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# the one who would betray him
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"the one who later enabled Jesus' enemies to seize him"
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# Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?
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This is a rhetorical question. You can translate it as a strong statement. AT: "This perfume could have been sold for three hundred denarii and the money could have been given to the poor!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# three hundred denarii
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You can translate this as a numeral. AT: "300 denarii" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# denarii
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A denarius was the amount of silver that a common laborer could earn in one day of work. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]])
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# Now he said this ... would steal from what was put in it
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John explains why Judas asked the question about the poor. If your language has a way of indicating background information, you can use it here. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief
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"he said this because he was a thief. He did not care about the poor"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judasiscariot]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/disciple]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/betray]] |