[B-Greek] Mt 2:7

Webb webb at selftest.net
Tue Jan 24 14:13:25 EST 2006


So should we translate, "he carefully determined from them how long the star
had been visible"? "The length of time of the appearing star" and "The age
of the appearing star" seem impossibly quaint in English.

Webb Mealy


 

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For good reason,  A. T. Robertson wrote,
 
"The time of the appearing star . . .  is not 'the time when the star  
appeared,'  but the age of the star's appearance." 
 
Rob Redden
 
 
Minister, Church of Christ
Grover Beach, CA

 
Visiting Faculty, Bible Department,  
Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver extension

Kramatorsk Economic and Cultural Institute,
Kramatorsk, Ukraine 
 


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