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# can bear witness
"can testify" or "can tell you"
# I received letters from them
"The high priests and elders gave me letters"
# for the brothers in Damascus
Here "brothers" refers to "fellow Jews."
# to bring them back in bonds to Jerusalem
"They ordered me to bind with chains those of the Way and bring them back to Jerusalem"
# in order for them to be punished
This can be stated in active form. AT: "in order that they may receive punishment" or "in order that the Jewish authorities could punish them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])