He aimed for clarity that would be sensitive to every inflection of the original Greek. His style is probing rather than a watering down. Although he did not want his work to be a paraphrase, he did draw out a meaning with greater spiritual accuracy, if warranted. He later advocated its essentially Jewish character. Old Testament quotations are in bolder typeface.
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Many of these were found in the Greek New Testament texts and Old Testament texts that he used. He did not care to have his translation published in his lifetime. His widow provided much assistance to the work before and after his death. It was he who at the beginning was by the side of God. All things came into being through him, and there was nothing that came into being apart from him.