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# In him was life, and the life was the light of men

"In him was life" is a metonym for causing everything to live. And, "light" here is a metaphor for "truth." Alternate translation: "He is the one who caused everything to live. And he revealed to people what is true about God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# In him

Here "him" refers to the one who is called the Word.

# life

Here use a general term for "life." If you must be more specific, translate as "spiritual life."
Reworded notes about "light" and "darkness." Added words to tW list. 2017-10-17 15:33:49 +00:00			`# In him was life, and the life was the light of men`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`"In him was life" is a metonym for causing everything to live. And, "light" here is a metaphor for "truth." Alternate translation: "He is the one who caused everything to live. And he revealed to people what is true about God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
Reworded notes about "light" and "darkness." Added words to tW list. 2017-10-17 15:33:49 +00:00
Restored from earlier version of tNs. 2018-03-13 18:26:32 +00:00			`# In him`

			`Here "him" refers to the one who is called the Word.`

Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# life`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`Here use a general term for "life." If you must be more specific, translate as "spiritual life."`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00