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Diodati's Versions at Revelation 16:5
Jean Diodati was born in Geneva to a family exiled from Italy for being Protestants. He became a professor of Hebrew at 21 years old (at Beza’s recommendation), and in 1609 he succeeded Beza as professor of theology in Geneva. He attended the Synod of Dordt and was one of the six men who drew…
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Revelation 16:5 in Tomson's New Testament of 1576
In 1576, Laurence Tomson (1539-1608) published a New Testament based on Beza’s then-current annotations (as well as other materials). His Revelation 16:5 is as follows: (p. 118, image 234/268) 5 And I heard the Angel of the waters say, Lord, Thou art just, which art, and Which was: and Holy, because thou hast judged these…
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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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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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How Dare I Appeal to the Majority of Greek Manuscripts!
In some places where the King James Version follows the wrong Greek text, it is fairly straightforward to demonstrate this from an appeal to the fact that the majority of texts disagree. When this happens we tend to get the following kind of pushback: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZKyWRtr_pA?si=yaXp3qoqIajg748b&clip=UgkxNDp_z3Ll7BelgI-cCTuURDfsWG4c4kjW&clipt=EJy3wwIYk7nGAg] Nick mistakenly assumes that “critical text guys” have such…
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Richard Brett and Ethiopic
There are claims on the internet that Richard Brett (one of the KJV translators) had some knowledge of Ethiopic. Oxford University provided the following biography (link to source) in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. Brett, Richard gent., born in London. Hart Hall, matric. 8 Feb., 1582-3, aged 15; fellow of Lincoln Coll., B.A. 12 Oct., 1586, M.A. 9…
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Beza, Plato, and the "Shall Be" Speculative Restoration at Revelation 16:5
Beza speculatively replaced “ὅσιος” with “ἐσόμενος” in Revelation 16:5. Sometimes advocates of the King James Version (or Scrivener’s Textus Receptus, which was based on the KJV), will try to find some hint that this text existed in some now-lost copies of Scripture. To that end, I’ve done my best to survive the roughly 266 places…
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Theodore Beza's Annotations at Revelation 1:4, 1:8, 4:8, 11:17, and 16:5
The following is a very lightly edited transcription of Beza’s annotations at Revelation 1:4 as found in his 1598 edition (link)(compare the separate annotations from 1594). 4 A Qui est, &c. ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁ ὢν &c. Nequisquam miretur non respondere constructionem, sciendum est Apostolum ita voluisse exprimere quod scriptum est Exodi 3.14, ubi loquens Dominus…
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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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Defining "Semi-Pelagianism" by Theodore Beza
My debate opponent (in an upcoming debate), Dr. T. Kurt Jaros, has suggested that we should define “Semi-Pelagianism” as Beza did. For example, in an interview with Warren McGrew, Dr. Jaros stated: “I think that the term should just be wiped from history and — you know — the new definition of ‘Semi-Pelagianism’ should be…