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# the fifth seal

"the next seal" or "seal number five" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]])

# under the altar

This may have been "at the base of the altar."

# those who had been killed

This can be translated with an active verb. Alternate translation: "those whom others had killed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# because of the word of God and the testimony which they held

Here "word of God" is a metonym for the message from God and "held" is a metaphor. Possible meanings are 1) holding the testimony refers to believing God's word and testimony. Alternate translation: "because of the teachings of scripture and what they taught about Jesus Christ" or "because they believed the word of God, which is his testimony" or 2) holding the testimony refers to testifying about the word of God. Alternate translation: "because they testified about the word of God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the fifth seal`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`"the next seal" or "seal number five" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# under the altar`

			`This may have been "at the base of the altar."`

			`# those who had been killed`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This can be translated with an active verb. Alternate translation: "those whom others had killed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# because of the word of God and the testimony which they held`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			Here "word of God" is a metonym for the message from God and "held" is a metaphor. Possible meanings are 1) holding the testimony refers to believing God's word and testimony. Alternate translation: "because of the teachings of scripture and what they taught about Jesus Christ" or "because they believed the word of God, which is his testimony" or 2) holding the testimony refers to testifying about the word of God. Alternate translation: "because they testified about the word of God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])