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# Connecting Statement:
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This concludes the letter from the Jerusalem church to the Gentile believers in Antioch.
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# General Information:
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Here the words "We" and "us" refer to the leaders and believers in the church in Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]] and [Acts 15:22](./22.md))
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# who will tell you the same thing themselves in their own words
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This phrase emphasizes that Judas and Silas will say the same things that the apostles and elders had written. AT: "who themselves will tell you the same things about which we have written" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things
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This speaks about laws that people need to obey as if they were objects that people carry on their shoulders. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# that you turn away
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This speaks about not participating in certain behaviors as if the person were physically turning away from them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# from things sacrificed to idols
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This means they are not allowed to eat the meat of an animal that someone sacrifices to an idol.
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# blood
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This refers to drinking blood or eating meat from which the blood has not been drained. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# things strangled
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A strangled animal was killed but its blood was not drained.
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# Farewell
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This announces the end of the letter. AT: "Goodbye" |