With some recent interest in the Scrivener’s
Textus Receptus 1894 that I edited back in 2011, I was
able to get in touch with Alan Bunning whose work immensely
was beneficial to correcting the variants I had when I was
putting the work together from public domain sources and
comparing it to a resource derived from a commercial
program. Basically, his work compared several
electronic copies of Scrivener’s which contained as many as
2000 variants for the exact same text. With his
effort, he was able to come up with a “MASTER TEXT” which he
verified with an 1881 copy of Scrivener’s.
We had 147 differences which I
verified against a TR-1887 from Archive.org (http://www.archive.org/details/greeknewtestamen00scriuoft)
and the TR-1894 from Google Book’s scanned copy. (http://books.google.com/books?id=Ih43AAAAMAAJ&ots=TYJAWQVEPZ&pg=PP9).
For the most part, Alan’s proved to be the same as the
printed with the following exceptions:
I have 14
colophons which I placed at the end of the respective
books.
1 difference is
because I used a "stigma" rather than a "sigma" in Rev
13:18.
1 difference
was because my version of Mark 6:3 uses οὐχ
and his was οὐκ. Mine agrees with the printed 1887
and 1894 text.
6 differences
(3 pairs) were Romans 1:9-10, Romans 3:25-26, and 1 Thes
2:11-12 where the verse division may not have been clear.
Mine follows the verse division of the KJV.
In talking with Alan, he verified that
the οὐκ he used in
Mark 6:3 was in fact used in the TR-1881 printed
version, and was modified or corrected in the 1887 and 1894
version.
So I thought it would be nice if I would
do a study on the Structural Integrity based on the
differences and see if there was any indication which was
correct.
Here is the text from the KJV.
Verse # 24411
(NT Verse # 1266)
Mark 6:3 Is
not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of
James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not
his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
Here is the Greek Text from the TR-1894:
(https://bible.com/183/mrk.6.3.tr1894)
Mark 6:3 οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τέκτων, ὁ υἱὸς Μαρίας,
ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου καὶ Ἰωσῆ καὶ Ἰούδα καὶ Σίμωνος; καὶ οὐκ
εἰσὶν αἱ ἀδελφαὶ αὐτοῦ ὧδε πρὸς ἡμᾶς; καὶ ἐσκανδαλίζοντο
ἐν αὐτῷ. Gematria = 16862
Here is the
Greek Text from the TR-1881:
Mark 6:3 οὐκ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τέκτων, ὁ υἱὸς Μαρίας,
ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου καὶ Ἰωσῆ καὶ Ἰούδα καὶ Σίμωνος; καὶ οὐκ
εἰσὶν αἱ ἀδελφαὶ αὐτοῦ ὧδε πρὸς ἡμᾶς; καὶ ἐσκανδαλίζοντο
ἐν αὐτῷ. Gematria = 16822
Honestly, there seemed to be no
connections with 16822
(ouk) to a verse about Jesus’s family. However, I did
find this which was unrelated, but interesting.
Verse # 16822
Prov 15:14 The heart of him that hath
understanding seeketh knowledge: but the
mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Using
the Webster’s 1828 Dictionary…
Webster’s
Vol 2 Word # 16822
= Sophomore
Basically,
Sophomore (Wise fool) happens to be aligned with a
similar verse about the WISE and the FOOLISH.
However,
16862,
although it is not perfectly obvious, there seems to be
some indication that it is correct. First off, it
is not the only verse with the SAME exact weight.
Mark 6:3 Is not this the
carpenter, the son of Mary, the
brother of
James, and Joses, and of
Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they
were offended at him. Gematria = 16862
Luke 11:2 And he said unto
them, When ye
pray, say, Our Father which
art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done, as in heaven, so in
earth. Gematria = 16862
We also have Webster’s to look at….
Webster’s Word # 16862 = DIVERSIFICATION,
n. [See Diversify.]
1. The act of changing forms or
qualities, or of making various.
2. Variation; variegation.
3. Variety of forms.
4. Change; alteration.
We could look at Mark 6:3 and ask
if there is anything in that verse that shows
diversification. In my mind, naming all of Jesus’s
brothers and sisters indicate some degree of diversification
though it is not clearly related.
Mark 6:3 is the 1266th Verse of
the New Testament.
Greek Strong’s # 1266 = to divide, part
We can look at…
Verse # 16862
Prov 16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent:
and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Again…. nothing here seems to be
related. How about measuring the distance between Mark
6:3 (Verse # 24411)
and Prov 16:21 (Verse # 16862)?
24411 –
16862 = 7549
Hebrew Strong’s # 7549 = firmament
Here is the FIRST verse that the
firmament appears….
Gen 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmamentH7549
in the midst of the waters, and let it divideH914
the waters from the waters.
Wait… hold on… didn’t I see
something related earlier? Yes I did.
Mark 6:3 is the 1266th Verse of
the New Testament.
Greek Strong’s # 1266 = to divide, part
THAT to me is enough evidence that οὐχ in Mark 6:3
is CORRECT.
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Wade Balzer
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