12-04-2008, 11:47 AM
positron Wrote:.
I checked with the Aramaic Peshitta and there is no mention of "during" or before". Literally " this enrollment was first made earlier than the enrollment conducted by Quirinius in Syria". Any objections?
I'm not sure I follow. If there is no mention of "before" then can we say that it literally reads " this enrollment was first made earlier than the enrollment conducted by Quirinius in Syria"?