diff --git a/mat/09/24.md b/mat/09/24.md index cd2ab03b25..4358b2319a 100644 --- a/mat/09/24.md +++ b/mat/09/24.md @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ # Go away -Jesus was speaking to many people, so use the plural command form if your language has one. +Jesus said this to the crowd. # the girl is not dead, but she is asleep -Jesus is using a play on words. It was common in Jesus's day to refer to a dead person as one who "sleeps." But here the dead girl will get up, as though she had only been sleeping. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]]) - +It was common in Jesus's day to refer to a dead person as one who "sleeps." But here the dead girl will get up, as though she had only been sleeping. \ No newline at end of file