# Do you not know what these things mean? The angel asks this rhetorical question to emphasize that Zechariah should have known what these things mean. The question can be translated as a statement. AT: "Surely you know what these things mean." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]) # translationWords * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/angel]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]