richmahn_en_tn/luk/10/29.md

## But the teacher, desiring to justify himself, said ##

This can be translated as "But he wanted to find a way to justify himself, so he said" or "But wanting to appear righteous, he said."

## Answering, Jesus said ##

This can be translated as "In response, Jesus told him this story."

## he fell among robbers ##

"was surrounded by robbers." This can be translated with an active verb: "some robbers attacked him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## stripped him of his belongings ##

"took everything he had" or "stole all his things"
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`## But the teacher, desiring to justify himself, said ##`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`This can be translated as "But he wanted to find a way to justify himself, so he said" or "But wanting to appear righteous, he said."`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`## Answering, Jesus said ##`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`This can be translated as "In response, Jesus told him this story."`

			`## he fell among robbers ##`

			`"was surrounded by robbers." This can be translated with an active verb: "some robbers attacked him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`## stripped him of his belongings ##`

			`"took everything he had" or "stole all his things"`