teach

The Greek that is translated as a form of “teach” is translated with some figurative phrases such as “to engrave the mind” (Ngäbere) or “to cause others to imitate” (Huichol). (Source: Bratcher / Nida)

In Noongar it is translated as karni-waangki or “truth saying” (source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang).

complete verse (Luke 23:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 23:5:

  • Noongar: “But they spoke more strongly, ‘Because this man says these things, people are beginning to argue and fight in everywhere in Judea. He started in Galilee and now he comes to this place.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “But they just kept-on-insisting, saying: ‘He is stirring up the people with his teaching, all over the land of the Yahudi people. First he was in Galilea, but now he has come here.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But they really insisted they said, ‘He causes trouble to the people because of his teaching. He started his teaching there in the place Jalil and he also taught in all of Yahudiya and now he is also here in Awrusalam.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But the people started shouting out all the more, saying, ‘The people who listen to his teaching are rioting! He started his teaching there in the province of Galilee and he has taught also in all the villages here in the province of Judea, and now he is here again in Jerusalem.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But they still insisted saying, ‘He has-been-throwing-all the many-people -into-a-riot, starting from Galilea up to Judea, and here he has also arrived here.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But they were-persistent, saying, ‘Really through what he is teaching, he is inciting the people through the whole land of us (excl.) Judio to oppose the government. He began this which he is doing there in Galilea. Today/now what else but it’s now here.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Judah, Judea

The name that is transliterated as “Judah” or “Judea” in English (referring to the son of Jacob, the tribe, and the territory) is translated in Spanish Sign Language as “lion” (referring to Genesis 49:9 and Revelation 5:5). This sign for lion is reserved for regions and kingdoms. (Source: John Elwode in The Bible Translator 2008, p. 78ff. and Steve Parkhurst)


“Judah” and “Judea” in Spanish Sign Language, source: Sociedad Bíblica de España

See also Judah.

Translation commentary on Luke 23:5

Exegesis:

hoi de epischuon legontes ‘but they insisted saying,’ i.e. ‘by saying.’

epischuō lit. ‘to be strong,’ here ‘to insist,’ ‘to persist.’

anaseiei ton laon ‘he stirs up the people.’ For laos cf. on 1.10.

anaseiō ‘to stir up,’ ‘to incite,’ probably somewhat stronger than diastrephō in v. 2.

didaskōn kath’ holēs tēs Ioudaias ‘teaching throughout all Judea.’ didaskōn may mean ‘while teaching’ (temporal) or ‘by teaching’ (causal), preferably the latter. Ioudaia is used here to indicate the area of Pilate’s jurisdiction.

kai arxamenos apo tēs Galilaias heōs hōde lit. ‘and having begun from Galilee till here,’ attached to the indication of Jesus’ present area of activity in order to indicate the origin of his operations. It is best rendered as an independent clause.

Translation:

They were urgent. The pronoun may have to be specified, cf. e.g. ‘the accusers’ (Javanese). The verb expresses that they firmly and stubbornly kept on accusing Jesus, repeating and pressing their charge against him, cf. ‘they held yet more determinedly to their earnest demand’ (Marathi), ‘they kept on pressing (the matter)’ (Zarma), ‘they repeated-stubbornly’ (Pohnpeian).

The people, cf. on 7.29.

Teaching, preferably, ‘by, or, with his teaching,’ ‘because he teaches them these/such things.’

Throughout all Judea, cf. on 7.17 and 4.44.

From Galilee even to this place, or as a new sentence, “He started in G. and now he has come here” (The Four Gospels – a New Translation, similarly An American Translation), “It (referring to Jesus’ teaching and to the disaffection it causes) started from G. and has spread as far as this city” (New English Bible).

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.