to tis autōn dokei einai meizōn ‘as to who of them was accounted the greatest.’ The interrogative clause is substantivized by prefixing the article to in order to connect it with philoneikia. dokei is used here in the specific sense of being recognized, having the reputation. meizōn means here, ‘greater than the rest,’ cf. Plummer.

Translation:

A dispute … arose among them, or, ‘a quarrel/dissension broke out among them’ (cf. Nieuwe Vertaling; also Tae,’ using a reciprocal form of ‘to be-at-fault’); and cf. on “an argument arose” in 9.46.

Which … was to be regarded as the greatest, or to avoid a passive construction, ‘which … people would consider the greatest,’ ‘who … would have the highest position’; cf. also, “who … should rank highest” (New English Bible). For the greatest see again on 9.46.

Quoted with permission from Reiling, J. and Swellengrebel, J.L. A Handbook on the Gospel of Luke. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1971. For this and other handbooks for translators see here . Make sure to also consult the Handbook on the Gospel of Mark for parallel or similar verses.