John the Evangelist (icon)

Following is a Bulgarian Orthodox icon of John the Evangelist from the 14th century (found in Rila Monastery, Bulgaria).

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 )

See also John (the disciple).

angry with someone

The Greek that is translated as “angry with (someone)” in English is translated in Low German idiomatically as nich good to spreeken up . . . or “does not speak highly of . . .” (translation by Johannes Jessen, publ. 1933, republ. 2006).

John (the disciple)

The term that is transliterated as “John (the disciple)” in English is translated in American Sign Language with the sign for the letter J and the sign signifying “beloved,” referring to John 13:23 et al. (Source: RuthAnna Spooner, Ron Lawer)


“John” in American Sign Language, source: Deaf Harbor

In Swiss-German Sign Language it is translated with a sign that depicts John’s head resting on Jesus’ chest, referring to John 13:23.


“John” in Swiss-German Sign Language, source: DSGS-Lexikon biblischer Begriffe , © CGG Schweiz

In Spanish Sign Language it is translated with with the sign for “young.” This refers to the traditional belief that he was the youngest of the apostles and the fact that he was younger than his brother James (see relative age of James and John. (Source: Steve Parkhurst)


“John” in Spanish Sign Language, source: Sociedad Bíblica de España

See also John the Evangelist (icon).

complete verse (Mark 10:41)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 10:41:

  • Uma: “When the ten disciples heard the request of Yakobus and Yohanes, they were angry.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then when the ten disciples of Isa heard about the request of Yakub and Yahiya, they were angry.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when their ten companion disciples heard this, they did not like what James and John had done.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When their ten companions heard of it, they got-angry-at Santiago and Juan.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When the ten disciples knew, they got angry with Santiago and Juan.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Mark 10:41

Exegesis:

aganaktein (cf. 10.14) ‘to be indignant,’ ‘to be angry’: the preposition peri ‘about’ indicates the object of the indignation – ‘to be angry at.’

Translation:

The ten is often translatable as ‘the ten other disciples,’ since in many instances a numeral cannot be used as a substantive, and ‘other’ must contrast the two sets of disciples: the ten versus the two.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on the Gospel of Mark. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1961. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .