Matthew 11:1-6 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Matthew

Chapter 11

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1. Καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε ἐτέλεσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς διατάσσων τοῖς δώδεκα μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, μετέβη ἐκεῖθεν τοῦ διδάσκειν καὶ κηρύσσειν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῶν. And it happened that when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

2. Ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης ἀκούσας ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ χριστοῦ πέμψας διὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ Now when John heard in the prison about the works of Christ, he sent word by[1] his disciples

3. Εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ἢ ἕτερον προσδοκῶμεν; and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we wait for another?”

4. Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Πορευθέντες ἀπαγγείλατε Ἰωάννῃ ἃ ἀκούετε καὶ βλέπετε· And answering, Jesus said to them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see:

5. τυφλοὶ ἀναβλέπουσιν καὶ χωλοὶ περιπατοῦσιν, λεπροὶ καθαρίζονται καὶ κωφοὶ ἀκούουσιν, νεκροὶ ἐγείρονται καὶ πτωχοὶ εὐαγγελίζονται. the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear [2], the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

6. Καὶ μακάριός ἐστιν ὃς ἐὰν μὴ σκανδαλισθῇ ἐν ἐμοί. And blessed is he who is not offended because of me.”

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[1] NA-Text reads “by” (Gr. “δια”) instead of “two” (Gr. δυο): א B C* D P W Z Δ Θ Π^c Σ 0233 ƒ¹³ 33 it^d it^q syr^p syr^h cop^sa cop^mae arm slav Origen^pt | TR: C³ E F G K L M X Γ Π ƒ¹ 13 22 28 157 180 205 565 579 700 828 892 1006 1010 1071 1243 1292 1342 1424 1505 it^aur it^ff1 it^g1 it^l syr^pal cop^bo geo syr^h(mg) Origen^pt Jerome Augustine Chrysostom Theophylact. Internal evidence suggests harmonization to Luke 7:19 when scribes believed that “δια” was a miscopy of the “δυο” from the parallel passage. “δια” has also early and widespread attestation and is the harder reading. Greek text adjusted. Following the NRV, “word” has been added to the text for clarification purposes.

[2] NA-Text adds “and”. This addition is suggestive of a scribal intrusion in the text by interrupting the eloquence of Matthew as he elegantly put together two pairs of miracles each separated by “and”. 

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Notes:

1. Text in red letters are places where the original reading in the Textus Receptus has been revised and corrected;

2. The English translation used as a reference is the WEB brought to conformity as literal as possible to the Textus Receptus. The end product though is not the WEB or a revised WEB and it should not be called WEB. The content of this post is freely available to everyone and it is not supposed to be copyrighted;

3. TR: Textus Receptus. This text is not copyrighted;

4. NA-Text: Nestle-Aland text commonly known as critical text;

5. M-Text: Majority Text; 

6. M-Text^RP - Majority Text compiled by Maurice Robinson & William Pierpont;

6. M-Text^HF - Majority Text compiled by Zane Hodges & Arthur Farstad; 

7. Vg-St: Vulgate of Stuttgart;  

8. WPF³⁵: Wilbur Pickering-family 35;

9. P-Text: Patriarchal Text, also known as Patriarchal Greek New Testament, published by the ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

10. The creator of the variant apparatus available in the VarApp kindly gave me permission to freely use the information contained in the material he put together.

 

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