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-# Connecting Statement:
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-This is the end of the part of the story about Jesus speaking with the Jews in the temple, which began in [John 8:12](../08/12.md).
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 # The Jews said to him
 
-Here the "Jews" is a synecdoche for the "Jewish leaders" who opposed Jesus. Alternate translation: "The Jewish leaders said to him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
+"The Jewish leaders said to him" 
 
 # You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?
 
-The Jewish leaders use this question to express their shock that Jesus claims to have seen Abraham. Alternate translation: "You are less than fifty years old. You could not have seen Abraham!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
+"You are less than fifty years old. You could not have seen Abraham!"