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A Textual Commentary on the Greek Received Text of the New Testament, Volume 2 (Matthew 15-20), 2009 i A TEXTUAL COMMENTARY ON THE GREEK RECEIVED TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT Being the Greek Text used in the AUTHORIZED VERSION also known as the KING JAMES VERSION also known as the AUTHORIZED (KING JAMES) VERSION also known as the KING JAMES BIBLE also known as the SAINT JAMES VERSION by Gavin Basil McGrath B.A., LL.B. (Sydney University), Dip. Ed. (University of Western Sydney), Dip. Bib. Studies (Moore Theological College). Formerly of St. Paul’s College, Sydney University. Textual Commentary, Volume: 2 St. Matthew’s Gospel Chapters 15-20. Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum “The Word of the Lord Endureth Forever” (I Peter 1:25). ii McGrath, Gavin (Gavin Basil), b. 1960. A Textual Commentary on the Greek Received Text of the New Testament, Volume 2 (Matthew 15-20), 2009. Available on the internet http://www.gavinmcgrathbooks.com . Published & Printed in Sydney, New South Wales. Copyright © 2009 by Gavin Basil McGrath. P.O. Box 834, Nowra, N.S.W., 2541, Australia. Dedication Sermon, preached at Mangrove Mountain Union Church, Mangrove Mountain, N.S.W., 2250, Australia, on Thursday 5 November, 2009. Oral recorded form presently available at http://www.sermonaudio.com/kingjamesbible . This copy of Volume 2 (Matt. 15-20) incorporates corrigenda changes from Appendix 6 of the Revised Volume 1 (Matt. 1-14) © 2010 by Gavin Basil McGrath, Appendix 6 of Volume 3 (Matt. 21-25) © 2011 by Gavin Basil McGrath; Appendix 6 of Volume 4 (Matt. 26-28) © 2012 by Gavin Basil McGrath; Appendix 6 of Volume 5 (Mark 1-3) © 2015 by Gavin Basil McGrath; and Appendix 6 of Volume 6 (Mark 4 & 5) © 2016 by Gavin Basil McGrath. iii Printed by Officeworks in Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2009. iv Dedicated to Almighty God, on Papists’ Conspiracy Day (also known as Bonfire Day or Gunpowder Treason Day), at Mangrove Mountain Union Church, Thursday 5 November, 2009. Remembering & giving special thanks to God on this holy day, for the protection of Protestantism in the British Isles against the Gunpowder Treason Plot of 5 November 1605, by Papists conspiring to destroy Protestantism and reintroduce the bondage of Popery by blowing up the Protestant King, James I, the Supreme Governor of the Anglican Church, together with the Protestant Parliament. And also thanking God on this day for the coming of William III of Orange to the British Isles on 5 November 1688 in order to end the Papists’ conspiracy to put a Papist on the throne; arriving after James II’s failed to fulfill his duties of office as Supreme Governor of the Anglican Church, since by his Popish actions in violation of the Protestant 39 Articles he had in substance, though not in form, de jure abdicated from the legally Protestant throne; and then after the coming of William III, as declared by Parliament in 1689, James II de facto abdicated by deserting his post when fleeing London & discarding the Great Seal into the River Thames. Good Christian reader, I pray thee, remember the Protestant Marian martyrs & all Protestant confessors & martyrs who have been persecuted by, or been killed by, Papal Rome. NO POPERY! “Remember, remember the fifth of November, v “The gunpowder treason and plot, “I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason, “Should ever be forgot … .” Opening words of a traditional Bonfire Day ditty. vi TABLE of CONTENTS (* indicates important reading before using commentary) PREFACE * More Common Abbreviations. * Transliterations of Greek letters into English letters. Selections potentially relevant to Vol. 2 (Matt. 15-20) from Sydney University Greek Lectionaries 2378 & 1968. Scripture Citations of Bishop Gregory the Great in Matt. 15-20. * Rating the TR’s textual readings A to E. * Old Papists & New Papists: The Clementine Vulgate & Neo-Vulgate. * Elzevir’s 1624 Textual Apparatus. Byzantine Text Bonus for Commentary: Two Sydney University Greek Lectionaries! A) Sydney University: It’s got “the name;” * B) Sam Angus of Sydney University: the big heretic; * C) “Bonjour” to the Two Greek Lectionaries kept at Sydney University. D) Some general matters with respect to the two Sydney University Lectionaries. * Robinson & Pierpont’s (1991) new edition Byzantine Textform (2005). * Determining the representative Byzantine Text. * “Riding the great white stallion” that is “stabled” at von Soden’s “Ohio ranch.” Here again, Gone again, versions. Dedication : The Anglican Calendar . 1) The Monastic Noviate; 2) The Monastic legacy; 3) The Antichrist visits my hometown of Sydney, Australia (2008). 4) The Succession of William III of Orange. 5) John Calvin’s Nativity: 500th anniversary in 2009. 6) Broad Protestant support for Gunpowder Treason Day: a) Anglican Protestantism; b) Puritan Protestantism. 