en_tn/luk/19/08.md

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  • the Lord - This refers to Jesus.
  • salvation has come to this house - The abstract noun "salvation" can be translated with the verb "save": "God has saved this household" (UDB). (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_abstractnouns)
  • this house - The word "house" here refers to the people living in the house or the family. (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
  • he too - "this man too" or "Zacchaeus also"
  • son of Abraham - Possible meanings are 1) "descendant of Abraham" and 2) "person who has faith as Abraham did."
  • the people who are lost - "the people who have wandered away from God" or "those who by sinning have wandered away from God"