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851 B
Markdown
19 lines
851 B
Markdown
## Shortly after ##
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"Shortly after Jesus finished speaking"
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## Go and leave here because Herod wants to kill you ##
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Translate this as a warning to Jesus. They were advising him to go somewhere else and be safe.
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## Herod wants to kill you ##
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"Herod wants to have you killed." Herod would order people to kill Jesus.
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## that fox ##
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Jesus was calling Herod a fox. A fox is a small wild dog. This is a metaphor. Possible meanings are 1) Herod was not much of a threat at all 2) Herod was deceptive. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]).
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## it is not acceptable to kill a prophet away from Jerusalem ##
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The Jewish leaders killed many of God's prophets in Jerusalem and Jesus knew that they would kill him there too. AT: "It is in Jerusalem that the Jewish leaders kill God's messengers." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]]) |