to lay hands upon

Jim West jwest at Highland.Net
Sun Aug 1 14:10:22 EDT 1999


At 04:16 PM 8/1/99 +0200, you wrote:

>What does it mean to "lay hands upon him"? Do they have him physically
>in their hands? I don't think so.
>
>Best wishes
>    Wieland

I think that is precisely what it means.  If I "lay hands on ya" it means
ive grabbed ya and am about to force you to go somewhere or that im about to
do something to ya!  What makes you think the phrase serves as some kind of
metaphor???

Best,

Jim

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