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# General Information:

Verses 3 and 4 give background information about the Pharisees' washing traditions. The UDB uses a verse bridge to rearrange the information in verses 3 and 4 to make it easier to understand. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-versebridge]])

# They saw

"The Pharisees and the scribes saw"

# that is, unwashed

"that is, their hands were not washed" or "that is, they had not washed their hands"

# elders

Jewish elders were leaders in their communities and were also judges for the people.

# copper vessels

"copper kettles" or "metal containers"

# the couches upon which they eat

"benches" or "beds." At that time, the Jews would recline when eating.
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			`Verses 3 and 4 give background information about the Pharisees' washing traditions. The UDB uses a verse bridge to rearrange the information in verses 3 and 4 to make it easier to understand. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-versebridge]])`

			`# They saw`

			`"The Pharisees and the scribes saw"`

			`# that is, unwashed`

			`"that is, their hands were not washed" or "that is, they had not washed their hands"`

			`# elders`

			`Jewish elders were leaders in their communities and were also judges for the people.`

			`# copper vessels`

			`"copper kettles" or "metal containers"`

			`# the couches upon which they eat`

			`"benches" or "beds." At that time, the Jews would recline when eating.`