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Mar Aphrahat and Mattai 5:16 - Paul Younan - 10-05-2003
Shlama Akhi Yuri,
In Mar Aphrahat's Demonstrations on Faith, we have the following reference from Mattai 5:16:
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"And again he said to his Apostles:
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works"
(see CAL's citation on chapter 1)
Now, let's looky at how the Peshitta and Old Scratch read:
Peshitta:
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"Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works" (exactly 100% like Mar Aphrahat)
Old Scratch Sinaiticus:
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"Let your light shine before (with Lamadh Proclitic) men, that they may see your beautiful works"
Old Scratch Cureton:
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"Let your light shine before men, that they may see your beautiful works"
There you have it my man, Mar Aphrahat here agrees 100% with the Peshitta, but here are the problems with Old Scratch:
- (1) Sinaiticus has a Lamad Proclitic before "qdam" - and Mar Aphrahat does not.
(2) Both Sinaiticus and Cureton have "Shapir" (beautiful) before "works", whereas Mar Aphrahat and the Peshitta agree against them with "Tawa" - "good".
(3) Finally, both Old Scratch (s) and © have "Bnay Anasha" (men) as distinct words - whereas Mar Aphrahat and the Peshitta have them combined.
Where is this "scholarly consensus" Akhi? <!-- s
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