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Lived on in Mark 1:6 #134

Closed openenglishbible closed 13 years ago

openenglishbible commented 13 years ago

John lived on honey and locusts?

Or the more prosaic ate?

DJHugger commented 13 years ago

While 'lived on' in correct, I would go with ate as 'lived on' is idiomatic while not actually translating or transliterating an underlying idiom.

openenglishbible commented 13 years ago

On reflection, I don't mind some idiom.