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Tatian: Diatessaron — Arabic Witness
Hope W. Hogg; ANF09 (1897) · Edition commentary
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Translator and historical edition notes (part 6)
Luke xviii. 35b.
Mark x. 46b; Luke xviii. 36.
Luke xviii. 37.
Mark x. 47a; Luke xviii. 38.
Luke xviii. 39a.
Mark x. 48b.
Mark x. 49.
Mark x. 50.
Mark x. 51.
cf. Matt. xx. 33, Luke xviii. 41, both in Curetonian.
Matt. xx. 34a.
Luke xviii. 42b; Luke xviii. 43.
Lit. saw.
Luke xix. 11b.
Or, near.
Luke xix. 12.
Luke xix. 13.
Luke xix. 14.
Luke xix. 15.
Doubtless a misinterpretation of the Syriac.
Luke xix. 16.
Luke xix. 17.
Luke xix. 18.
Luke xix. 19.
Luke xix. 20.
Luke xix. 21.
Luke xix. 22.
Luke xix. 23.
Luke xix. 24.
Luke xix. 25.
Luke xix. 26.
Luke xix. 27.
Matt. xxi. 12a; John ii. 14a.
Matt. xxi. 12b.
John ii. 14b.
Matt. xxi. 12c.
Matt. xxi. 13.
John ii. 16.
Mark xi. 16.
John ii. 17.
John ii. 18.
John ii. 19.
John ii. 20.
John ii. 21.
Or, if.
John ii. 22.
Mark xii. 41.
Mark xii. 42a.
Luke xxi. 3.
Mark xii. 44a.
Lit. house of the offering of God, as in the ms. described by Gildemeister (at Luke xxi. 4); but it is simply a reproduction of the phrase used in the Peshitta at Luke xxi. 3. The parallel passages are a good deal fused together.
Luke xviii. 9.
Luke xviii. 10.
Luke xviii. 11.
Lit. between him and himself.
Luke xviii. 12.
Or, gains.
Luke xviii. 13.
Luke xviii. 14.
Mark xi. 19a; Matt. xxi. 17.
Luke ix. 11.
Mark xi. 12.
Mark xi. 13.
Lit. one (Syriac).
Lit. and it.
Mark xi. 14.
Mark xi. 15a; John iii. 1.
John iii. 2.
John iii. 3.
John iii. 4.
John iii. 5.
John iii. 6.
John iii. 7.
John iii. 8.
John iii. 9.
John iii. 10.
Or the teacher of.
John iii. 11.
John iii. 12.
John iii. 13.
John iii. 14.
John iii. 15.
John iii. 16.
The Arabic particle means in order that. Perhaps it is a clerical error for so that; or it may be meant to represent the Syriac.
John iii. 17.
John iii. 18.
The translator has followed too closely the order of words in his Syriac original, which agrees with the Text. Rec.
John iii. 19.
John iii. 20.
John iii. 21.
Mark xi. 19.
Mark xi. 20.
Matt. xxi. 20b.
Mark xi. 21.
Mark xi. 22.
Mark xi. 23.
Matt. xxi. 21b.
Syr.
Matt. xxi. 22.
Luke xvii. 5.
The Syriac word.
Lit. Increase us in.
Luke xvii. 6.
Luke xvii. 7.
Luke xvii. 8.
Or, But.
Luke xvii. 9.
Luke xvii. 10.
Mark xi. 24.
Mark xi. 25.
Mark xi. 26.
Luke xviii. 1.
Luke xviii. 2.
Luke xviii. 3.
Luke xviii. 4.
Luke xviii. 5.
Luke xviii. 6.
Luke xviii. 7.
Luke xviii. 8.
Mark xi. 15a.
Luke xx. 1.
Luke xx. 2a.
Mark xi. 28b.
Mark xi. 29a; Matt. xxi. 24b.
Matt. xxi. 25a.
Mark xi. 30b.
Matt. xxi. 25b.
Matt. xxi. 26a.
Verse 26 begins here in the Greek.
From Mark.
Luke xx. 6b; Mark xi. 32b.
cf. Syriac.
Mark xi. 33.
Matt. xxi. 28.
Matt. xxi. 29.
Matt. xxi. 30.
Matt. xxi. 31.
Matt. xxi. 32.
Matt. xxi. 33a.
Luke xx. 9b.
Mark xxi. 34.
The difference between singular and plural is very slight in Arabic.
Lit. property.
Mark xii. 3b.
Mark xii. 4.
A word used specially of wounding the head.
Mark xii. 5a.
Matt. xxi. 35.
