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Please can you translate and explain the text in the brackets please. Why is it in brackets?
Please can you translate and explain the text in the brackets please.Why is it in brackets?
这是在约但河外 ，伯大尼 ，（ 有古卷作伯大巴喇 ）约翰施洗的地方作的见证 。
这是在约但河外 ，伯大尼 ，（ 有古卷作伯大巴喇 ）约翰施洗的地方作的见证 。
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This is the testimony made at the baptism site of John the Baptist at Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan (some ancient texts refer to this site as Bethabara).
As you can see, the text is in parentheses because it provides parenthetical information on an alternate name for Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan.
As you can see, the text is in parentheses because it provides parenthetical information on an alternate name for Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan.
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