en_tn_lite_do_not_use/luk/13/04.md

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Or those

This is Jesus's second example of people who suffered. Alternate translation: "Or consider those" or "Think about those"

eighteen people

"18 people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers)

Siloam

This is the name of an area in Jerusalem. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)

do you think they were worse sinners ... Jerusalem?

Jesus uses this question to challenge the understanding of the people. He answers the question in 13:4. Alternate translation: "does this prove that they were more sinful ... Jerusalem?" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)

they were worse sinners

The crowd assumed that they died in this terrible way because they were especially sinful. This could be explicitly stated. Alternate translation: "they died because they were worse sinners" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)

other men

"other people." The word here is the general term for a person. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-gendernotations)