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# can bear witness
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"can testify" or "can tell you"
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# I received letters from them
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"The high priests and elders gave me letters"
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# for the brothers in Damascus
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Here "brothers" refers to "fellow Jews."
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# to bring them back in bonds to Jerusalem
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"They ordered me to bind with chains those of the Way and bring them back to Jerusalem"
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# in order for them to be punished
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "in order that they may receive punishment" or "in order that the Jewish authorities could punish them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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