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# Connecting Statement:
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Luke tells about what happened to the believers who fled after the stoning of Stephen.
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# Now
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This introduces the new part of the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])
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# those who had been scattered because of the persecution that started with the death of Stephen were spread
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This can be restated in active form and the abstract noun "persecution" restated as a verb. AT: "those who left Jerusalem and went in many directions after the Jews started persecuting them the way they had persecuted Stephen, and they went" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# only to Jews
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The believers thought God's message was for the Jewish people, and not for the Gentiles.
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# spoke also to Greeks
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These Greek-speaking people were Gentiles, not Jews. AT: "also spoke to Gentiles who spoke Greek" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# The hand of the Lord was with them
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God's hand signifies his powerful help. AT: "God was powerfully enabling those believers to preach effectively" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# turned to the Lord
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"Turned" here is a metonym for "repented of their sins and became obedient." AT: "and they repented of their sins and began to obey the Lord" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/persecute]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/stephen]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/phonecia]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cyprus]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cyrene]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/antioch]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/greek]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believe]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/turn]] |