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@@ -6,17 +6,13 @@ Here "blood" is a metonym that stands for a person's death. The phrase "be on us
 
 "Then Pilate released Barabbas to the crowd"
 
-# he scourged Jesus
+# he scourged Jesus and handed him over to be crucified
 
-It is implied that Pilate's soldiers scourged Jesus. AT: "Pilate's soldiers scourged Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
+It is implied that Pilate ordered his soldiers to scourge Jesus. Handing Jesus over to be crucified is a metaphor for ordering his soldiers to crucify Jesus. AT: "he ordered his soldiers to scourge Jesus and to crucify him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] )
 
-# scourged
+# scourged Jesus
 
-to beat a person with a whip
-
-# handed him over to be crucified
-
-This can be stated in active form. AT: "and Pilate ordered his soldiers to crucify Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
+"beat Jesus with a whip" or "whipped Jesus"
 
 # translationWords