03-22-2011, 12:16 AM
Akhi Konway,
The very slight alteration in the Jacobite copies of the Peshitto for this reading is of immense significance. With just this tiny alteration to their text, the Monophysite creed (that God Himself "died", khasli) is justified. This occurred precisely for that purpose. I can't imagine a more innocent or reasonable explanation, like a simple scribal error. This is clearly an addition. It is not much different from what the JWs did with John 1:1....with "a god". With one simple English letter/word, they have completely altered the meaning. Christian branches have been altering scripture to suit their theological agenda from the beginning, this is nothing new. It's partly the reason why we have hundreds of Greek variants, and thousands of English variants.
+Shamasha Paul
The very slight alteration in the Jacobite copies of the Peshitto for this reading is of immense significance. With just this tiny alteration to their text, the Monophysite creed (that God Himself "died", khasli) is justified. This occurred precisely for that purpose. I can't imagine a more innocent or reasonable explanation, like a simple scribal error. This is clearly an addition. It is not much different from what the JWs did with John 1:1....with "a god". With one simple English letter/word, they have completely altered the meaning. Christian branches have been altering scripture to suit their theological agenda from the beginning, this is nothing new. It's partly the reason why we have hundreds of Greek variants, and thousands of English variants.
+Shamasha Paul