Talk:Torch
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[edit] Biblical References
I feel uncomfortable about leaving large chunks of Biblical scripture in this article, especially scripture with only a passing reference to the main subject. Therefore, I'm placing it here until we can decide what to do with it. -- Storm
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Torches - On the night of his betrayal, when Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemane, Judas, "having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons" (John 18:1-3). Although it was the time of full moon, yet in the valley of the Kidron "there fell great, deep shadows from the declivity of the mountain and projecting rocks; there were there caverns and grottos, into which a fugitive might retreat; finally, there were probably a garden-house and tower, into whose gloom it might be necessary for a searcher to throw light around." Lange's Commentary. (Nahum 2:3, "torches," Revised Version, "steel," probably should be "scythes" for war-chariots.)
Samson caught foxes, tied them together in pairs, attached a torch to each pair, and let them loose in Philistine grainfields. See Judges 15.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
[edit] The Torch.
On the television show Smallville there is a newspaper called The Torch.
--Relaxation 20:06, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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Both of these pictures seem to be less "torches" than lanterns on poles. I'm inclined to remove them.
*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 15:13, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
