The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology - Saint Mary ...

illustrations under these heads: I. of Additions; II. of Omissions; III. of
Renderings; IV. of- Readings, in which Luther follows the Vulgate when
the Vulgate does not represent the Greek text--or at least that text to which
alone Luther had access.
I.----ADDITIONS of the Vulgate and of Luther to the Erasmian Text.
(1516, 1519.)
Mark vi. 2. Were astonished, Luther adds: Seiner Lehre: so
Coverdale: at his learning.
" xvi. 9. Luther adds: Jesus.
“ xii. 9. Luther adds: Alle: all the whole world: Cranner.
1 John v. 12. He that hath the Son, Luther adds: Gottes - of God.
II.---OMISSIONS of the Vulgate and Luther from the Erasmian text.
These are few, for the sins of the Vulgate against the pure text are most
frequently those of addition.
Matt. i. 18. Omit: Jesus.
Matt. v. 22. Whosoever is angry with his brother, omit: without a
cause. Matt. vi. 4. Omit: himself.
III.---RENDERINOS in which the Vulgate and Luther depart from the
Greek text.
Matt. x. 42. Little ones, Luther renders: one of the least. So
Coverdale.
Mark xv. 4. Behold how many things they witness against thee,
Luther renders: Wie hart sie dich verklagen. Coverdale: How sore
they lay to thy charge.
1 Cor. xv. 44. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body,
Luther renders: Hat man ein natürlichen Leib, so hat man auch einen
geistlichen Leib. Coverdale: If there be a natural body, there is a
spiritual body also. 1 Thess. i. 7. Renders: an example: Vulg.:
ensample.