How can they pluck "corn" when it was completely unknown in the Levant in Christ's time. It could not have been known until aprs Colombo in 1492 Anno Domini. It is not a quirk of translation, either. I traced the verse as far back as I could and found that even Wycliffe used "corn" instead of a more general term such as "grain" and his Bible went out in the 1380's.
I understand that the word 'corn' may not seem to fit the time of Jesus; the Greek word was 'sporimos,' translated in the KJV as 'corn fields,' which refers to grain fields. The Greek word 'Stachus,' translated in the KJV as 'ears of corn,' meant in Old English, heads of grain or spikes of grain, the part that contains the seeds.
In Old English, 'ear' was used in the 800s, 'corn' in the 1100s. 'Corn' was used for any single grain, such as wheat, barley, or oats. The corn we know today is actually maize; the name 'corn' was adopted in the 1800s. Jesus and the disciples were probably eating wheat, as it says, rubbing it in their hands, they were separating the wheat from the chaff.
Some of the Old English terms are still in the KJV; sometimes they need a second look, like corn or the word 'replenish' in Genesis 1:28. The first thought might be to refill, but back then it meant to fill up or to fill completely.
So the word "corn" comes from Germanic and was written as "korn" in some Early English sources. It literally just means grain. Maize is a better term when referring to the American crop.
I understand that the word 'corn' may not seem to fit the time of Jesus; the Greek word was 'sporimos,' translated in the KJV as 'corn fields,' which refers to grain fields. The Greek word 'Stachus,' translated in the KJV as 'ears of corn,' meant in Old English, heads of grain or spikes of grain, the part that contains the seeds.
In Old English, 'ear' was used in the 800s, 'corn' in the 1100s. 'Corn' was used for any single grain, such as wheat, barley, or oats. The corn we know today is actually maize; the name 'corn' was adopted in the 1800s. Jesus and the disciples were probably eating wheat, as it says, rubbing it in their hands, they were separating the wheat from the chaff.
Some of the Old English terms are still in the KJV; sometimes they need a second look, like corn or the word 'replenish' in Genesis 1:28. The first thought might be to refill, but back then it meant to fill up or to fill completely.
I hope this helps.
God bless,
RLW
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