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Beza's Ancient Codices at Luke 17:36
In a recent video, Dwayne Green commented on Theodore Beza’s Annotations on Luke 17:36. His comments should be visible in the right column of this screenshot: (source video) Beza says that the verse is found in the Complutensian edition and in four old/aged/ancient (vetustis) codices. Dwayne asked folks if they could identify the codices in…
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Responding to Jeffrey Khoo regarding Revelation 16:5
Jeffrey Khoo has provided some arguments regarding Revelation 16:5 (Errors in the King James Version? A Response to William W. Combs of Detroit Baptist Seminary in The Burning Bush, Vol. 15, No. 2, July 2009)(Cited by Moorman as “Dean Burgon Society eNews, 89- Sept. 2009,” which based on the title and date I assume to be…
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External Evidence against Beza's Reading at Revelation 16:5
In his 1582 edition, Beza changed Revelation 16:5 from “και ο οσιος” to “και ο εσομενος”. There are no extant Greek manuscripts with “εσομενος” in the main text. The one extant Greek manuscript with “εσομενος” in the margin is from the late 1600s, presumably derived from Beza. In short, there is no meaningful Greek manuscript evidence…
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Beza's Sources as it relates to Revelation 16:5
Jan Krans devoted two appendices of Beyond What is Written to the identification of the Greek manuscripts and editions used by Erasmus (Appendix One) and the Manuscripts used in Stephanus’ third edition (1550)(Appendix Two). At p. 206, Krans begins section 8.3 “Beza’s Sources” thus: 1. Stephanus’ 1551 edition at Revelation 16:5 has (link): 2. Stephanus’ 1550…