Posted by PS on May 26, 2003 at 14:29:31:
In Reply to: bushel stuff posted by giveawayboy on May 26, 2003 at 09:54:20:
: According to Dr. J.R. Ouyang, 2 gallons =1 peck and 4 pecks = 1 bushel, therefore 1 bushel = 8 gallons. My next question: WHERE DID JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES GET THE BASKETS IN THE FIRST PLACE?
At the local Wal-Mart. ;-)
Seriously, though, they were fishermen. How did they carry their daily catch of fish off of their boats? Maybe in baskets. :-)
How big were the baskets? As big as bushels? More like pecks? Don't know, but...
12 bushels = 28,597 tablespoons
12 pecks = 7149 tablespoons
IF the baskets were bushels, and IF the 5000 men represented 10,000 total people, each person left over an average of less than 3 tablespoonfulls of food.
IF the baskets were pecks, and IF the 5000 men represented 10,000 total people, each person left over an average of less than 3/4 of a tablespoonfull of food.