[B-Greek] Luke 22:41 - WSEI LIQOU BOLHN
Ben Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Sun Jul 6 07:54:25 EDT 2008
On Sat 5 Jul 2008 (18:00:58), david87350 at earthlink.net wrote:
> Why did Luke put in this detail ? I would surmise that because the
> other two accounts speak of "going forward a little" that a stone's
> throw would be about 20 feet. Perhaps Luke never threw stones as a
> boy, so he did not have much of "an arm". :)
Think of it as "a biscuit toss". I live in a seaside location; and
it's amazing how far guest-house proprietors can live away from the
shore and still call it "a stone's throw" from the beach!
ERRWSQE
Ben
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