Mark 12:42

[Paul Younan]

Shlama Akhi Michael,

The Byzantine Greek reads "two leptas which amount to a Kodrantes", which the Old Scratch follows to a tee:

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"Two small coins (Shmunyn) which amount to a quarter (Rubba)." ([font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]09bwr[/font] is the cognate of the Greek "Kodrantes")

But the Peshitta reads very differently, using Semitic terms both times:

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"Two minyan which are small coins. (Shmune)"

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Man, it's amazing how clearly the Peshitta is a revision of Old Scratch towards the Byzantine Greek, isn't it?

Where's that Yuri at? I'll bet he has a plausible reason for this one, too. Maybe a meteor fell out of the sky and hit the pen that the Old Scratch dude was using, and the resulting ink blob made it look like the Greek.

It's possible.