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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Mark 14:70
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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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a little: Mat 26:73, Mat 26:74; Luk 22:59, Luk 22:60; Joh 18:26, Joh 18:27 for: Jdg 12:6; Act 2:7 and thy: Η λαλια \[Strong's G2981\], σου \[Strong's G4675\], "Thy dialect," or mode of speech. From various examples produced by Lightfoot, and Schoetgen, it appears that the Galileans used a very corrupt dialect and pronunciation; interchanging the gutturals, and other letters, and so blending or dividing words as to render them unintelligible, or convey a contrary sense. Thus when a Galilean would have asked, אמר למאן \[Strong's H563\], "whose is this lamb," he pronounced the first word so confusedly that it could not be known whether he meant חמר \[Strong's H2543\], "an ass," חמר \[Strong's H2562\], "wine," עמר \[Strong's H6015\], "wool," or עימר \[Strong's H563\], "a lamb." A certain woman intending to say to a judge, "My lord, I had a picture which they stole; and it was so great, that if you had been placed in it, your feet would not have touched the ground," so spoiled it by her pronunciation, that her words meant, "Sir slave, I had a beam, and they stole thee away; and it was so great, that if they had hung thee on it, thy feet would not have touched the ground. Mark 14:71
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