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Theodore Beza at Revelation 15:3
At Revelation 15:3, Beza has a textual note in his 1598 text, which seems wildly inaccurate, at best: (Zoomed into the relevant portion) (source) Specifically, Beza asserts: Sanctorum, τῶν ἁγίων. Vulgata seculorum, τῶν αἰώνων, contra Graecorum omnium codicum nostrorum fidem. Arethas autem habet τῶν ἐθνῶν, gentium. This translates to: “Of the saints, τῶν ἁγίων (of the saints). Vulgate of…
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The Ge'ez (Ethiopic) Witness to the Text of Revelation 16:5
Statement of the Issue In the last decade, the Ethiopic has sometimes been brought out as an alleged versional witness to Beza’s amended reading of Revelation 16:5. Instead of “εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὅσιος,” in 1582 Beza argued that the text should be “εἶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐσόμενος.” …
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Earliest Interpretations of Revelation 12 and the Woman of Revelation 12
The four earliest (that I could find so far) interpretations of Revelation 12 either state or imply that the woman of Revelation 12 is not Mary. Irenaeus, for example, treats the dragon’s attack as a still-future event, implying that the woman is not Mary. Hippolytus, Methodius, and Victorinus are more explicit in identifying the woman…
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Epiphanius Against the Worship of Mary in Panarion 79 – A Response to William Albrecht
In our recent debate on the Bodily Assumption of Mary, William made an anachronistic claim regarding Epiphanius’ objection to the veneration of Mary. More specifically, he offers an anachronistic recategorization of the veneration of Mary that is not supported by the text of Epiphanius’ Panarion 79: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esiU1Ls7ZCk?si=lNYKj6RvnilF4qns&clip=UgkxkL2KGGoeocbEnv2r-XUVOgSRyr08cgEK&clipt=EI7T-QEY_-H8AQ] A side-by-side comparison of the English…
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Romans 5:12-21 – Textual Variant and other Preliminary Considerations
Textus Receptus / King James Version Nestle-Aland 28 – English Standard Version 5:12 δια τουτο ωσπερ δι ενος ανθρωπου η αμαρτια εις τον κοσμον εισηλθεν και δια της αμαρτιας ο θανατος και ουτως εις παντας ανθρωπους ο θανατος διηλθεν εφ ω παντες ημαρτον 5:13 αχρι γαρ νομου αμαρτια ην εν κοσμω αμαρτια δε ουκ…
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Beatus of Liebana (d. 798) the Ark of Revelation 11 and the Woman of Revelation 12
M.S. O’Brien has provided an impressive translation of the “Commentary on the Apocalypse,” by Beatus of Liebana (d. 798). O’Brien’s work is available in two sections as a Kindle book. Maureen (if I understand her post here correctly) has also helpfully posted the translation in snippets to a blog. For the purpose of discussing the…
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Correcting Sam Shamoun and William Albrecht Regarding the Bodily Assumption of Mary – Part 1
Dan Chapa and I (TurretinFan) recently debated Sam Shamoun and William Albrecht on the topic of the Bodily Assumption of Mary. You can watch that four-hour event at Standing for Truth (link to the video). Nevertheless, I noticed that Sam posted to his own blog a number of things, in blog order (i.e. reverse chronological),…
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Autpurt Ambrose (d. 784) on the Ark of Revelation 11:19 and the Woman of Revelation 12:1 and On the Bodily Assumption
Ambrosius Autpertus, in Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediavalis (CCCM) vol. XXVII (Ambrosius Autpertus, part 1), Expositions in Apocalypse, Books I-V From the preface: Again, John tells of having seen a woman clothed with the sun in the sky, and there she gave birth. But the dragon stood before her, to devour her child; however, the child…
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James Durham (1658) Commentary on Revelation at Revelation 1:4, 4:8, 11:17, and 16:5
At Revelation 1:4 (p. 5) The Persons from whom, are Three, or, the Three Persons of the Trinity. 1. From the Father, which is which was and which is to come, that is from God the Father described from his eternal Being without all beginning or ending. And this Description of the Father relates to…
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Early Commentaries on Revelation (with a Focus on Revelation 1:4 and 16:5)
Alcuin of York (d. A.D. 804) Commentary on Revelation (the available text ends at Rev. 12:12)(source) At Revelation 1:4-5 Alcuin’s Commentary has (source) VERSES 4-5 John to the seven churches which are in Asia. By the number seven is represented the universal Church, because of the seven gifts of him who has filled the earth.…