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sotto voce · 03-13-2012, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Lugubert

In Swedish (and AFAIK in Norwegian and Danish) there is no separate word for Passover. We use påsk, and if needed den judiska påsken ('the Jewish Easter').

So would it be correct to say that Swedes, Danes and Norwegians celebrate escape from the deaths of their first-born in Egypt, over two thousand years ago?

No

Then why do you use påsk?

Sheshbazzar · 03-13-2012, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Duvduv

I was wondering whether Justin ever described the technical aspects of a crucifixion, or for that matter whether any ancient pagan or other source specifically described how people were crucified.

The 'Other source' beat all of them to it;

"As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:"

And the name of it became 'Nehushtan'.

mountainman · 03-13-2012, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheshbazzar

There are some things one simply has to DO, and to experience first-hand and personally in order to be able understand.
Those that do not, for whatever reason, they will never understand.

Nice one Shesh. Intellectualization does indeed have its bounds and limits. The "mystery" is that the intellectuals cannot prove this generality with their intellect alone. Understanding is not necessarily restricted to intellectual understanding.

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