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41 lines
1.3 KiB
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# General Information:
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This is the next event in the story, in which Jesus goes up to Jerusalem and heals a man. These verses give background information about the setting of the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# After this
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This refers to after Jesus healed the official's son. See how you translated this in [John 3:22](../03/22.md).
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# there was a Jewish festival
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"the Jews were celebrating a festival"
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# went up to Jerusalem
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Jerusalem is located on the top of a hill. Roads to Jerusalem went up and down smaller hills. If your language has a different word for going up a hill than for walking on level ground, you may use it here.
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# pool
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This was a hole in the ground that people filled with water. Sometimes they lined the pools with tiles or other stonework.
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# Bethesda
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"Bethesda" means house of mercy. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# roofed porches
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roofed structures with at least one wall missing and attached to buildings
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# A large number of people
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"Many people"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/festival]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sheep]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hebrew]] |