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Originally Posted by Truthseeker
Onice again, shorn doesn't mean just cut. Other text shows that it doesn't. It says Paul "having shorn his head" if shorn means cut, would it not mean he cut his head? A shorn head is like you would in shearing sheep.
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We have interpretation differences, but that is why I don't overemphasize this issue. They cut sheeps hair with shears and that is why we say shorn and not because length of the cut. shorn means shears and shaven means razor. the word shorn is used because of the method of hair rermoval and not the length of the cut.
By your interpretation anything but a buzz cut would be considered long. Because sheep where shorn down to the flesh and it even sometimes brought a little blood.