(May 12, 2011 at 4:59 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Or, if you go back to the original Aramaic, there were two definitions of the number 300. One means just 300, and the other means 300 plus 500 more. It's obvious which definition they used here.
AND since all bibles are sold with volumes of ancient hebrew greek and aramaic translations - these "suttle" differences are easily spotted and explained.