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# If this man was not an evil doer, we would not have given him over to you

You can translate this double negative in a positive form. Alternate translation: "This man is an evil doer, and we had to given him over to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublenegatives]])

# given him over

This phrase here means to hand over to an enemy.
Doers of evil and evildoers. 2018-11-07 16:08:52 +00:00			`# If this man was not an evil doer, we would not have given him over to you`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`You can translate this double negative in a positive form. Alternate translation: "This man is an evil doer, and we had to given him over to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublenegatives]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# given him over`

			`This phrase here means to hand over to an enemy.`