complete verse (Mark 14:48)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:48:

  • Uma: “Yesus said to the people who had caught him: ‘Am I a robber here, that you must come with swords and clubs to catch me!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Isa said to the ones who arrested/seized him, ‘Is it that you thought-mistakenly that I am an outlaw that you come here arresting me having swords and carrying clubs?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus said to those who had seized him, he said, ‘Am I a robber, for you seize me armed with swords and clubs?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘Am I a criminal do-you-suppose that you have come carrying swords and clubs to go arrest-me?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus said to those people, ‘What is this, as if I am rounding people up to oppose the government, that you each have a weapon (usually a blade), clubs being what some have, coming to arrest me?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)