New Greek Harmony of the 4 Gospels, Comprising a Synopsis and a Diatessaron (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...tjv 6 irarp avrov Kcu ij /uijtijp davfiaovre, --adopted by Griesbach and Tischendorf, is by the former considered preferable to that of the Received Text, Knapp, Scholz, Lachmann, and Hahn, --Kat tjv 'laxrijtf) Kat r M'h'VP i'tov Oav/jta&vTes, --which was probably substituted by some early transcriber as a euphemism, but is in reality a solecism; since it means, --not Joseph and Mary, but Joseph and Joseph's mother.--The former reading is therefore adopted in the Harmony, more especially as Joseph is termed the father of Christ, of course in a conventional sense, by Mary herself, Luke ii. 48. See also iii. 23; iv. 22; Matt. xiii. 55; John i. 45; vi. 42. In like manner, the reading of Luke ii. v... 43. icat Ovk eyvoxrav ol foveis avrov, --adopted by Lachmann, and Tischendorf, as also in this work, is regarded by Griesbach as probably correct, although he retains the other reading, --Koi Ovk eva 'laxrijty, Koi i) ntjrrip airrov, --which is likewise that of the Received Text, Knapp, Scholz, and Hahn. There is no occasion for any fastidiousness respecting the term yoveii, since it is also used in the same sense in vv. 27, and 41; and, if excluded from one place, should be excluded from all. No. 2. Reference by Mark to a prophecy of Scripture.--Mark i. 2, p. 15. The reading, ---' 2? feypairrai iv Toi? irpopran, --is adopted by the Received Text, and by Hahn; while Griesbach, Knapp, Scholz, Lachmann, and Tischendorf prefer the other reading, --'Qj ye-ypawTai ev 'Ha-aiq Tw irpoQrjry. In spite of this critical opposition, the former reading, which is supported by several respectable manuscripts, is admitted into the Harmony on the ground of its greater intrinsic probability. No. 3. Defence of himself by Christ for curing a dropsical man on a sabbath-day. Luke xiv. v...