Was the New Testament Really Written in Greek? - The Preterist ...

The Greek of the Textus Receptus says κατοικουντας which basically means “dwell”. The
Byzantine majority texts (such as Robinson-Piermont) and the Alexandrian texts read καθηµενους
which James Strong renders "to sit down; figuratively to remain, reside."
Even if a Greek primacist wanted to argue that these words are virtually synonyms, the fact remains that
there is a variant, reconciled by the Aramaic. It just so happens that the Aramaic equivalent Ybty
(the root is bty ), can mean both:
ytb N ytb)
1 Syr seat
2 Syr dwelling
3 Syr inhabited country
4 Syr inhabitants
ytb#2 N ytb)
1 Syr inhabitant
ytb#3 N ytb)
1 passim inhabitant
NB: #1 and #2 are different mishqalim,
this is participle.
The different Greek words are way too different in spelling to me a mere scribal error – it suggests
separate translations of another source (the Aramaic original).
26. Shout or voice? – Revelation 14:18
The NIV says: “Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud
voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the
earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe."”
The NLT says: “Then another angel, who has power to destroy the world with fire, shouted to the angel
with the sickle, "Use your sickle now to gather the clusters of grapes from the vines of the earth, for they
are fully ripe for judgment."”
Versions that say voice or a variation thereof: ASV, ESV, NASB, NIRV, NIV, NIV-UK, NLV, WE,
WYC.
Versions that say shout or a variation thereof: CEV, KJV, MKJV, NKJV, NLT.
Byzantine Greek texts such as the Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority texts read
κραυγη µεγαλη (krauge megale – loud cry/shout), while Alexandrian texts like Westcott-Hort, tend
to say φωνη µεγαλη (phone megale – loud voice). The message is the same, but the meanings of the
words are different. And κραυγη looks nothing like φωνη.
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