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 # who had been scattered
 
-The cause for the scattering, the persecution, was stated previously. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "who had fled the great persecution" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+"who had fled the great persecution"
 
 # the word
 
-This is a metonym for "the message." You may need to make explicit that the message was about Jesus.  Alternate translation: "the message about Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
-
+"the message about Jesus"