01-04-2005, 03:59 AM
peshitta_enthusiast Wrote:Hi Paul, in your translation of Matthew 27:28 and Luke 23:11 it has Zkhowraytha yet you translate as purple. I was hoping maybe these are equivalent words in Aramaic but it looks like you just made a translating error?
Thanks,
Chris
Shlama Akhi Chris,
Both Yukhanan (19:2, 19:5) and Mark (15:17) record "purple" (Arguna) - and I think I just had that in my head. Aren't they they same color basically, anyway? <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan