uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

General Information:

In this verse John briefly stops telling about the events in the story in order to give background information about the man’s parents being afraid of the Jewish leaders. Use the natural form in your language for expressing background information.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

τοὺς Ἰουδαίους & οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι

the Jews & the Jews

Here, the Jews refers to the Jewish leaders, which in this chapter may have been a group of leaders among the Pharisees. See how you translated this term in 1:19.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀποσυνάγωγος γένηται

excommunicated ˱he˲_/may/_become

Here John uses put out of the synagogue to refer to no longer being allowed to go into the synagogue and no longer belonging to the group of people who attend services at the synagogue. When people were put out of the synagogue, they were shunned by their local community. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he would not be allowed to enter the synagogue” or “he would no longer belong to the synagogue community”