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# As Paul was about to be brought
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "As the soldiers were ready to bring Paul" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# the fortress
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This fortress was connected to the outer temple court. See how you translated this in [Acts 21:34](./34.md).
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# the chief captain
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a Roman military officer of about 600 soldiers
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# Do you speak Greek? Are you not then the Egyptian, who previously led a rebellion and led the four thousand men of the 'Assassins' out into the wilderness?
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The chief captain uses these questions to express surprise that Paul is not who he thought he was. AT: "So you speak Greek. I thought you were that Egyptian who led a rebellion in the wilderness with the four thousand terrorists" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Are you not then the Egyptian
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Shortly before Paul's visit, an unnamed man from Egypt had launched a revolt against Rome in Jerusalem. Later he escaped into the wilderness and the commander wonders if Paul might be the same man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# led a rebellion
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This word "rebellion" can be stated as a verb. AT: "caused people to rebel against the Roman government" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# the four thousand men
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"the 4,000 terrorists" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# Assassins
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This refers to a group of Jewish rebels who killed Romans and anyone who supported Romans.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/paul]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/stronghold]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/greek]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rebel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]] |