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# Connecting Statement:

The author continues to give background information about Herod and the beheading of John the Baptist. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])

# a convenient day

This is a general term for "a convenient time."

# he made a dinner for his officials ... of Galilee

This means that he invited those people to a special dinner to celebrate his birthday with him. Alternate translation: "he had a banquet for his officials ... of Galilee" or "he invited his officials ... of Galilee to eat and celebrate with him"

# a dinner

a formal meal or banquet
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The author continues to give background information about Herod and the beheading of John the Baptist. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])`
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From work for interleaved PDF 2018-10-23 20:29:48 +00:00			`# a convenient day`

			`This is a general term for "a convenient time."`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# he made a dinner for his officials ... of Galilee`

Update 'mrk/06/21.md' "Metonym" is not very helpful here. It's not so much about who made the dinner about what "made a dinner" means. 2019-04-08 21:06:42 +00:00			`This means that he invited those people to a special dinner to celebrate his birthday with him. Alternate translation: "he had a banquet for his officials ... of Galilee" or "he invited his officials ... of Galilee to eat and celebrate with him"`
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			`# a dinner`

			`a formal meal or banquet`