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Mar Aphrahat and Yukhanan 13:34
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Shlama Akhi Yuri,

In Mar Aphrahat's Demonstrations on Faith, he puts these words in Meshikha's mouth:

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(see CAL citation, Chapter 1 on Aphrahat's Demonstrations)

This is translated "Thus he spoke to his disciples: This is my commandment - that you love one another."

Now to prove to you that Mar Aphrahat was simply paraphrasing, and not directly quoting either the Peshitta or Old Scratch, I have provided their direct wordings for three different verses in Yukhanan which record a similiar saying by Meshikha:

Yukhanan 13:34:
Peshitta:
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"A new commandment I give to you - that you should love one another."
Old Scratch:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Nybxm Jwwhtd Jwkl 0nbhy Fdx 0ndqwp[/font]
"A new commandment I give to you - that you should be loving to one another."

Yukhanan 15:12
Peshitta:
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"This is my commandment = that you should love one another."
Old Scratch:
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(same reading)

Yukhanan 15:17
Peshitta:
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"this I command you: to love one another"
Old Scratch:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Nymxr Jwwhtd Jwkl 0ndqpm Nyd 0dh[/font]
"this, therefore, I command you: to be loving to one another."

Akhi Yuri - can you tell me whether or not Mar Aphrahat is citing any specific version here - or is he simply paraphrasing?

Or, is he supposedly quoting from a long-lost (possibly never having existed) "Old Scratch Diatesseron?" <!-- sSmile --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- sSmile -->
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