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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-James quotes the prophet Amos from the Old Testament.
-
 # The words of the prophets agree
 
-Here "words" stands for a message. Alternate translation: "What the prophets said agrees" or "The prophets agree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"What the prophets said agrees" or "The prophets agree"
 
 # agree with this
 
@@ -12,5 +8,4 @@ Here "words" stands for a message. Alternate translation: "What the prophets sai
 
 # as it is written
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "as they wrote" or "as the prophet Amos wrote long ago" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
-
+"as they wrote" or "as the prophet Amos wrote long ago"