EOB: The Eastern Greek Orthodox New Testament: Based on the Patriarchal Text of 1904 with extensive variants

620 Pages·2013·10.86 MB·English

by  Laurent A Cleenewerck

THE EASTERN / GREEK
ORTHODOX BIBLE
NEW TESTAMENT

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Date - Occasion

THE EASTERN / GREEK

ORTHODOX BIBLE:

NEW TESTAMENT

THE EASTERN / GREEK
ORTHODOX BIBLE

BASED ON THE SEPTUAGINT
AND THE PATRIARCHAL TEXT

NEW TESTAMENT
ALSO KNOWN AS
THE CHRISTIAN GREEK
SCRIPTURES

With extensive introductory and supplemental material
The EOB New Testament is presented in memory of

Archbishop Vsevolod of Scopelos (†2007)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

And in honor of

His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah
Primate of the Orthodox Church in America
Theophany: The Lord’s Baptism
By the hand of Julia Hayes
ABBREVIATIONS AND CODES
Indicates words added for clarity and accuracy but which may not
[ ] be in the Greek text. For public reading, these words can be
included or skipped
Indicates words added for theological clarity and accuracy. For
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public reading, these words should be skipped
Indicates words that may have been added in the Byzantine textual
tradition for the purpose of clarification, harmonization or liturgical
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use and which are present in PT, but which may not have been part
of the original manuscripts
ANF/PNF Ante-Nicene Fathers / Post-Nicene Fathers
BAC Being as Communion, John Zizioulas
CCC Catechism of the Catholic Church
Modern “eclectic” texts or reconstructed "critical texts" (United
CT
Bible Societies Text (UBS) or the Nestle-Aland Text (NA))
CTC Called to Communion, Joseph Ratzinger
EBC Eucharist, Bishop, Church, John Zizioulas
EOB Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible
HBB His Broken Body, Laurent Cleenewerck
HE Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius) (Paul Maier’s edition)
KJV King James Version (sometimes called Authorized Version)
Greek translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint
LXX
which is the basis for the main English text of the EOB/OT
The Majority Text is indicated as MT. It is based on the “majority”
of readings found in available manuscripts and favors the Byzantine
MT textual platform. The PT is very close to the MT. Please note that
in the context of references to the Old Testament, MT means
Masoretic Text.
NAB New American Bible – a Roman Catholic translation
NETS New English Translation of the Septuagint
NIV New International Version – an evangelical translation
NJB New Jerusalem Bible - a Roman Catholic translation
NKJV New King James Version
NRS New Revised Standard Version – a modern inclusive version
NT New Testament
NTTT New Testament Text and Translation Commentary, Philip Comfort
OSB Orthodox Study Bible
OT Old Testament
Official ecclesiastical Greek text of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of
PT
Constantinople published in 1904, basis for the EOB/NT
TCAC The Church of the Ancient Councils, Peter L’Huillier
TIT Truth in Translation, Jason BeDuhn
TPOP The Primacy of Peter, John Meyendorff
TR Textus Receptus, basis for the King James Version (KJV)
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS AND CODES...............................................................................9
THE GREEK ALPHABET.........................................................................................13
MANUSCRIPT CODES..............................................................................................14

ABOUT THE EOB NEW TESTAMENT..............................................................15

THE GOSPELS
INTRODUCTION TO THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS AND ACTS.................34
(ACCORDING TO) MATTHEW (ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ)..................................40
(ACCORDING TO) MARK (ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ)...............................................108
(ACCORDING TO) LUKE (ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ)................................................151
INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.............................................220
(ACCORDING TO) JOHN (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ)...............................................231

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES (ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ)....................284

THE EPISTLES AND REVELATION
INTRODUCTION TO THE PAULINE EPISTLES.........................................344
ROMANS (ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ)............................................................................351
1 CORINTHIANS (ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α).....................................................377
2 CORINTHIANS (ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Β).....................................................400
GALATIANS (ΠΡΟΣ ΓΑΛΑΤΑΣ)........................................................................415
EPHESIANS (ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ)........................................................................424
PHILIPPIANS (ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΗΣΙΟΥΣ)..........................................................432
COLOSSIANS (ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛOΣΣΑΕΙΣ)................................................................438
1 THESSALONIANS (ΠΡΟΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΙΣ Α)......................................444
2 THESSALONIANS (ΠΡΟΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΙΣ Β).......................................449