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Magdalia
Greek: magdalia (shortened form of apomagdalia), "the crumb or inside of the loaf on which the Greeks wiped their hands at dinner then threw it to the dogs", hence; "dog's meat".
Mark 7, 24-30 A Greek woman approaches Jesus and asks him to heal her daughter. He says: Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the childrens' bread and throw it to the dogs. She replies: Yes, Lord; and yet the dogs under the table eat from the crumbs of the children. |
08-12-2005, 09:42 PM | #2 |
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Heh. Jesus lost a debate.
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