en_tn_condensed/act/06/08.md

# Connecting Statement:

This is the beginning of a new part of the story.

# General Information:

These verses give background information about Stephen and other people that is important to understanding the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# Now Stephen

This introduces Stephen as the main character in this part of the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants]])

# Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing

The words "grace" and "power" here refer to power from God. This could be stated explicitly. AT: "God was giving Stephen power to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# synagogue of the Freedmen

"Freedmen" were probably ex-slaves from these different locations. It is unclear if the other people listed were part of the synagogue or just participated in the debate with Stephen.

# debating with Stephen

"arguing with Stephen"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is the beginning of a new part of the story.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`These verses give background information about Stephen and other people that is important to understanding the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])`

			`# Now Stephen`

			`This introduces Stephen as the main character in this part of the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants]])`

			`# Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing`

			`The words "grace" and "power" here refer to power from God. This could be stated explicitly. AT: "God was giving Stephen power to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# synagogue of the Freedmen`

			`"Freedmen" were probably ex-slaves from these different locations. It is unclear if the other people listed were part of the synagogue or just participated in the debate with Stephen.`

			`# debating with Stephen`

			`"arguing with Stephen"`