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# Joseph of Arimathea
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Arimathea was a small town. AT: "Joseph from the town of Arimathea" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# for fear of the Jews
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Here "Jews" is a synecdoche for the Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus. AT: "for fear of the Jewish leaders" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# if he could take away the body of Jesus
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John implies that Joseph of Arimathea wants to bury the body of Jesus. AT: "for permission to take the body of Jesus down from the cross for burial" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# Nicodemus
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Nicodemus was one of the Pharisees who believed in Jesus. See how you translated this name in [John 3:1](../03/01.md).
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# myrrh and aloes
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These are spices that people use to prepare a body for burial.
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# about one hundred litras in weight
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You may convert this to a modern measure. A "litra" is about one third of a kilogram. AT: "about 33 kilograms in weight" or "weighing about thirty-three kilograms" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight]])
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# one hundred
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"100" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/disciple]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/pilate]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/myrrh]] |