Ships [π λ ο ι α]. Used of vessels in general. Some texts read ploiapia, a diminutive form, meaning little boats.

Were washing. From the sand and pebbles accumulated during the night's work. Luke uses four different words for washing or cleansing : plunw, here, see also Revelation 7:14; ajpomassw, of wiping the dust from the feet, only at chapter Luke 10:11; ejkmassw, of the woman wiping Christ's feet with her hair, chapter Luke 7:38; Luke 7:44; ajpolouw, of washing away sins, Acts 22:16; louw, of washing the prisoners ' stripes and the body of Dorcas, Acts 16:33; Acts 9:37. The reading ajpoplunw is rejected by the best texts, so that ajpomassw is the only one peculiar to Luke. All the words were common in medical language.

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