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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] [i]Matthew counted forward, using the whole "so-and-so begat such-and-such" format.[/i] Both words can be used to indicate indirect descent. For all I know, it's the same word. Greek's weird like that. [i]So, if your point is that Matthew skips people, why did you say that Luke has the bad translation?[/i] Where did I say that? I said your particular copy of the Bible was missing important information on slightly different versions of the same manuscript. And my point can be both, you know. [i]I don't know how this works in the Greek from which it was translated, but I highly doubt that you do, either.[/i] I know enough to know that if the word translated as "all" from Greek only appears once, it's considered ambiguous. It could be modifying all three, or just the one. You have to judge by context. Since the context requires that it only modify the first... [i]So you're saying that, as long as some of them agree, it's okay?[/i] "Most." Not "some." Meaning the great majority agree. As I've said, chances are that someone just screwed up making a hand copy of the original (or an early copy thereof) ninteen centuries or so ago. And again, you have to go by context. We already have a record of those generations from two other sources, and the majority of Luke manuscripts agree with those sources. It is logical to assume that the correct source to use is the one that agrees with as many other valid sources as possible, both internally and externally. Thus, no Admin, and Luke and Matthew are still consistant. [i]For all you know, the ones that match were altered specifically for the purpose of making them match.[/i] And how would you suggest someone go about this? I think you're just getting desperate for an explaination. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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