# I know your sufferings and your poverty "Sufferings" and "poverty" can be translated as verbs. Alternate translation: "I know how you have suffered and how poor you are" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]]) # I know the slander of those who say they are Jews "Slander" can be translated as a verb. Alternate translation: "I know how people have slandered you—those who say they are Jews" or "I know how people have said terrible things about you—those who say they are Jews" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]]) # but they are not "but they are not real Jews" # a synagogue of Satan People who gather to obey or honor Satan are spoken of as if they were a synagogue, a place of worship and teaching for the Jews. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])