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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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know that <strong>the</strong> term metretes (A.V. ^ firkin') was<br />

intended<br />

iT'f^^ as an equivalent for <strong>the</strong> Hebrew * bath,'^ yet<br />

three different kinds <strong>of</strong> * bath ' were at <strong>the</strong> time<br />

used in Palestine : <strong>the</strong> common Palestinian or *<br />

wilderness * bath, that <strong>of</strong> Jerusalem, <strong>and</strong> that <strong>of</strong><br />

Sepphoris.' <strong>The</strong> cononon Palestinian ' bath' was<br />

equal to <strong>the</strong> Roman amphora, containing about 5^<br />

gallons, while <strong>the</strong> Sepphoris ' bath' corresponded<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Attic meiretes, <strong>and</strong> would contain about 8^<br />

gallons. In <strong>the</strong> former case, <strong>the</strong>refore, each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

pots might have held from 10^ to 15} gallons; in<br />

<strong>the</strong> latter, from 17 to 25^. Reasoning on <strong>the</strong> general<br />

ground that <strong>the</strong> so-called Sepphoris measurement<br />

was common in Galilee, <strong>the</strong> larger quantity seems<br />

<strong>the</strong> more likely, though by no means certain. It is<br />

almost like trifling on <strong>the</strong> threshold <strong>of</strong> such a<br />

history, <strong>and</strong> yet so many cavils have been raised,<br />

that we must here remind ourselves, that nei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong><br />

size, nor <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se vessels has anything<br />

extraordinary about it. For such an occasion <strong>the</strong><br />

family would produce or borrow <strong>the</strong> largest <strong>and</strong>

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