en_tn/jhn/19/38.md

# Joseph of Arimathea

Arimathea was a small town. AT: "Joseph from the town of Arimathea" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# for fear of the Jews

Here "Jews" is a synecdoche for the Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus. AT: "for fear of the Jewish leaders" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# if he could take away the body of Jesus

John implies that Joseph of Arimathea wants to bury the body of Jesus. AT: "for permission to take the body of Jesus down from the cross for burial" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# Nicodemus

Nicodemus was one of the Pharisees who believed in Jesus. See how you translated this name in [John 3:1](../03/01.md).

# myrrh and aloes

These are spices that people use to prepare a body for burial.

# about one hundred litras in weight

You may convert this to a modern measure. A "litra" is about one third of a kilogram. AT: "about 33 kilograms in weight" or "weighing about thirty-three kilograms" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight]])

# one hundred

"100" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/disciple]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pilate]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jew]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/myrrh]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Joseph of Arimathea`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Arimathea was a small town. AT: "Joseph from the town of Arimathea" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# for fear of the Jews`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "Jews" is a synecdoche for the Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus. AT: "for fear of the Jewish leaders" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# if he could take away the body of Jesus`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`John implies that Joseph of Arimathea wants to bury the body of Jesus. AT: "for permission to take the body of Jesus down from the cross for burial" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Nicodemus`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Nicodemus was one of the Pharisees who believed in Jesus. See how you translated this name in [John 3:1](../03/01.md).`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# myrrh and aloes`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`These are spices that people use to prepare a body for burial.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# about one hundred litras in weight`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`You may convert this to a modern measure. A "litra" is about one third of a kilogram. AT: "about 33 kilograms in weight" or "weighing about thirty-three kilograms" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight]])`

			`# one hundred`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"100" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/disciple]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pilate]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jew]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/myrrh]]`