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# Connecting Statement:
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Peter arrives in Jerusalem and begins talking to the Jews there.
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# General Information:
This is the beginning of a new event in the story.
# Now
This marks a new part of the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])
# the brothers
The phrase "brothers" here refers to the believers in Judea.
# who were in Judea
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"who were in the province of Judea"
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# had received the word of God
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This expression refers to the fact that the Gentiles believed the gospel message about Jesus. AT: "believed the message of God about Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# had come up to Jerusalem
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Jerusalem was higher than almost any other place in Israel, so it was normal for Israelites to speak of coming up to Jerusalem and going down from it.
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# they who belonged to the circumcision group
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This is a reference to some of the Jews who believed that every believer must be circumcised. AT: "some Jewish believers in Jerusalem who wanted all followers of Christ to be circumcized" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# uncircumcised men
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The phrase "uncircumcised men" refers to Gentiles. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# ate with them
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It was against Jewish tradition for Jews to eat with Gentiles.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/apostle]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judea]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gentile]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/receive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peter]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/circumcise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/uncircumcised]]
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