From: Ted Mann (theomann@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Oct 09 2001 - 11:54:11 EDT
When Luke wrote EKLIPONTOS (Lk.23:45), did he have in mind an actual solar
eclipse, as a number of translations imply (e.g., Phillips, NEB), or was
this just an idiomatic way of describing the darkening of the sun (e.g.,
NIV, NASB), without intending a scientific explanation?
Many thanks.
Ted
Dr. Theodore H. Mann
theomann@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~theomann
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