From e9d3c68412a71c1ad8e6bc38a78f6006adbaaa3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Hutchins Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:39:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] tN issue 2517 --- 1pe/05/intro.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/1pe/05/intro.md b/1pe/05/intro.md index 73de14ca72..933bee5aea 100644 --- a/1pe/05/intro.md +++ b/1pe/05/intro.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ All animals are afraid of lions because they are fast and strong, and they eat a ##### Babylon ##### -Babylon was the evil nation that in Old Testament times had destroyed Jerusalem, taken the Jews away from their homes, and ruled over them. Peter uses Babylon as a metaphor for the nation that was persecuting the Christians he was writing to. He could have been referring to Jerusalem because the Jews were persecuting the Christians. Or he could have been referring to Rome because the Romans were persecuting the Christians. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) +Babylon was the evil nation that in Old Testament times had destroyed Jerusalem, taken the Jews away from their homes, and ruled over them. Peter uses Babylon as a metaphor for the nation that was persecuting the Christians he was writing to. Many scholars think that Peter was referring to Rome because the Romans were persecuting the Christians. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) ## Links: ##