07-22-2008, 04:09 PM
gbausc Wrote:From my earlier post on this subject:
Quote:Every synoptic Greek Gospel has "Camel" for this saying; only one Greek Uncial ms. (10th cent.) has "kamilov" -"cable" in Luke 18:25.
Mt 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Mr 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Lu 18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle???s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
How is it that 3 different Greek translators of Matthew, Mark and Luke all got it wrong? These Gospels are all very different in their Greek style and quality.
The Diatesseron of Tatian from the Arabic version, which came from the Peshitta text and agrees with that text extremely closely (practically identical) reads "easier for a camel to pass...".
Dave
Shlama Akhi David:
In retrospect I want to be flexible here. Also, I slightly revised my previous post. Either "camel", "beam" or "rope/cable/cord" are correct. There are interesting things that happen when one word has multiple meanings.
A man never spoke like this man.(John 7:46)
I marvel at the elegant simplicity with which Jesus spoke about the kingdom of God. If you or I were present on that day and hearing the words of Jesus, what mind picture would we see? Perhaps there was laughter interspersed with awe as "camel", "beam" and "rope" were pictured in the mind, simultaneously, like the Spirit of God later moved on Pentecost and at Cornelius' conversion. (Acts 2:6, 10:44-47)
In western culture, Greek and Latin prevail. The wonderful literary elegance of Hebrew and Aramaic are not as well understood in the west. Yet these two languages were chosen as the "autograph" of God's Word. Split words and divided tongues seem to radiate outward from the "autograph" of the Word of God and the hungry human soul is nourished thereby. What a blessing to humanity that the "autograph" can be translated into all of the languages of the human race. <!-- s:biggrin: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif" alt=":biggrin:" title="Big Grin" /><!-- s:biggrin: -->
Shlama,
Stephen
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