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Introduction
Welcome back to Bible Student Languages. Today, we’re going to be comparing some non-canonical Christian writings from very, very, very early on in Christianity. I’m talking like within a hundred years of the resurrection of Christ. Comparing them to Matthew 6, 9, and 12. We’ll look at the original Greek of Matthew 6, and then we’ll take a look at the original Greek of the Didache and to the letter to the Philippians by Polycarp.
Examining the Original Greek of Matthew 6
So with that, let’s take a look at our original Greek of Matthew 6, and then we will compare. It says, okay, and then skipping down a few verses in the prayer, it says, okay.
Original Greek of Didache 8:2
Now let’s take a look at the original Greek of Didache 8:2, which says, “Do not pray hos as hoy the Hippocrite, the Hippocrite,” so you can notice Hippocrite right there, but on the other hand, hos as akelusen, as commanded, hokyrios, by the Lord, in, which is in, toiuangelio, in the Gospel, ato, about him, or for him, or by him, but it’s the Gospel of the Lord.
Huzo, this way, pros yukes they pray, “Our Father, ha,” which, in, is in, torano, in heaven. So far, this is exactly as it reads from before. So let’s continue. We’ll be done.
Hos as in, as in, torano, as in heaven, ke also epi, upon, gase, the earth. To arcton, the bread, hemon, ar bread, ton, the epiusion, the daily bread, dos, give, hemon, to us, semeron, today. “Give us today our daily bread.” So again, exactly as we have it in the Gospels.
Ke and afeis, and forgive us, or forgive, hemon, us. Okay, this is the verse we’re just looking at.
And forgive us, tain, the aphelain, the offenses, hemon, our debts, hos as ke also hemes, as we, aphiamen, forgive, tois, aphelites, the debtors, hemon, our debtors, ke and me, and do not, esnenkis, and do not bring, hemos, us, ace, into, perasmon, into evil, but risai, but rescue, hemos, us, apo, from, to puneru, from the evil, hotsi, because, or for, su, to you, esnenkis, he, the demonus, the power, ke, which is, and, hedoxa, and the glory, ace, to, tois, the aionas, forever.
“For yours is the kingdom, and the glory, for, or excuse me, yours is the power, and the glory, forever.” This is basically verbatim what we have in the Gospels in the Didache 8:2, extremely interesting.
Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians 2:3
And next we see Polycarp to the Philippians 2:3, an early letter written by a church leader named Polycarp, and he’s writing about the same concept, although he’s not exactly quoting Jesus here, but it says this:
Menema nuontes, remembering, day, therefore, therefore, remember, or moreover, remember, hon, that which a pen was said, ho, by thee, curious, by the Lord, didaskon, teaching, me, “do not crinete,” judge, do not judge, hina, so that, may, will not, crithete, be judged, do not judge, so that, you will not be judged, afete, forgive, ke, and, afete, s’tai, and will be forgiven, he mean, you, forgive, and you will be forgiven, aleete, so mercy, hina, that, aleate, you will be shown mercy, ho, that which, metro, the measure, metrete, you measure others, and we have a very long word here, but it is, anti-metre-thecetai, it will be measured, he mean, to you, ke, and, houti, that, acarioi, blessed, hoy, is, ptokoi, the poor, ke, and, hoy, and thee, the acomenoi, and, the, who are being persecuted, henneken, on account of, t’kai, was seen this, righteousness.
So, so far, these are all sayings of Jesus, as far as, as, I mean, unless I’m making a critical error, these are all sayings of Jesus, in the Gospels. Houti, that’s, aton, of them, as then, is, hei, the basilea, the kingdom, tu teu, of God. Blessed are the poor, because this is the kingdom; blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom.
Conclusion and Significance
As far as I know, these really are sayings of Jesus in the Gospels, in these very early letters that are being spread in the early church, using the wording from the Gospels. This is incredibly important for the tradition, or the literal writing of the Gospels, being so, so, so early, early enough to be spread throughout other letters that aren’t even in the New Testament.
So, very interesting topic. I hope you enjoy. Let me know your comments down below, and I hope to see you next time.
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