2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? ##
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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Hebrew, Israelite, descendants of Abraham are different names for a Jew. See (Parallelism)
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## as though I were out of my mind ##
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"as though I were a madman"
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## I am more ##
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AT: "I am more a servant of Christ than they are!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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## in even more hard work ##
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AT: "I have worked harder"
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## in far more prisons ##
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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AT: "I have been in prisons more often"
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## in beatings beyond measure ##
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AT: "have been beaten countless times"
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## in facing many dangers of death ##
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AT: "and have faced death many times."
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