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Old 09-19-2019, 05:30 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by Fiat_Lux View Post
The oldest known usage of the phrase "Make it so", is found in the only known example of the handwriting of Cleopatra VII Philopator.
Translating "γινεσθοι" (ginesthoi) as "make it so" is a bit of a stretch, translating it as 'let be done" or "make it happen" is more likely going by my memories of such items as 1 Corinthians 16:14
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