complete verse (Luke 24:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:9:

  • Noongar: “They returned from the grave to the eleven disciples and the other people who followed Jesus, and told them all these things.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “They returned/went home from the grave and they told all that had happened to the eleven disciples of Yesus and to all the other followers.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They left from the grave and went home. They told all this to the eleven disciples of Isa and to all the other disciples.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then those women went home and they told the eleven apostles of Jesus and the other people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When they then returned, they told his eleven disciples and their companions what had happened.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “After that, those women who had gone to the grave went home. They related everything to the only eleven now disciples and to the others who were their companions also.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Scriptures Plain & Simple (Luke 24:1-12)

Barclay Newman, a translator on the teams for both the Good News Bible and the Contemporary English Version, translated passages of the New Testament into English and published them in 2014, “in a publication brief enough to be non-threatening, yet long enough to be taken seriously, and interesting enough to appeal to believers and un-believers alike.” The following is the translation of Luke 24:1-12:

Before Sunday dawned, the women rushed to the tomb,
       carrying spices they had prepared.
The stone had been rolled away from the entrance,
       and they rushed right in.
Where was the body of the Lord Jesus?
It was nowhere to be seen,
       and they didn’t know what to think.

Two men there in shining white garments!
Where did they come from?

Shocked, the women fell to the ground, but the men said:

       “The living don’t dwell in tombs of the dead!
       Jesus has been raised to life,
              and now he’s long gone.
       While you were still in Galilee, don’t you remember
       he told you he’d be arrested, then executed on a cross,
              but three days later he’d rise to life?”

At that very moment, the women recalled
       what Jesus had said to them.

Quite a crowd of women had gone to the tomb,
among them: Mary Magdalene, Joanna,
       and Mary the mother of James.
They hurried off and informed others,
including the closest followers of Jesus,
       who refused to believe such nonsense.

However, Peter raced to the tomb,
but after stooping and looking carefully inside,
       he saw only burial clothes.
Still confused, he returned to the others.

Sung version of Luke 24

Living Water is produced for the Bible translation movement in association with Lutheran Bible Translators. Lyrics derived from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®).

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