en_tn/mat/11/07.md

# Connecting Statement:

Jesus begins to talk to the crowds about John the Baptist.

# What did you go out in the desert to see—a reed ... wind?

Jesus uses a question to cause the people to think about what kind of person John the Baptist is. Alternate translation: "Surely you did not go out to the desert to see a reed ... wind!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# a reed being shaken by the wind

Possible meanings are 1) Jesus mean the literal plants by the Jordan River or 2) Jesus is using a metaphor to mean a kind of person. Alternate translation: "a man who easily changes his mind and is like a reed blowing back and forth in the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# being shaken by the wind

This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "swaying in the wind" or "blowing in the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`

added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Jesus begins to talk to the crowds about John the Baptist.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# What did you go out in the desert to see—a reed ... wind?`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Jesus uses a question to cause the people to think about what kind of person John the Baptist is. Alternate translation: "Surely you did not go out to the desert to see a reed ... wind!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# a reed being shaken by the wind`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) Jesus mean the literal plants by the Jordan River or 2) Jesus is using a metaphor to mean a kind of person. Alternate translation: "a man who easily changes his mind and is like a reed blowing back and forth in the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# being shaken by the wind`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "swaying in the wind" or "blowing in the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00