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complete verse (Luke 9:38)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:38:

  • Noongar: “Among the crowd, one man shouted, ‘Lord! I beg you, look at this my son, my only son!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “There was a man in the midst of the many people who called, he said: ‘Teacher! Help me! Look at my child for me. He is my only child.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There was a man from the crowd calling, he said, ‘O Sir, I beg you have pity on my child, this is my only child.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was a man there who called to Jesus, he said, ‘Oh Chief, come and look here at my male child, my son. He is my only child.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then one of them shouted-right-out, ‘Lord! Please kindly (strong request particle) look, because this is my only child!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “There was a man there in that mass who was calling out, saying, ‘Teacher, please do pity my child who is a young-boy. He’s my only child.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Luke 9:38

Exegesis:

kai idou lit. ‘and behold,’ cf. on 1.20.

anēr apo tou ochlou eboēsen ‘a man from the crowd shouted.’ apo tou ochlou goes with anēr and has the function of a partitive genitive, cf. “a man in the crowd” (New English Bible). For a different interpretation cf. The Four Gospels – a New Translation. For boaō cf. on 3.4.

didaskale ‘teacher,’ cf. on 3.12.

deomai sou epiblepsai epi ton huion mou ‘I beseech you to look at my son.’ For epiblepō cf. on 1.48.

hoti monogenēs moi estin ‘for he is my only child,’ cf. on 7.12.

Translation:

A man from the crowd, i.e. from amongst the many people mentioned in v. 37.

Cried, or, ‘shouted,’ ‘spoke loudly.’

For to look upon see on “to regard” in 1.48 and the closely synonymous “to look on” in 1.25; for he is my only child see on “child” in 1.7 and “only son” in 7.12.

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.