The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-08-19
NEW SAYINGS OF CHRIST.
Variations IN the Freer Manuscript
Discussed b. Authorities.

WI ldAlOVS lN INC FFtCT mdnuSCTlI
Discussed b. Authorities.
SIX years ago great interest wa
aroused by the discovery in EgyI
I of a new Greek manuscript of tn
Gospels, riyalng in age the oldcs
texts The manuscript formed "A com
plyte volume on yellum and mus
have been preserved intact in mon
astery or a tomb. it was purchase
by Mr. G. /. Frecr a wealthy Amer
lean, and the task of publishing I
was iatrusted by HIM to Professor II
A. Sander Of Michigan university
This new manuscript lies at Wash
iugton, fac-simile having, by Mr.
'rccrs direction, been presented to
The British museum, which would
have possessed the original had it not
been that Mr. Froor being on the
spot with the money in his purse
when the discovery was made OBJ
tanned tho coveted prize.
The most interesting portion of the
manuscript relates to the Gospel OF
ST. Mark 1t contains the appcndN
known as the last twelve verses of
81 Mark. which in the revised YER
s,cn are placed in a position detached
from the rest of the gospel, but in
serts m the middle of these verses
certain verses which occur in no 9TH
cr manuscript of the New Testament.
though the authority who writes the
Times article says they were known
tc St Jerome who quotes part
Of them.
In the Freer manuscript after verse !
/ T. which says that Jesus upbraided |
his disciples for their unbelief, the
ext continues thus:
And they excused themselves, say
ng that this age Of lawlessneSs and
mboiief is under Satan, who, through
lie agency of unclean spirits, suffers
lot tire true power of God to be ap-
For this cause, said they
INTO Christ, reveal now at once Thy
ighteousncss. And Christ said unto
nom. The limit or the years of the
over of Satan is moU fulfilled, but
draweth near (the text here and
lscNhere is corrupt, for the sake
{ those that have sinncd was |
iven unto death that they may re-
lrn unto the truth and sin no more,
nj may inherit the spiritual and in
orrultble glory Of Righteousness in
cav en-. But so We, etc.
There are other variations in the
'At of considerable interest The
-dcr Ct the books is Matthew, John,
uEe, Mark. \ writer in the TIMES
olds that the manuscript is not
omOsenous indeed it is far from
,ins so" His theory is that it, or
1 ancestor of it, must have been
,piei from number of distinct
anusclipts-'no doubt payrus rolls,
h.ch could not contain more than
single gospel'-which themselves
ID diverse teXtual pedigrees.
The first section Of the Gospel of
. John is written in n different
md from the rest of the manuscript,
ID apparently later
The manuscript dates from the
Ur,h or fifth century, and is de-
rlod as one of the most valuable .'
q ancient versions of the New Tes- ~
ment in Greek =.
Professor NJ Flinders Petrie, the "
feat Psychologist, who has just ar OF
ID in England after six months in W
ypt, said the value Of the manu- hi
ZIP; would depend upon whether it OF
$ 'onc of the heretical manuscripts =,
,tored to meet the views of one to
the various parties or a more eN- tr
lent text than any we possess" r.
'lt is curious" added Professor
ndcrs retrie, that no two I'M G
-.ant early manuscripts go to the w
lie district or the same church. =
MS We possess the CodeN NoNar-
nus, the Greek church has auoth-
the Roman Catholic church ;he
itN Naticanus and now the Frcer -
has gone to the United ra
'es to the nou-conformists." Jo
he revised version of the Bible is re
ely based on the Codev Vaticanus
the 'CodeN Sinaiticus; the author
i version is chiefly based on the
lex NeNandrinus London Chron-