en_tn/jhn/09/39.md

# came into this world

The "world" is a metonym for "the people who live in the world." Alternate translation: "came to live among the people of this world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# so that those who do not see may see
Here "seeing" is a metaphor for being able to understand spiritual things. Alternate translation: "so that those who do not see spiritually may see spiritually" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# so that those who see
When Jesus speaks here of those that see, he is speaking of those who think that they understand spiritual things. Alternate translation: "so that those who think that they see spiritually" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony]])

# may become blind

Here "blind" is a metaphor for not being able to understand spiritual things. Alternate translation: "may never see spiritually" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# came into this world`
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			`The "world" is a metonym for "the people who live in the world." Alternate translation: "came to live among the people of this world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
tN issue 1086 2018-05-04 15:26:36 +00:00			`# so that those who do not see may see`
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here "seeing" is a metaphor for being able to understand spiritual things. Alternate translation: "so that those who do not see spiritually may see spiritually" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
tN issue 1086 2018-05-04 15:26:36 +00:00			`# so that those who see`
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`When Jesus speaks here of those that see, he is speaking of those who think that they understand spiritual things. Alternate translation: "so that those who think that they see spiritually" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony]])`
tN issue 1086 2018-05-04 15:26:36 +00:00
Removed space after snippet 2018-05-07 12:43:19 +00:00			`# may become blind`
tN issue 1086 2018-05-04 15:26:36 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here "blind" is a metaphor for not being able to understand spiritual things. Alternate translation: "may never see spiritually" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00