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Old 06-13-2007, 06:41 AM   #41
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Has anyone pointed out that Paul's greek was never claimed to be the most eloquent? He is often disjointed - heck, he has like a 5 chapter rabbit trail in 2 Corinthians; a 14 verse run-on sentence in Ephesians. Why would sticking in a bunch of disjointed subordinate clauses be out of the ordinary?
I would not describe his delivery quite like that, but Paul is certainly the last Bible writer to accuse of laconic style!
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