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# Now ... wild honey

The word "Now" is used here to mark a pause in the story. Here Matthew tells background information about John the Baptist. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])

# wore clothing of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist

This clothing symbolizes that John is a prophet like the prophets from long ago, especially the prophet Elijah. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-symaction]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Now ... wild honey`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
3375 "story line" 2019-05-24 13:20:37 +00:00			`The word "Now" is used here to mark a pause in the story. Here Matthew tells background information about John the Baptist. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# wore clothing of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This clothing symbolizes that John is a prophet like the prophets from long ago, especially the prophet Elijah. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-symaction]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00