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# General Information:
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Peter includes his audience by his use of "our" and "we." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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# Connecting Statement:
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Peter finishes speaking to the apostles and elders.
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# Now
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This does not mean "at this moment," but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.
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# why do you test God, that you should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
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Peter uses a question with a word picture to tell the Jewish believers they should not require the non-Jewish believers to perform circumcision to be saved. AT: "Do not test God by putting a burden on the non-Jewish believers which we Jews were not able to bear!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# our fathers
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This refers to their Jewish ancestors.
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