Vaticanus - Byzantine agreement against Sinaiticus Alexandrian omission
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SINAITICUS (Aleph) completely omits the following verses while they are found in Vaticanus.
Matthew 24:35 -
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away";
Luke 10:32 -
"And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.";
Luke 17:35 -
"Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.";
John 9:38 -
"And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him."(omitted in Sinaiticus original and P75, but found in Vaticanus and P66);
John 16:15 -
"All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.";
John 21:25 -
"And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.";
1 Corinthians 2:15-
"But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man." and
1 Corinthians 13:1b -2 -
"I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not - (charity, I am nothing)."
(As a side note, there are many sections and even whole books missing from the Old Testament. Aleph -"Sinaiticus: written more than 200 years after the completion of the New Testament. It omits Genesis 23:19-24:46, Numbers 5:27-7:20, 1 Chronicles 9:27-19:17, all of Exodus, Joshua, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, Hosea, Amos, Micah, Ezekiel, Daniel and Judges. It contains New Testament Apocrypha.)
Matthew 12:47 reads:
"Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee."
This verse is found in the Majority of all texts, in Sinaiticus correction, C and D. However Vaticanus omits it. The RV and ASV included the verse. Then the Revised Standard Version of 1952 omitted it, but the NRSV of 1989 but it back in again. But wait. Now the 2001 ESV again omits it! However the NASB, NIV, ISV and Holman all keep it in their texts. Some "science" huh?
Matthew 6:13
What is commonly referred to as the Lord's Prayer ends with these words: "For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen." Out of about 1000 remaining
manuscripts these words are found in all but 10, or a ratio of 100 to 1. They are included in the
Didache 150 AD, and the Diatessaron 170 AD (200 years before Sinaticus and Vaticanus). They
are also found in the following ancient Bible versions: The Old Latin 200 AD, the Syriac
Peshitta 250 AD, Harclean, Curetonian, Palestinian, Coptic, Gothic, Armenian, and Ethiopic.
These inspired words of our Lord Jesus Christ are also found in Tyndale, Coverdale, Great Bible,
Matthew's Bible, the Bishops' Bible, the Geneva Bible, NKJV, Lamsa's 1936 translation of the
Syriac, the Italian Diodati, Spanish Reina Valera, German Luther, and the new Complete Jewish
Bible.
However both Sinaiticus and Vaticanus omit all these words and the NIV, RSV, ESV omit them
while the NASB, and Holman Standard put them in brackets.
Matthew 16:2-3 Both Sinaiticus and Vaticanus completely omit most of 2 and all of verse 3.
"When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will
be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of
the sky: but can ye not discern the signs of the times?". Here the NASB includes the words with
no notes while the NIV footnotes that these words "are not found in some early manuscripts".
Matthew 17:20 An error still retained in the NASB, ESV and NIV is the result of following
Aleph and B. When the disciples could not cast out a devil they ask Jesus why. The Lord tells
Matthew 24:35 -
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away";
Luke 10:32 -
"And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.";
Luke 17:35 -
"Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.";
John 9:38 -
"And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him."(omitted in Sinaiticus original and P75, but found in Vaticanus and P66);
John 16:15 -
"All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.";
John 21:25 -
"And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.";
1 Corinthians 2:15-
"But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man." and
1 Corinthians 13:1b -2 -
"I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not - (charity, I am nothing)."
(As a side note, there are many sections and even whole books missing from the Old Testament. Aleph -"Sinaiticus: written more than 200 years after the completion of the New Testament. It omits Genesis 23:19-24:46, Numbers 5:27-7:20, 1 Chronicles 9:27-19:17, all of Exodus, Joshua, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, Hosea, Amos, Micah, Ezekiel, Daniel and Judges. It contains New Testament Apocrypha.)
Matthew 12:47 reads:
"Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee."
