Mar Aphrahat and Mattai 1:23

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Shlama Akhay,

Mar Aphrahat (the "Persian Sage") lived c.280-367. He wrote extensively, but very little of his writings have survived to this day. One of these works is called "Demonstrations", and it is available in the CAL database.

It is commonly claimed that Mar Aphrahat used either the Diatesseron or Old Scratch in his scriptural commentaries, and not the Peshitta since it is commonly held that he lived before the time of the Peshitta.

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First of all, this verse exists nowhere in any version or translation of the Diatesseron - so we can rule out the Diatesseron completely.

Sorry, Paul, but actually this verse is present in all the Diatessarons that I've consulted so far.

For example, this is what we find in the Arabic Diatessaron,

6166 Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel, which is, being interpreted, With us is our God.

But, in any case, the differences between the many different versions of this verse don't seem to be all that significant.

Shlama,

Yuri.