en_tn/jhn/08/52.md

Jews

Here "Jews" is a metonym for the "Jewish leaders" who opposed Jesus. AT: "Jewish leaders" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

If anyone keeps my word

"If anyone obeys my teaching"

taste death

This is an idiom that means to experience death. The Jewish leaders mistakenly assume that Jesus is speaking only about physical death. AT: "die" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)