This verse is found in the Majority of all texts, in Sinaiticus correction, C and D. However Vaticanus omits it. The RV and ASV included the verse. Then the Revised Standard Version of 1952 omitted it, but the NRSV of 1989 but it back in again. But wait. Now the 2001 ESV again omits it! However the NASB, NIV, ISV and Holman all keep it in their texts. Some "science" huh?
Matthew 6:13
What is commonly referred to as the Lord's Prayer ends with these words: "For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen." Out of about 1000 remaining
manuscripts these words are found in all but 10, or a ratio of 100 to 1. They are included in the
Didache 150 AD, and the Diatessaron 170 AD (200 years before Sinaticus and Vaticanus). They
are also found in the following ancient Bible versions: The Old Latin 200 AD, the Syriac
Peshitta 250 AD, Harclean, Curetonian, Palestinian, Coptic, Gothic, Armenian, and Ethiopic.
These inspired words of our Lord Jesus Christ are also found in Tyndale, Coverdale, Great Bible,
Matthew's Bible, the Bishops' Bible, the Geneva Bible, NKJV, Lamsa's 1936 translation of the
Syriac, the Italian Diodati, Spanish Reina Valera, German Luther, and the new Complete Jewish
Bible.
However both Sinaiticus and Vaticanus omit all these words and the NIV, RSV, ESV omit them
while the NASB, and Holman Standard put them in brackets.
Matthew 16:2-3 Both Sinaiticus and Vaticanus completely omit most of 2 and all of verse 3.
"When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will
be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of
the sky: but can ye not discern the signs of the times?". Here the NASB includes the words with
no notes while the NIV footnotes that these words "are not found in some early manuscripts".
Matthew 17:20 An error still retained in the NASB, ESV and NIV is the result of following
Aleph and B. When the disciples could not cast out a devil they ask Jesus why. The Lord tells
Steven Avery
Administrator
John 9:38 - The blind man healed and his response to Jesus. In John 9:38-39 we read: "AND HE
SAID, LORD, I BELIEVE. AND HE WORSHIPPED HIM. AND JESUS SAID, For judgment I
am come into the world, that they which see might not see; and that they which see might be
made blind."
However both P75 and Sinaiticus original (it was later corrected to include the verse) omit the
entire verse of John 9:38 and part of 9:39. So too do the Diatessaron, and a few of the Old Latin
witnesses, though it is included in most of them
John 16 - A few examples. In John 16:9 we read of the Comforter coming into the world to
reprove of sin, righteousness and judgment - "Of sin, because they believe NOT on me".
However Sinaiticus original says: "Of sin, because they believe on me". Not quite the same, is it?
Sinaiticus original also omitted the entire verse of 16:15 -"All things that the Father hath are
mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you."
Romans 14:21 - "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy
brother stumbleth, OR IS OFFENDED, OR IS MADE WEAK." The capitalized words are again
found in the Majority of all Greek texts and even in Vaticanus, plus the Sinaiticus correction.
SAID, LORD, I BELIEVE. AND HE WORSHIPPED HIM. AND JESUS SAID, For judgment I
am come into the world, that they which see might not see; and that they which see might be
made blind."
However both P75 and Sinaiticus original (it was later corrected to include the verse) omit the
entire verse of John 9:38 and part of 9:39. So too do the Diatessaron, and a few of the Old Latin
witnesses, though it is included in most of them
John 16 - A few examples. In John 16:9 we read of the Comforter coming into the world to
reprove of sin, righteousness and judgment - "Of sin, because they believe NOT on me".
However Sinaiticus original says: "Of sin, because they believe on me". Not quite the same, is it?
Sinaiticus original also omitted the entire verse of 16:15 -"All things that the Father hath are
mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you."
Romans 14:21 - "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy
brother stumbleth, OR IS OFFENDED, OR IS MADE WEAK." The capitalized words are again
found in the Majority of all Greek texts and even in Vaticanus, plus the Sinaiticus correction.
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