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## as Paul was about to be brought ##
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"as the soldiers were about to bring Paul" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) or "When the soldiers were ready to bring Paul"
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## the fortress ##
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see how you translated this in verse [Acts 21:34](./34.md).
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## the chief captain ##
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a military officer of about 600 soldiers
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## "Do you speak Greek? Are you not then the Egyptian, who previously led a rebellion and took the four thousand terrorists into the wilderness?" ##
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The chief captain uses these questions to express his surprise. Paul is not who he thought he was. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## Are you not then the Egyptian ##
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Shortly before Paul's visit, an unnamed man from Egypt had launched a revolt against Rome in Jerusalem. Later he escaped "into the desert", and the commander wonders if Paul might be the same man.
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## the four thousand terrorists ##
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"the 4000 men who kill and harm others who disagree with them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]]) |