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

The NIV says: “There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But
you--who are you to judge your neighbor?”
Versions that say other, another or a variation thereof: KJ21, KJV, LITV, MKJV, MSG, NKJV, YLT.
Versions that say neighbor, fellow-man or a variation thereof: AMP, ASV, BBE, Darby, ESV, Holman,
ISV, NASB, NIRV, NIV, NIV-UK, NLT, Rotherham, RSV, TEV, WE, WYC.
The Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Greek texts read ετερον another/other while Westcott-
Hort and other Alexandrian texts say πλησιον which is neighbor/fellow-man. This is yet another case
where the major Greek families, Byzantine and Alexandrian, are split right down the middle.
The root 0byrq of the Peshitta equivalent-word Kbyrql has the following meanings from CAL:
qryb) N > qryb A
qryb A
1 Palestinian,Syr near
2 Syr other, neighbor
3 ImpArEg,JLATg,Syr relative
4 Syr present
5 Syr prepared for
6 Syr adv near day
7 Syr qariyb mA))% almost
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LS2 v: qariyb
Clearly, this variant in the Greek suggests an Aramaic original for James, which was written to all the 12
tribes (not just the Jews), that were scattered (James 1:1).
38. Irritated or denied? – Acts 3:14
Technically this is not a split word, but it is a case where a major Greek variant is easily explained by
the Aramaic (which is the primary function of a split word).
The KJV says: “But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto
you;”
I cannot find any Greek-based English version that says “irritated”. Not that it matters, the variants must
be in the Greek after all, rather than the English.
The usual Byzantine and Alexandrian manuscripts read ρνσασθε which means “deny” or “reject”.
The Codex D, of the Western textual family that Greek primacists and Old Syriac primacists hold in
such high acclaim, reads βαρúνατε, meaning “irritate”.
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