[B-Greek] Luke 22:41 - WSEI LIQOU BOLHN

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sun Jul 6 10:41:00 EDT 2008


On Jul 6, 2008, at 7:54 AM, Ben Crick wrote:

> 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!

Makes a difference too whether you're throwing uphill or downhill.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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