7) Papists’ Conspiracy Day (5 Nov.) . a) Bonfire Day at Lewes, England: 5 November 2008. b) Gunpowder Treason Day: 5 November. TEXTUAL COMMENTARY Matt. 15-20. Appendices to St. Matthew’s Gospel Matt. 15-20. Appendix 1: A Table of some instances where Scrivener’s Text does not represent the properly composed Received Text. Appendix 2: Minor variants between Scrivener’s Text and the Majority Byzantine Text (MBT) (or another possible reading), including references to the neo-Alexandrian Text in those instances where the neo-Alexandrian Texts agree with the MBT in such an alternative reading to Scrivener’s Text; where such alternative readings do not affect, or do not necessarily affect, the English translation, so we cannot be certain which reading the AV translators followed. 1) General; 2) Consideration of Spelling variants: a) Optional Letters in Scrivener’s Text, and b) Special case study on treis. Appendix 3: Minor variants between the NU Text and Textus Receptus (or another relevant text and the TR) not affecting, or not necessarily affecting, vii the English translation. Appendix 4: Matt. 15-20 (some more notable variants). Appendix 5: Scriptures rating the TR’s textual readings A to E. Appendix 6: Dedication Sermon (Mangrove Mountain Union Church, 5 Nov. 2009). viii * More Common Abbreviations Allen’s Latin Allen, J.B., An Elementary Latin Grammar , 1874, 1898 Grammar 4th edition corrected, 1930, reprint 1962, Clarendon Press, Oxford, England, UK. AV The Authorized (King James) Version , 1611. Being the version revised by His Majesty, King James’ special command (KJV), and being the Authorized Version (AV), that is, the only version authorized to be read in Anglican Church of England Churches by the Act of Uniformity , 1662. ASV American Standard Version , 1901 (also known as the American Revised Version ). Being a revision of the Revised Version (1881-5). ESV English Standard Version , being a revision of the Revised Standard Version (1952 & 1971). Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bible, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Green’s Textual Pierpont, W.G. (of Robinson & Pierpont, infra ), in: Apparatus Green, J., The Interlinear Bible , Hendrickson, Massachusetts, USA, 2nd edition 1986, pp. 967-974. Hodges & Hodges, Z. & Farstad, A., The Greek New Testament Farstad According to the Majority Text , Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 1982, 2nd edition, 1985; JB Jerusalem Bible, [Roman Catholic] Imprimatur: Cardinal Heenan, Westminster, 4 July 1966; Darton, Longman, & Todd, London, 1966. Liddell & Scott or Liddell & Scott’s Greek-English Lexicon Henry Liddell and Robert Scott’s A Greek-English Lexicon 1843, Clarendon Press, Oxford, England, UK, new ninth edition, 1940, with Supplement, 1996. Metzger’s Textual Commentary , 1971 ix & Metzger’s Textual Commentary , 2nd ed., 1994. Metzger, B.M., A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament , first edition 1971 (A companion to the UBS Greek NT, 3rd ed.), second edition 1994 (A companion to the UBS Greek NT, 4th revised edition), United Bible Societies, Bibelgesellschaft / German Bible Society, Stuttgart, Germany. Migne John-Paul Migne’s (1800-1875) Patrologiae Curses Completus , (pronounced, Series Graeca (Greek Writers Series), and “Marnya”) Series Latina (Latin Writers Series). Moffatt Bible or Moffatt The Moffatt Translation of the Bible , 1926, Revised edition, 1935, by James Moffatt. Moulton’s Grammar of NT Greek James H. Moulton’s A Grammar of New Testament Greek Vol. 1, 1906, 3rd ed. 1908; Vol. 2, J.H. Moulton & W.F. Howard, 1919-29; Vol. 3, N. Turner, 1963; Vol. 4, N. Turner, 1976; T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Mounce’s Analytical Lexicon to the Greek NT Mounce, W.D., The Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament , Zondervan (Harper-Collins), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, 1993. NASB New American Standard Bible , being a revision of the American Standard Version (1901). First edition, 1960-1971, second edition, 1977, third edition, 1995 (also known as the New American Standard Version ). Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE (R), Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. NIV New International Version , 1st edition, 1978, first published in Great Britain in 1979; 2nd edition, 1984. Scripture taken from The HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. NJB New Jerusalem Bible, [Roman Catholic] Imprimatur: Cardinal Hume, Westminster, 18 June 1985; Darton, Longman, & Todd, London, 1985. x NKJV New King James Version . [Being a Burgonite (Majority Text) revision of the Authorized (King James) Version of 1611.] Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1979,1980,1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by Permission. All rights reserved. NRSV New Revised Standard Version , being a revision of the Revised Standard Version (1952 & 1971). The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by Permission. All rights reserved. NU Text The text found in “N” i.e., Nestle-Aland’s 27th edition (1993) & “U” i.e., United Bible Societies’ (UBS) 4th revised edition (1993).
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