[B-Greek] Lexicography

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Thu May 13 20:08:54 EDT 2004


Dear Kenneth,

>  In spite of
>arguments about whether new, sweet wine would have
>been available at the time of Pentecost, rather than
>later in the year, doesn't the context of Acts 2
>demand that Luke is using this word with a different
>connotation than otherwise attested, and doesn't that
>justify giving it an appropiate meaning, since
>clearly, the crowd is not accusing those gathered on
>Pentecost of consuming too much Welch's.

HH: I thought that new wine could be intoxicating.

				Yours,
				Harold Holmyard




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