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βολή
bolē
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G:N-F Greek

throwing

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bole denotes the distance of a stone’s throw in Luke’s account of Jesus withdrawing to pray.

The attested use denotes a stone’s-throw distance: in Luke 22:41 it marks how far Jesus withdrew from those with him before kneeling in prayer.

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  1. A stone’s-throw distance · dominant

    In Luke 22:41, the accusative singular feminine form occurs in the clause describing Jesus’ withdrawal from the others; the APB renders the clause “he withdrew from them about a stone's throw.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 22:41, the APB presents the distance as “about a stone's throw.” This rendering confirms the clause’s overall spatial sense rather than isolating every element precisely.

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