en_tn/act/16/04.md

# General Information:

The word "they" here refers to Paul, Silas ([Acts 15:40](../15/39.md)), and Timothy ([Acts 16:3](./01.md)).

# for them to obey

"for the church members to obey" or "for the believers to obey"

# that had been written by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem

This can be stated in active form. AT: "that the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had written" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# the churches

Here this stands for the believers in the churches. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The word "they" here refers to Paul, Silas ([Acts 15:40](../15/39.md)), and Timothy ([Acts 16:3](./01.md)).`
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Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00			`"for the church members to obey" or "for the believers to obey"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# that had been written by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem`

			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "that the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had written" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`# the churches`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Here this stands for the believers in the churches. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`