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→‎Chapter 24: v.1 Emmaus: "Six" miles is a better estimate of the distance than "seven" based on the shorter distance of the Greek "stadia", because there is no justification for using the longer stadium length in doing the conversion. The two discipl
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|And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
 
|And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
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|Now ponder this: two of them went that same day to the town of Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,
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|Now ponder this: two of them went that same day to the town of Emmaus, about six miles from Jerusalem,
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|"Six" miles is a better estimate of the distance than "seven" based on the shorter distance of the Greek "stadia", because there is no justification for using the longer stadium length in doing the conversion.  The two disciples walked to and from Emmaus in the same day amid the excitement, and a round trip of 12 miles is more likely than 14.
 
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