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 # news came up to the chief captain of the company of soldiers
 
-Here "news" refers to the messenger who went to speak the news. Alternate translation: "someone gave news to the chief captain of the cohort" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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-# news came up to the chief captain
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-The phrase "came up to" is used because the chief captain was in a fortress connected to the temple that was higher in elevation than the temple courtyard.
+"someone gave news to the chief captain of the cohort"
 
 # the chief captain
 
 This is a Roman military leader of about 1,000 soldiers.
 
-# the company of soldiers
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-A company is a group of about  1,000 soldiers.
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 # all Jerusalem was in an uproar
 
-The word "Jerusalem" here represents the people of Jerusalem. The word "all" is an exaggeration to show a large crowd was upset. Alternate translation: "all the people in Jerusalem were in an uproar" or "the large crowd in Jerusalem was in an uproar" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]] )
+"all the people in Jerusalem were in an uproar" or "the large crowd in Jerusalem was in an uproar"