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[Part 1] According to the official story, the English idiom ‘chock-a-block’ comes from nautical mechanics. The Oxford English Dictionary gives:… Read more
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[See part 1; part 2; part 3] A strange coincidence: the Greek word for ‘plank’, ἡ δοκός (hē dokós), sounds… Read more
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[See part 1; part 2] I have not yet found an interpretation of Matthew 7 which depends on translating κάρφος… Read more
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The mystery of Matthew 7:3‒5, the passage of the Sermon on the Mount containing the metaphor of the ‘mote and… Read more