diff --git a/heb/05/13.md b/heb/05/13.md index 872e7944b4..7b0ca25974 100644 --- a/heb/05/13.md +++ b/heb/05/13.md @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ -# takes milk +# takes milk because he is still a little child -Here "takes" stands for "drinks." Alternate translation: "drinks milk" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"drinks milk" -# because he is still a little child -Spiritual maturity is compared with the kind of food that a growing child eats. Solid food is not for a tiny baby, and that is a figure describing a young Christian who only learns simple truths; but later, more solid food is given to the little child, just as when a person matures he can learn about matters that are more difficult. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])