complete verse (Mark 14:50)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:50:

  • Uma: “After that, all his disciples fled leaving him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then all of the disciples of Isa turned-their-back-on him and fled.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then his disciples left him and ran away.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Upon Jesus saying that, all his disciples abruptly-ran-away and abandoned him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anything else, those disciples of his ran away. They now deserted him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Mark 14:50

Exegesis:

aphentes (cf. 1.18; 2.5) ‘leaving,’ ‘abandoning,’ ‘forsaking.’

ephugon (cf. 5.14) ‘they fled.’

pantes ‘all,’ i.e. ‘all the disciples.’

In this verse is to be found the meaning of pantes skandalisthēsesthe of v. 27.

Translation:

While in many instances languages tend to render what is a subordinate construction in Greek by coordinate verbs implying sequence of action, there are times in which coordinate verbs must be incorporated into a subordinate type of construction, if, as in this case, the relationship is not one of sequence of events but of incorporated events; that is to say, the forsaking of Jesus was accomplished by the flight of the disciples. Accordingly, in Tzeltal this meaning is given as ‘fleeing, they left him.’

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 .