Hi Bob

 >> Cohort,n the tenth part of a Roman legion, a body of about 600
 >> men.

 NP> Correct. see below

 >   A Roman cohort was the smallest *independent* force, commanded by
 > the equivalent of a Colonel, and was about 1/10 of the Legion. The
 > Legion however varied in size according to where it was and what it
 > was doing. The maximum Legion was around 10,000 men at which point
 > it
 > was split. When a Legion fell below 1,000 it was merged or
 > disbanded.

I'm not arguing with you, just quoting from the Greek text that the AV was
translated from.


 > I could
 > look it up to see what they *actaully* had in Judea at the time, but
 > it would be a waste of time arguing with the Dutchman. The idea of
 > 600
 > Roman soldiers in the Garden of Gethsemane (half an acre) is silly,

Agreed

 >>  BL> Matthew 26.47:  "A great multitude with swords and
staves, from the
 >>  BL> chief priests and elders of the people."

 >  NP> No speira in the above passage. Multitude =  ochlos
 >  NP> *********************

 >   Why am I not surprised?


You have deleted the other quotations, but the first  _three_ gospels
written used the word ochlos. The general scholarly consensus is that the
gospel of John has had extra words added to by the writer,(both to
descriptions of events and the words of Jesus) and in most cases these
additions would appear to be for political reasons considering the time at
which the gospel was written.


 > as if one word changes the reality of Jesus as God.

You appear to feel strongly on this point. Is it a problem ?
NB I ain't sayin he is or he aint :-)


 > To misquote the
 > Gospels in order to show Jesus encouraging armed rebellion when his
 > entire ministry was the opposite is malicious.

Yeah. He certainly preached the "turn the other cheek" idea which
is something I have problms with given certain situations.

 >   And in any case it says nothing about the key question; his
 > divinity.

You've come back to it again. Care to expound on that?

Kind Regards
Niels Petersen

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