diff --git a/jhn/19/38.md b/jhn/19/38.md index 46e9373e86..5c5321f46b 100644 --- a/jhn/19/38.md +++ b/jhn/19/38.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ # Joseph of Arimathea -Arimathea was a small town. Alternate translation: "Joseph from the town of Arimathea" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]]) +"Joseph from the town of Arimathea" # for fear of the Jews -Here "Jews" is a synecdoche for the Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus. Alternate translation: "for fear of the Jewish leaders" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]]) +"for fear of the Jewish leaders" # if he could take away the body of Jesus -John implies that Joseph of Arimathea wanted to bury the body of Jesus. Alternate translation: "for permission to take the body of Jesus down from the cross for burial" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]]) +"for permission to take the body of Jesus down from the cross for burial"