diff --git a/mat/16/19.md b/mat/16/19.md index 2e41eb138f..af9613a6dc 100644 --- a/mat/16/19.md +++ b/mat/16/19.md @@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ This refers to God's rule as king. The phrase "kingdom of heaven" is used only i # Whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven -Here "bind" is a metaphor meaning to forbid something, and "loose" is a metaphor meaning to allow something. Also, "in heaven" is a metonym that represents God himself. Alternate translation: "God in heaven will approve whatever you forbid or allow on earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) +Here "bind" is a metaphor meaning to forbid something, and "loose" is a metaphor meaning to allow something. Also, "in heaven" is a metonym that represents God himself. Alternate translation: "God in heaven will approve whenever you forbid or allow something on earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) diff --git a/mat/16/21.md b/mat/16/21.md index 8e9ef944f8..f747ac101a 100644 --- a/mat/16/21.md +++ b/mat/16/21.md @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ Jesus tells his disciples for the first time that he will die soon. -# suffer many things at the hand of the elders and chief priests and scribes +# suffer many things at the hand of the elders ... scribes -Here "hand" refers to power. Alternate translation: "where the elders, chief priests, and scribes will cause him to suffer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) +Here "hand" represents power. Alternate translation: "suffer many things because of the elders ... scribes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) # scribes, be killed, and be raised back to life on the third day -Here to raise back to life is an idiom for causing someone who has died to become alive again. This can be stated in active form. The elders and chief priests would accuse Jesus so that others would kill him. Alternate translation: "scribes. People will then kill him , and on the third day God will make him become alive again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) +Here to raise back to life is an idiom for causing someone who has died to become alive again. This can be stated in active form. The elders and chief priests would accuse Jesus so that others would kill him. Alternate translation: "scribes. People will then kill him, and on the third day God will make him become alive again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) # third day diff --git a/mat/16/24.md b/mat/16/24.md index acb79c88ca..a7e33805af 100644 --- a/mat/16/24.md +++ b/mat/16/24.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -# follow me +# to follow me -Following Jesus here represents being one of his disciples. Alternate translation: "be my disciple" or "be one of my disciples" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) +Following Jesus here represents being one of his disciples. Alternate translation: "to be my disciple" or "to be one of my disciples" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) # must deny himself diff --git a/mat/16/27.md b/mat/16/27.md index 025267175f..f20a94b2f0 100644 --- a/mat/16/27.md +++ b/mat/16/27.md @@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ Here Jesus refers to himself in the third person. Alternate translation: "I, the # will come in the glory of his Father -"will come, having the same glory as his Father" +"will come, having the same glory as his Father." This can be stated in first person. Alternate translation: "will come, having the same glory as my Father" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]]) # with his angels - -"and the angels will be with him." If you translate the first part of the sentence with Jesus speaking in the first person, you can translate this as "and my Father's angels will be with me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]]) +Possible meanings are 1) Alternate translation: "with his Father's angels" or "with my Father's angels" or 2) Alternate translation: "with the Son of Man's angels" or "with my angels." You do not have to specify in your translations to whom the angels belong. Alternate translation: "and the angels will be with him" or "and the angels will be with me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]]) # his Father