08-29-2014, 04:55 AM
I found something this evening, and thought I should share it here.
Looking at the Aramaic text for this verse below, and comparing what it says with what these English translations say, what did these translators get wrong?
Etheridge: John 6:32 - Jeshu saith to them, Amen, amen, I tell you, That Musha gave you not that bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven:
Murdock: John 6:32 - Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses gave you not the bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the real bread from heaven.
Lamsa: John 6:32 - Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, It was not Moses who gave you bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
Notice: "the true bread from heaven" "the real bread from heaven" and "the true bread from heaven" Which is the way it normally is presented in English translations of the Aramaic text.
But, that isn't what Jesus actually is recorded by Shlikha John there in John 6:32. It reads thus:
"Eshu said unto them, amiyn amiyn, I say unto you that Mushe hasn't given unto you bread from the Heavens, but, my Father gives unto you The Bread of Truth from the Heavens."
We know that Eshu was speaking about Himself, as in "The Bread of Alaha" vs 33, and "The Bread of Life" vs 35, and where in 1 Corinthians 11:27, Shlikha Paul calls The Eucharist, "The Bread of MarYa".
Eshu didn't say "The True Bread, or The Real bread", He said "The Bread of Truth".
I say this is an important distinction, found in the Aramaic text of the NT.
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Looking at the Aramaic text for this verse below, and comparing what it says with what these English translations say, what did these translators get wrong?
Etheridge: John 6:32 - Jeshu saith to them, Amen, amen, I tell you, That Musha gave you not that bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven:
Murdock: John 6:32 - Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses gave you not the bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the real bread from heaven.
Lamsa: John 6:32 - Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, It was not Moses who gave you bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
Notice: "the true bread from heaven" "the real bread from heaven" and "the true bread from heaven" Which is the way it normally is presented in English translations of the Aramaic text.
But, that isn't what Jesus actually is recorded by Shlikha John there in John 6:32. It reads thus:
"Eshu said unto them, amiyn amiyn, I say unto you that Mushe hasn't given unto you bread from the Heavens, but, my Father gives unto you The Bread of Truth from the Heavens."
We know that Eshu was speaking about Himself, as in "The Bread of Alaha" vs 33, and "The Bread of Life" vs 35, and where in 1 Corinthians 11:27, Shlikha Paul calls The Eucharist, "The Bread of MarYa".
Eshu didn't say "The True Bread, or The Real bread", He said "The Bread of Truth".
I say this is an important distinction, found in the Aramaic text of the NT.
.