# Now he said this ... would steal from what was put in it

John explains why Judas asked the question about the poor. If your language has a way of indicating background information, you can use it here. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])

# he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief

"he said this because he was a thief. He did not care about the poor"