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The most troubling word here is the first one: "summer". It doesn't seem to have started yet (tonight I lit a fire to warm up the house).
Come and visit us over here in the US, Dr Head. We'll warm you up....guaranteed.
That's why Hebrew is so much easier :-). Longest word: לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם 'according to their families' (Gen 8:19) at just nine letters.
The best I can come up with is συμπεριενεχθήσεσθαι (19 letters) from 2 Mac. 9:27. Still searching! :)
I think the Revelation is out of question; John must have used numerical abbreviations (it's in P47, I believe it rama rama ding ding)
Dutch humor always escapes me :)
Yes, well Josephus has more long words than Luke or Paul: seven longer than Acts 10:41 προκεχειροτονημένοις...
I always wondered what I would do if I had summers off from work. Probably the same. Wow.
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