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# Connecting Statement:
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This is the end of the part of the story that happened on the Day of Pentecost. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-endofstory]])
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# they received his word
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Here the word "received" means that they accepted what Peter said to be true. Alternate translation: "they believed what Peter said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# were baptized
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "people baptized them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# there were added in that day about three thousand souls
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "about three thousand souls joined the believers on that day" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# about three thousand souls
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Here the word "souls" refers to people. Alternate translation: "about 3,000 people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
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