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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul continues to talk to the Ephesian elders. (See: [Acts 20:17](./17.md))
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# Now look, I know
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"Now, pay careful attention, because I know"
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# I know that you all
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"I know that all of you"
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# among whom I went about proclaiming the kingdom
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Here "kingdom" stands for God's rule as king. AT: "to whom I preached the message about God's reign as king" or "to whom I preached about how God will show himself as king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# will see my face no more
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The word "face" here represents Paul's physical body. AT: "will not see me anymore on this earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# I am innocent of the blood of any man
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Here "blood" stands for a person's death, which, in this case, is not physical death but spiritual death when God declares a person guilty of sin. Paul had told them God's truth. AT: "I am not responsible for anyone whom God judges guilty of sin because they did not trust in Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# any man
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Here this means any person whether male or female. AT: "any person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-gendernotations]])
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# For I did not hold back from declaring to you
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"For I did not keep silent and not tell you." This can be stated in positive form. AT: "For I certainly declared to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]]) |