(July 27, 2017 at 7:21 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:(July 26, 2017 at 9:59 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Yes, but that is the etymology of the English word and how it was used. As the article states, it goes back to the Greek, and the Hebrew before that. Since they where not speaking English in that area at that time, I don't think it helps that much in the veracity of the story.
So if I say that Yeshua rode a pogo stick or a bicycle it's the same as saying he rode a donkey.
I don't believe that an equivalent to those words existed in the koine Greek or Aramaic at that time. But I have no idea what you are trying to compare, and would love to see your reasoning.
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