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INTRODUCTION
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subsists between the two Versions is twofold, (i.) in diction, and
(ii.) in text and is of
;
such a nature, so intimate, and manifested in
so many ways and at so many points, as to negative the possibility
of regarding them as independent of one another.
SECTION X. Their Affinity (i.) in Diction.
Under this head the evidence is so abundant that to do justice
to it would be impracticable within the limits of an Introduction.
Its force can be fully learnt only (as has been said above) by a
thorough comparative study of both texts. An idea of it, sufficient
to carry conviction, may, however, be given within small compass by
setting down a representative collection of examples of Greek words
or phrases that are unfamiliar, or that find no adequate equivalent
in Syriac, which both Versions render or represent alike. Such
examples
are as follows :
a. Coincidences in rendering unusual or difficult expressions.
The Versions coincide in their rendering of ICTOTI/AOS,
(2 Pet. i. 1, 6, 7, 17, 19; ii. 13, 22; iii. 6, 16) : Xat/oe/ (of
salutation), 2 Joh. 10 ,
KU7rvta^o/xai, CTTirijtAO), 6/c^tw, di>TiAoyia, 6ivoTr