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Shalom, Adam! Re: your question on Mt. 12:40, it appears that, notwithstanding Ehrman's view, scholars accept this verse as part of the original text of Matt. 12. The only questionable verse in ch. 12 is v. 47 (which has to do with someone telling Messiah that his family was waiting to speak with Him) because it's not found in all mss. However, v. 40 IS found even in the Peshitta.
- ebed Melekh (4/28/2019 11:55:24 AM) [qBible.com]
I have heard that there is evidence that Matthew 12:40 was not part of the original teaching Yeshua gave that day. In one of our manuscripts of Matthew, an early scribe copying the Greek manuscript of Matthew left a scribal note at Matthew 12:40 explaining, “The Jewish Gospel does not have the words, ‘Three days and three nights.’”

MS 899. Bart D. Ehrman, Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament (Oxford University Press, 2003), 11.

Has anyone seen or heard anything about this?
- Adam (4/27/2019 8:43:31 AM)

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