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# Connecting Statement:
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This is the end of the part of the story that happened on the Day of Pentecost. Verse 42 begins a section that explains how the believers continued to live after the Day of Pentecost. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-endofstory]])
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# he testified and urged them
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"he seriously told them and begged them." Here the words "testified" and "urged" share similar meanings and emphasize that Peter urged them strongly to respond to what he was saying. AT: "he strongly urged them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# Save yourselves from this wicked generation
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The implication is that God will punish "this wicked generation." AT: "Save yourselves from the punishment that these wicked people will suffer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# they received his word
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Here the word "received" means that they accepted what Peter said to be true. AT: "they believed what Peter said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# were baptized
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "people baptized them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# there were added in that day about three thousand souls
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "about three thousand souls joined the believers on that day" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# about three thousand souls
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Here the word "souls" refers to people. AT: "about 3,000 people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# the breaking of bread
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Bread was part of their meals. Possible meanings are 1) this refers to any meals they might eat together. AT: "eating meals together" or 2) this refers to the meals they would eat together in order to remember Christ's death and resurrection. AT: "eating the Lord's Supper together" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/testimony]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/save]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/generation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/baptize]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/soul]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/apostle]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/teach]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fellowship]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bread]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]] |