Translation commentary on Luke 22:28

Exegesis:

humeis de este hoi diamemenēkotes met’ emou en tois peirasmois mou ‘you are those who have stood by me in my trials.’ humeis is emphatic but no other persons with whom the disciples are contrasted, are named. The periphrastic construction stresses the idea of permanence more strongly than the indicative of the perfect would have done. For peirasmos cf. on 4.13 and 8.13; here it is used in a passive sense.

diamenō (also 1.22) ‘to remain,’ ‘to stay with,’ ‘to stand by,’ with meta and genitive.

Translation:

Continued with me in, or, ‘remained faithful/loyal (to me)’ (cf. Willibrord), ‘persevered together-with me’ (Bahasa Indonesia); or negatively expressed, ‘never left me’ (Tae’ 1933). The phrase refers to holding out while having the same experience as Jesus had (not to helping him when he was tested).

In my trials. The noun here refers to a being put to the test by difficulties and suffering; hence, ‘in my hardships’ (Pohnpeian), ‘in my afflictions’ (Bahasa Indonesia RC), ‘in all that I have suffered,’ ‘while I have been tried/afflicted.’ Further shifts may lead to something like, ‘you and I have experienced the same trials (or, we have suffered equally), and you have held out (or, stood by me).’

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.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Luke 22:28

Paragraph 22:28–30

22:28

You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as stood by Me is more literally “remained with me.” It indicates that the apostles had been faithful to him even during his most difficult times. Some other ways to translate this verse are:

You have stayed with me all through my trials (Good News Translation)
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You are the men who have stood by me faithfully in my trials (New Jerusalem Bible)

You: In Greek the pronoun You is emphatic here. It implies that the twelve apostles were the men who had faithfully stayed with Jesus and shared all his hard times. Translate the emphasis in a natural way in your language. See the examples in the preceding note.

My trials: In this context the phrase My trials probably refers to the various troubles and difficulties that Jesus suffered during the years of his ministry. Other ways to translate the phrase are:

all my troubles (Contemporary English Version)
-or-
the troubles that have tested me (God’s Word)

In some languages there may be an idiom to express this idea. For example:

all that I have gone through (Phillips’ New Testament in Modern English)

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