09-30-2011, 02:20 AM
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Dave...you say that if you can't find the "Church of Christ" reading in the Greek Texts...then it is not the Original reading of Acts 20:28, as found in The Eastern Peshitta Text...but you say this? --> "Acts 8:37 is not found in any Peshitta ms".
If its not in the Peshitta...then why does the 1905 Text have it? And why did you put it in your translation of the Western Peshitto Version...if it is not found in the Aramaic Scriptures?
Is that from the Greek text only then? And if so...then its not a genuine Aramaic verse, But, if a reading is found only in The Eastern Peshitta, and not in the Greek text, then its not genuine?
That is a double standard Dave.
Also...I don't know what your source is....but I see that the Coptic text has "Church of the Lord" at Acts 20:28. Also I showed you the direct quote that Bishop Ireneaus makes of Acts 20:28...it is from about 170-180 A.D. And also from the Apostolic Constitutions circa 390 A.D. Both show the "Church of the Lord" reading...
We have NO idea how many of the over 6,000 (Six Thousand) Greek Manuscripts read either way, or if any of them has "Church of Christ, which He purchased with His own blood" as The Peshitta has it. The Majority Text ONLY deals with about 50 Manuscripts!!! And they call it a "Majority Text"...Yes...the Majority of 50 Manuscripts that they say they looked over, BUT 50 compared to over 6,000 is not the same thing.
in about 390 A.D. among the Greeks we read:
??run together to the Church of the Lord, ?which He has purchased with the blood of Christ, the beloved, the first-born of every creature.? Apostolic Constitutions: Sec. VII.?On Assembling in the Church.
Note: It has "Church of the Lord" and "the blood of Christ" there.
And again in the same section?
?Let the bishop pray for the people, and say: ?Save Thy people, O Lord, and bless Thine inheritance, which Thou hast obtained with the precious blood of Thy Christ,?? Apostolic Constitutions: Sec. VII.?On Assembling in the Church.
Note: This shows that Alaha, The Father obtained His people, with the blood of His Christ/Messiah. Which is what the Eastern Peshitta Text shows. And which agrees perfectly with what is found in your translation of Revelation 5:9.
Blessings,
Chuck
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Dave...you say that if you can't find the "Church of Christ" reading in the Greek Texts...then it is not the Original reading of Acts 20:28, as found in The Eastern Peshitta Text...but you say this? --> "Acts 8:37 is not found in any Peshitta ms".
If its not in the Peshitta...then why does the 1905 Text have it? And why did you put it in your translation of the Western Peshitto Version...if it is not found in the Aramaic Scriptures?
Is that from the Greek text only then? And if so...then its not a genuine Aramaic verse, But, if a reading is found only in The Eastern Peshitta, and not in the Greek text, then its not genuine?
That is a double standard Dave.
Also...I don't know what your source is....but I see that the Coptic text has "Church of the Lord" at Acts 20:28. Also I showed you the direct quote that Bishop Ireneaus makes of Acts 20:28...it is from about 170-180 A.D. And also from the Apostolic Constitutions circa 390 A.D. Both show the "Church of the Lord" reading...
We have NO idea how many of the over 6,000 (Six Thousand) Greek Manuscripts read either way, or if any of them has "Church of Christ, which He purchased with His own blood" as The Peshitta has it. The Majority Text ONLY deals with about 50 Manuscripts!!! And they call it a "Majority Text"...Yes...the Majority of 50 Manuscripts that they say they looked over, BUT 50 compared to over 6,000 is not the same thing.
in about 390 A.D. among the Greeks we read:
??run together to the Church of the Lord, ?which He has purchased with the blood of Christ, the beloved, the first-born of every creature.? Apostolic Constitutions: Sec. VII.?On Assembling in the Church.
Note: It has "Church of the Lord" and "the blood of Christ" there.
And again in the same section?
?Let the bishop pray for the people, and say: ?Save Thy people, O Lord, and bless Thine inheritance, which Thou hast obtained with the precious blood of Thy Christ,?? Apostolic Constitutions: Sec. VII.?On Assembling in the Church.
Note: This shows that Alaha, The Father obtained His people, with the blood of His Christ/Messiah. Which is what the Eastern Peshitta Text shows. And which agrees perfectly with what is found in your translation of Revelation 5:9.
Blessings,
Chuck
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