John Gill's Exposition on John 11:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, etc.] Which was a reason why them were so many of the Jews come there to condole the two sisters upon the death of their brother; and by this means the following miracle became more known there: it was about fifteen furlongs off; that is, about two miles, for seven furlongs and a half made a Jewish mile, as appears from one of their canons f486, which runs thus: “they do not spread nets for doves, except it be distant from an habitable place, syr µyçlç, “thirty furlongs”;” which the commentators say f487 are “four miles”: and still more expressly it is said f488, that “between Jerusalem and Zuck, (the place where the scape goat was had,) there were ten tents, and ninety furlongs, lym lkl hxjmw h[bç “seven and a half to every mile”.” Hence a furlong was called one seventh and a half of a mile f489, which was 266 cubits, and two thirds of one.

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