Matt. xxi. 36.
Luke xx. 13.
Mark xii. 6a.
Matt. xxi. 38a.
Luke xx. 14b.
Matt. xxi. 39.
Matt. xxi. 40.
Matt. xxi. 41.
cf. Syriac versions.
Matt. xxi. 42a.
Luke xx. 17b.
Matt. xxi. 42c.
Matt. xxi. 43.
Matt. xxi. 44.
Matt. xxi. 45.
Matt. xxi. 46.
Matt. xxii. 15; Luke xx. 20b.
Vat. ms. omits the power. We should then translate (with Pesh. and Sin.) unto judgement.
Matt. xxii. 16.
See note, § 3, 53.
Possibly this is the meaning of the Arabic phrase, which occurs also in Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary (Brit. Mus. text).
Matt. xxii. 17.
Mark xii. 15a.
Matt. xxii. 18b; Matt. xxii. 19.
Matt. xxii. 20.
Matt. xxii. 21.
Luke xx. 26.
Matt. xxii. 23.
cf. the Syriac versions.
Matt. xxii. 24.
Matt. xxii. 25; Luke xx. 29b.
Luke xx. 30.
Luke xx. 31.
Matt. xxii. 27.
Matt. xxii. 28.
Matt. xxii. 29a; Mark xii. 24b.
Luke xx. 34b.
cf. the Syriac versions.
Luke xx. 35.
Or, shall.
Or, shall.
Luke xx. 36.
Borg. ms., all of them instead of but they.
Matt. xxii. 30a; Mark xii. 26b.
Or, Moreover, regarding.
Luke xx. 38; Mark xii. 27b.
Matt. xxii. 33.
Luke xx. 39.
Matt. xxii. 34.
Matt. xxii. 35a; Mark xii. 28b.
Luke x. 25b.
Mark xii. 28b.
Mark xii. 29.
Mark xii. 30a; Matt. xxii. 37b [rather, Mark xii. 30b.].
Matt. xxii. 38.
This simply represents first in Syriac.
Mark xii. 31.
Matt. xxii. 40.
Mark xii. 32.
Vat. ms. has a corruption of Excellent! Rabbi, better preserved by Borg. ms., which, however, adds our translator’s ordinary rendering of Rabbi—my Master. This explanation is confirmed by Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary. Ciasca’s emended text cannot be right.
Mark xii. 33.
Mark xii. 34a.
Luke x. 28b.
Luke x. 29.
Luke x. 30.
The diacritical point over the third radical must be removed.
cf. Peshitta.
Luke x. 31.
Luke x. 32.
Luke x. 33.
Ciasca’s Arabic text (apparently following Borg. ms.) has till he before came. This is unsupported by any of the three Syriac texts, although they differ from one another. Perhaps till and came should be transposed. The translation would then be as given in the text above; but this rendering may also be obtained according to § 54, 1, note.
Luke x. 34.
The Syriac word used means both wounds and strokes.
The Arabic word is a favourite of the translator’s, and may therefore be original. One cannot help thinking, however, that it is a clerical error for mounted (cf. Cur. and Sin.).
Luke x. 35.
Luke x. 36.
Luke x. 37.
Mark xii. 34b.
Luke xix. 47.
Luke xix. 48.
In Syriac could and found are represented by the same word. The Arabic translator has chosen the wrong one.
John vii. 31.
John vii. 32.
See note, § 11, 11.
John vii. 33.
John vii. 34.
John vii. 35.
See note above, on § 34, 46.
i.e., Gentiles.
John vii. 36.
John vii. 37.
John vii. 38.
John vii. 39.
John vii. 40.
John vii. 41.
John vii. 42.
John vii. 43.
John vii. 44.
John vii. 45.
John vii. 46.
John vii. 47.
John vii. 48.
John vii. 49.
John vii. 50.
John vii. 51.
John vii. 52.
Matt. xxii. 41.
Matt. xxii. 42.
Matt. xxii. 43.
Matt. xxii. 44.
Matt. xxii. 45.
Matt. xxii. 46.
John viii. 12.
John viii. 13.
John viii. 14.
John viii. 15.
John viii. 16.
John viii. 17.
John viii. 18.
John viii. 19.
John viii. 20.
John viii. 21.
John viii. 22.
John viii. 23.
John viii. 24.
John viii. 25.
John viii. 26.
John viii. 27.
John viii. 28.
John viii. 29.
John viii. 30.
John viii. 31.
John viii. 32.
John viii. 33.
John viii. 34.
John viii. 35.
John viii. 37.
