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# General Information:
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This is the beginning of the Son of Man's message to the angel of the church in Smyrna.
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# Smyrna
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This is the name of a city in a part of western Asia that today is modern Turkey. See how you translated this in [Revelation 1:11](../01/09.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# the first and the last
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This refers to the eternal nature of Jesus. See how you translated this in [Revelation 1:17](../01/17.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# I know your sufferings and your poverty
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"Sufferings" and "poverty" can be translated as verbs. AT: "I know how you have suffered and how poor you are" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# I know the slander of those who say they are Jews
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"Slander" can be translated as a verb. AT: "I know how people have slandered you—those who say they are Jews" or "I know how people have said terrible things about you—those who say they are Jews" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# but they are not
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"but they are not real Jews"
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# a synagogue of Satan
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People who gather to obey or honor Satan are spoken of as if they were a synagogue, a place of worship and teaching for the Jews. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/angel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/church]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/word]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/suffer]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/slander]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jew]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/synagogue]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/satan]] |