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-# Connecting Statement:
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-The angel finishes speaking to John about the prostitute and the beast.
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 # is
 
 Here "is" stands for "represents." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 
 # the great city that has power to rule
 
-The city having power to rule is a metonym for the leader of the city having power to rule. Alternate translation: "the great city whose leader has power to rule" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"the great city whose leader has power to rule"