John viii. 38.
John viii. 39.
John viii. 40.
Lit. speaketh, according to Arabic idiom.
Borg. ms. omits with you.
John viii. 41.
Borg. ms. has an adulteress, mistaking the less common Arabic word for a clerical error.
John viii. 42.
Different words are used in the Arabic; so in the Greek, but not in the Peshitta. Sin. and Cur. are wanting.
Different words are used in the Arabic; so in the Greek, but not in the Peshitta. Sin. and Cur. are wanting.
John viii. 43.
John viii. 44.
Lit. backbiter.
John viii. 45.
John viii. 46.
This is probably simply a clerical error for the ordinary reading, why have ye not believed me? The Arabic words why and not having the same consonants, one of them was purposely or accidentally omitted by a copyist.
John viii. 47.
John viii. 48.
John viii. 49.
John viii. 50.
John viii. 51.
John viii. 52.
John viii. 53.
John viii. 54.
cf. Peshitta. The Sinaitic omits our.
John viii. 55.
John viii. 56.
John viii. 57.
John viii. 58.
John viii. 59.
The Vat. ms. has took him, probably omitting stones, though Ciasca does not say so. Take is probably a copyist’s error (change in diacritical paints) for took.
John viii. 60 [reckoned to verse 59 in the Greek.].
John ix. 1.
John ix. 2.
A different word in Arabic from that used in verses 1 and 6.
John ix. 3.
The Vat. ms. has that we may see the works of God in him. By the addition of a diacritical point this would give the same sense as in the text above, and more grammatically.
John ix. 4.
John ix. 5.
John ix. 6.
John ix. 7.
The Arabic word properly means baptism. The Syriac has both meanings.
Lit. Shiloha, as in Syriac.
John ix. 8.
John ix. 9.
John ix. 10.
John ix. 11.
Lit. saw.
John ix. 12.
John ix. 13.
John ix. 14.
John ix. 15.
John ix. 16.
An easy clerical error for Some.
John ix. 17.
John ix. 18.
John ix. 19.
Lit. them, whether this be.
John ix. 20.
John ix. 21.
John ix. 22.
John ix. 23.
John ix. 24.
John ix. 25.
John ix. 26.
John ix. 27.
Or, why (cf. note, § 7, 38).
John ix. 28.
Disciples is probably simply a misprint in Ciasca’s text.
John ix. 29.
John ix. 30.
John ix. 31.
John ix. 32.
John ix. 33.
John ix. 34.
John ix. 35.
John ix. 36.
John ix. 37.
John ix. 38.
John ix. 39.
John ix. 40.
John ix. 41.
Or, is permanent.
John x. 1.
John x. 2.
John x. 3.
Or, to him.
A different word (lit. rams) from that used in the other verses; so in Peshitta (cf. Sin., which, however, differs somewhat); cf. also § 54, 40 f., note.
John x. 4.
A different word (lit. rams) from that used in the other verses; so in Peshitta (cf. Sin., which, however, differs somewhat); cf. also § 54, 40 f., note.
John x. 5.
John x. 6.
John x. 7.
John x. 8.
John x. 9.
John x. 10.
Or, best thing. Vat. ms. omits from but I came.
John x. 11.
Or, his life.
John x. 12.
cf. note to § 37, 6.
Or, to snatch…and scatter.
John x. 13.
John x. 14.
John x. 15.
Or, my life.
John x. 16.
John x. 17.
John x. 18.
John x. 19.
John x. 20.
Lit. epilepsy.
John x. 21.
John x. 22.
John x. 23.
John x. 24.
John x. 25.
John x. 26.
cf. § 37, 6.
John x. 27.
cf. § 37, 6.
John x. 28.
Or, hand; but probably dual (cf. Syr.).
John x. 29.
So Peshitta; but Sin. the. Borg. ms. omits the hand of.
John x. 30.
John x. 31.
John x. 32.
Lit. which deed.
John x. 33.
John x. 34.
John x. 35.
cf. Peshitta.
This in could more easily arise as a clerical error (repetition) in the Syriac text.
John x. 36.
John x. 37.
So Ciasca’s text, following Vat. ms. But this is probably a clerical error for the reading of Borg. ms., which omits ye.
John x. 38.
John x. 39.
John x. 40.
John x. 41.
John x. 42.
John xi. 1.
John xi. 2.
cf. Peshitta.
John xi. 3.
John xi. 4.
John xi. 5.
John xi. 6.
John xi. 7.
John xi. 8.
John xi. 9.
John xi. 10.
John xi. 11.
John xi. 12.