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

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) Jhe expression in St. M«(k vi. 35 is literally, * a<br />

late hour,* itpa voAX^.<br />

BOOK food <strong>of</strong> animals.' * Hie o<strong>the</strong>r minute trait in<br />

St. John's Go^mI m consists in <strong>the</strong> nse <strong>of</strong> a peculiar<br />

word for ' fish' (o^r^pior), ' qpsaxion,' ""^ which<br />

properly means what was eaten along with <strong>the</strong><br />

bread, lod specially refers to <strong>the</strong> small, <strong>and</strong><br />

generally dried or picUed fish eaten with bread,<br />

like oar ' sardines,' or <strong>the</strong> ^ cariar' <strong>of</strong> Russia, <strong>the</strong><br />

pickled herrings <strong>of</strong> Holl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> (Sermany, or a<br />

peculiar kind <strong>of</strong> small dried fish, eaten with <strong>the</strong><br />

bones, in <strong>the</strong> North <strong>of</strong> Scotl<strong>and</strong>. Now just as any<br />

one who would name that fish as eaten with bread,<br />

would display such minute knowledge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> habits<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> North-east <strong>of</strong> Scotl<strong>and</strong> as only personal<br />

residence could give, so in regard to <strong>the</strong> nae <strong>of</strong> this<br />

term, which, be it marked, is peculiar to <strong>the</strong> Faurlh<br />

OapA, Dr. WesteoU suggests, that ^ it may have<br />

been a familiar Galilean word,' <strong>and</strong> his conjecture<br />

is correct, for Ophsanin (r^^^^)) ^ rived from <strong>the</strong><br />

same Greek word (6^p)j <strong>of</strong> which that used by St.<br />

John is <strong>the</strong> diminutive, means a ' savoury dish,'

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