10-07-2009, 05:35 PM
distazo Wrote:According to NA varians, bar-abba(s) was called Jeshua.
Would this be a manipulation of the text or a possible original rendering?
Does the Yonan codex for instance have this?
Shlama Akhi Distazo:
The Yonan Codex is presently unavailable for reference of this passage at this time. We're working on making it more available. We do have the Khabouris Codex and the Crawford Codex in its entirety. The Crawford is verbatim with the Khabouris in this passage. Both Etheridge and Murdock are translating from the standard Peshitta text. The KJV, which is from the Textus Receptus reads the same. With this close agreement I would set aside the Nestle-Aland variant as unreliable
Matthew 27:16
Etheridge- But there was (then) bound a notorious prisoner who was called Bar-aba.
Murdock- And they had then in bonds a noted prisoner, called Bar Abas.
KJV-And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Matthew 27:17
Etheridge- And when they were assembled, Pilatos said to them, Whom will you that I release unto you, Bar-aba, or Jeshu who is called the Meshicha ?
Murdock- And when they were assembled, Pilate said to them: Whom will ye, that I release to you, Bar Abas, or Jesus who is called Messiah ?
KJV-Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
Shlama,
Stephen Silver
Dukhrana Biblical Research
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