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Originally Posted by SolaScriptura  Quote:
Originally Posted by nicnap Quote:
Originally Posted by SolaScriptura The only reason Erasmus included it in his text was because he lost a bet. | Hogwash...even the chief herald of the CT, Metzger admits this story is false. (B. Metzger, The Text of the New Testament, p. 291) | Perhaps. But then again, he would argue that most of the stories from the past are false.
Have you actually read Metzger? I doubt it. You may be surprised what his quote actually says if you did more than cut and paste from your favorite KJV only sites... |
Hi:
I have read Metzger's "story" and he produces no scholarly proof for his assertion. Erasmus scholars such as De Jong and Bainton have challenged Metzger's "story" and have found no evidence to back it up.
It is time for those who propose this story as real to produce some scholarly evidence for their assertions - a statement or letter from Erasmus perhaps?
By the way, Codex Montifortanius, which is the Codex that was supposedly hastily put together and used to "prove" to Erasmus the Comma, has been dated to the 13th Century - a couple of hundred years before Erasmus was even born!
Blessings,
Rob
See: C. Forster, A New Plea for the Authenticity of the Text of the Three
Heavenly Witnesses, p. 126
A. Clark, The New Testament: A Commentary and Critical Notes, Vol. 6, p.
928-929
-RPW