06-05-2004, 05:15 AM
Shlama Akhi Michael,
The Peshitta uses Latin loan words for 'centurion' and 'chiliarch' in Acts 22:26. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.peshitta.com/word.html?word=18725">http://www.peshitta.com/word.html?word=18725</a><!-- m -->
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From what I'm seeing at Perseus, this guy doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Notice the 151 instances of Tacitus, not to mention all the others, at this link.........
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As for the second point you mentioned, I might have to do considerably more homework. <!-- s
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Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey
The Peshitta uses Latin loan words for 'centurion' and 'chiliarch' in Acts 22:26. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.peshitta.com/word.html?word=18725">http://www.peshitta.com/word.html?word=18725</a><!-- m -->
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.peshitta.com/word.html?word=10190">http://www.peshitta.com/word.html?word=10190</a><!-- m -->
From what I'm seeing at Perseus, this guy doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Notice the 151 instances of Tacitus, not to mention all the others, at this link.........
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/persfreq?lookup=centurio%232&lang=la&bytepos=1100825&wordcount=1&doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0027&formentry=0">http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/pe ... ormentry=0</a><!-- m -->
As for the second point you mentioned, I might have to do considerably more homework. <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/sleepy.gif" alt="" title="Sleepy" /><!-- s --> Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey