Mark 12:13-17 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Mark

Chapter 12

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13. και αποστελλουσιν προς αυτον τινας των φαρισαιων και των ηρωδιανων ινα αυτον αγρευσωσιν λογω And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, that they might catch him in a word. 14. οι δε[1] ελθοντες λεγουσιν αυτω διδασκαλε οιδαμεν οτι αληθης ει και ου μελει σοι περι ουδενος ου γαρ βλεπεις εις προσωπον ανθρωπων αλλ επ αληθειας την οδον του θεου διδασκεις εξεστιν κηνσον καισαρι δουναι η ου And when they had come, they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true, and do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you do not show partiality[2], but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? 15. δωμεν η μη δωμεν ο δε ειδως αυτων την υποκρισιν ειπεν αυτοις τι με πειραζετε φερετε μοι δηναριον ινα ιδω Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why do you tempt me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.” 16. οι δε ηνεγκαν και λεγει αυτοις τινος η εικων αυτη και η επιγραφη οι δε ειπον[3] αυτω καισαρος And they brought it. And he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” And they said to him, “Caesar’s.” 17. και αποκριθεις ο ιησους ειπεν αυτοις αποδοτε τα καισαρος καισαρι και τα του θεου τω θεω και εθαυμασαν[4] επ αυτω And answering[5], Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at him. [1] NA-Text replaces “δε” by “και” and places it at the beginning of the verse with the omission of the definite article. [2] See footnote in Matthew 22:16 [3] NA-Text reads “ειπαν”. Same verbal tense, different spelling. [4] NA-Text and Vg-St read “εξεθαυμαζον” (marveled greatly, imperfect instead of aorist, Latin equivalent: “mirabantur”), which is supported by codices א and B. Codex D reads “εθαυμαζοντο” (were amazed). Codex Θ reads “εθαυμαζον” (imperfect, first-person singular, “was amazed”). The TR is supported by codices A, C, the Byzantine manuscripts and Theophylact. Because of the instability in the other transmission lines, it is not prudent to change the text here. [5] NA-Text omits “answering”.

 

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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. Vg-St: Vulgate of Stuttgart;  

7. WPF³⁵: Wilbur Pickering-family 35;

8. PT: Patriarchal Text, also known as Patriarchal Greek New Testament, published by the ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

9. 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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