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Connecting Statement:
This tells about a prophecy made about Paul in Caesarea by the prophet Agabus.
General Information:
Here the words "we" and "us" refers to Luke, Paul, and those with them, but not to the reader. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive)
a certain prophet named Agabus
This introduces a new person in the story. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants)
named Agabus
Agabus was a man from Judea. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
took Paul's belt
"removed Paul's belt from Paul's waist"
Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'So shall the Jews in Jerusalem tie up ... of the Gentiles.'
This is a quotation within a quotation. The inner quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "'The Holy Spirit says that this will be how the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up ... of the Gentiles.' (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)
the Jews
This does not mean all the Jews, but that these were the people who would do that. AT: "the Jewish leaders" or "some of the Jews" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
hand him over
"deliver him"
into the hands of the Gentiles
The word "hands" here represents control. AT: "into the legal custody of the Gentiles" or "to the Gentiles" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
the Gentiles
This stands for the authorities among the Gentiles. AT: "the Gentile authorities" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)