ZH_zh_obs-tn/content/28/07.md

# they were shocked

This could mean ‘greatly astonished.’ They believed that God made people rich because they were more righteous than other people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# They said, “If it is like this, who will God save?”

This is a direct quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation: “They asked who God would save it it was like this.” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# If it is like this, who will God save?

This could also be translated as: “If God does not allow rich people to have eternal life, how can anyone else be saved?” This is perhaps a rhetorical question that means ‘If God does not save rich people, then it seems like he will not save anyone!’ (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# save

Here it refers to God not judging or condemning them for their sin, and allowing them to be citizens in his kingdom.