en_tn_lite_do_not_use/mat/26/18.md

# He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples."'"

This has quotations within quotations. You can state some of the direct quotations as indirect quotations. Alternate translation: "He told his disciples to go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says to him, 'My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'" or "He told his disciples to go into the city to a certain man and say to him that the Teacher's time is at hand and he will keep the Passover with his disciples at that man's house." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])

# My time

Possible meanings are 1) "The time that I told you about" or 2) "The time God has set for me."

# is at hand

Possible meanings are 1) "is near" or 2) "has come." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# keep the Passover

"eat the Passover meal" or "celebrate the Passover by eating the special meal"