## to eat bread ##

"to eat" or "for a meal." Bread was an important part of a meal and is used in this sentence to refer to a meal. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## watching him closely  ##

They wanted to see if they could accuse him of doing anything wrong.

## Behold, there in front of him was a man ##

The word "behold" alerts us to a new person in the story. Your language may have a way of doing this. English uses "There in front of him was a man who was…”

## was suffering from edema ##

Edema is swelling caused by water building up in parts of the body. Some languages may have a name for this condition. This phrase can be translated as “was suffering because parts of his body were swollen with water.”

## Is it lawful to heal ##

"Does the law permit us to heal"