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# Connecting Statement:
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After the shipwreck, people on the island of Malta helped Paul and everyone on the ship. They stay there for 3 months.
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# General Information:
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Here the word "we" refers to Paul, the writer, and those who traveled with them, but not to the reader. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
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# When we were brought safely through
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "When we arrived safely" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# we learned
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Paul and Luke learned the name of the island. AT: "we learned from the people" or "we found out from the residents" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
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# the island was called Malta
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Malta is an island located south of the modern-day island of Sicily. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# The native people
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"The local people"
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# offered to us not just ordinary kindness
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Being kind to someone is spoken of as if it were an object that someone offers. AT: "were not only very kind to us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# not just ordinary kindness
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This phrase is used to emphasize the opposite of what is said. AT: "a great deal of kindness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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# they lit a fire
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"they put together twigs and branches and burned them"
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# welcomed us all
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Possible meanings are 1) "welcomed all of the people from the ship" or 2) "welcomed Paul and all his companions." |