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-# Now ... Seize him
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-Here "Now" is used to mark a pause in the main story. Here Matthew tells background information about Judas and the signal he planned to use to betray Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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 # saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Seize him."
 
-This direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "saying that the one he kissed was the one they should seize." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
+"saying that the one he kissed was the one they should seize."
 
 # kiss