Matthew 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD (Jehovah: OT phrase 1 & before our lord’s birth) appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the LORD (Jehovah: A prophet speak for God & before the birth of Christ) by the prophet, saying,
Isaiah 7:14
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the LORD (Jehovah: OT phrase 1 & before our lord’s birth) had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the LORD (Jehovah: OT phrase 1& before our lord’s birth) appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 2:15 And was there until
the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the LORD
(Jehovah: A prophet speaks for God, Hosea 11:1, & before the birth of
Christ) by the prophet, saying, Out of
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel
of the LORD (Jehovah: OT phrase 1)
appeareth in a dream to Joseph in
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD (Jehovah: as in cited record of Is. 40:3; see also OT phrase 9), make his paths straight.
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the LORD (Jehovah: immediate context, OT phrase 5, Deuteronomy 6:16) thy God.
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the LORD (Jehovah: immediate context, OT phrase 5, Deuteronomy 6:16) thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the LORD (Jehovah: immediate context: “old time”, before Christ’s birth; Numbers 30:3) thine oaths:
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters (lords): for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Aramaic: my lord, my lord
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Aramaic: my lord, my lord
Matthew 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
Aramaic: our lord
Matthew 9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
Aramaic: our lord
Matthew 9:38 Pray ye therefore the *Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Aramaic: Lordconstr – agrees with the Stephens text
*This refers to God, since we pray to no other. However, this doesn’t echo any Old Testament phrase referring to the Jehovah of the harvest. Thus, unless our Lord is giving us brand new information concerning the Covenant God, this corresponds to one of the Hebrew words for lord, adown or adownai. Those who believe in Jesus Christ were given to him of the Father. It is His, God’s, harvest. He is the master of the harvest, the one in charge, therefore, of those who labor therein.
Matthew 10:24 The disciple is not above his master (didaskalos; Ar:2908), nor the servant above his lord.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master (didaskalos; Ar: 2908), and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house (oikodespotes; Ar: two words *lord and house) Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text.
*Although the Aramaic agrees
with the Stephens text relative to “his lord,” the second Aramaic use of lord in Matt.10:25 does not. The Greek
uses “house-master” while the Aramaic is “his household lord.” However, just as
the use of despotes is rare in the
Greek New Testament, this use of an emphatic form of lord with this genitive construction for household lord is also
rare.
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, *Lord of heaven and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Aramaic: Lordabs before a daleth to show genitive: agrees with the Stephens text
*This expression is given three times in the New Testament: Matt. 11:25, Luke 10:21, and Acts 17:24. It is probably a translation of the Hebrew in Genesis 14:19 & 22 that the renders as: “the possessor of heaven and earth.” This phrase refers to God, but not as Jehovah. See also, “Lord of heaven”: Daniel 5:23; “Lord of all the earth;” here the Biblical Aramaic is lord in the construct form. The Hebrew in Genesis as well as Zec 6:5 and Josh 3:11, 13 is in every case adown.
Matthew 12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Aramaic: The Sabbath Day’s Lord (emphatic form, 3rd suffix, before
the daleth genitive).
Matthew 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir (lord), didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
Aramaic: our lord
Matthew 13:51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord (N-A, G:, L, T, Tr, A, N omits).
Aramaic: yea, our lord
Matthew 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Aramaic: my lord, agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord (N-A, L, T, Tr, A omits), have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Aramaic: my lord
Latin: omits
Matthew 18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 18:34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 20:30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 20:31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Aramaic: our lord
Matthew 20:33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
Aramaic: our lord
Matthew 21:3 And if any Man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The LORD (Jehovah: if JCOP’s discussion of Eastern Manners seems right; our Lord wouldn’t commandeer another’s property even though he was entitled to it: Philippians 2:6-7. Also, the term “lord” would not seem to be enough information since it could refer to an earthly Master also.) hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
Aramaic: they are needed for our lord
See JCOP p.45-46, Bernita Jess, “Beasts of Burden” and Rev. K.C, Pillai
Matthew 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the LORD (Jehovah: OT phrase 8; and as in reference: Psalm 118:26) Hosanna in the highest.
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir (lord): and went not.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 21:40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the LORD's (Jehovah: as in reference: Psalm 118:22-23) doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Aramaic: this came from the LORD’semp
presence: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the LORD thy God (Jehovah: OT phrase 5, and, as in reference: Deuteronomy 6:5) with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Aramaic: LORDemp, agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
Aramaic: *Lordsprm
*Supreme Lord is not necessarily the actual meaning of the emphatic form
of this Syriac word for Lord, for
emphatic forms of lord so abound in
the Syriac of the Peshitta that their definite article force had greatly
diminished. Because the Greek uses lord
without the definite article its readings do not imply Supreme Lord. Neither
does David in Psalm 110:1 use an intensive form of lord. However, in
application, since David was the King of Israel, his lord could have been
called the supreme lord in
Matthew 22:44 The LORD (Jehovah: the capitals are in the KJV. This is one of the only times where the translators take a position on kurios as referring to Jehovah. This is plainly Jehovah as in the verse itself and in the reference: Psalm 110:1) said unto My Lord, Sit thou on My right hand, till I Make thine enemies thy footstool?
Aramaic: Aramaic: 1st LORDemp
2nd agrees with the
Stephens text
Matthew 22:45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
Aramaic: * Lordsprm
*David did not call him LORD, Jehovah, or even Adownai. This is plain from Psalm 110
itself. However, David may have, by application, have called the coming one a supreme lord. By applying Psalms 110:1 in
its broader context, or scope, since David was king he was Lord, adown, in
Matthew 23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the LORD (Jehovah: OT phrase 6; and as in reference: Psalm 118:26).
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 24:46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 24:50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Aramaic: our lord, our lord
Matthew 25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Matthew 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Aramaic: our lord
Matthew 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Aramaic: our lord
Matthew 26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
Aramaic: my lord
Matthew 27:10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the LORD (Jehovah: The lord anointed Judas as an apostle into the ministry. The scripture revealed by Jehovah to His prophets foretold of our Lord Jesus Christ and his betrayal.) appointed Me.
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 27:63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Aramaic: our lord
Matthew 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the LORD (Jehovah: OT phrase 1) descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Matthew 28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord (N-A, T, Trb, A, N, omits) lay
Aramaic: our Lord
Mark 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD (Jehovah: OT phrase 7, and, as in reference: Isaiah 40:3), make his paths straight.
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Mark 2:28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Aramaic: The Sabbath’s Day’s Lord
Mark 5:19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the LORD (Jehovah: Our lord doesn’t talk of himself in the third person, except as the son of man. The lord is telling the man to glorify Jehovah, God, for His mercy. He is not asking the man to glorify him or his ministry.) hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. (Although Mark 5:20 talks of how this man said what Jesus did for him, the record in Luke 8:39 clarifies the matter.)
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Mark 7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
Aramaic: my lord
Mark 9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord (N-A, G, L, T, Tr, A, N omits), I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Aramaic: my lord
Mark 11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the LORD (Jehovah: JCOP’s discussion of Eastern Manners seems right; our Lord wouldn’t commandeer another’s property even though he was entitled to it: Philippians 2:6-7. Also, the term “lord” would not seem to be enough information to give the animals attendant since it could refer to an earthly master also.) hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
Aramaic: it is necessary for our lord
Mark 11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the LORD (Jehovah: OT phrase 6; and as in reference: Psalm 118:26).
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Mark 12:9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Mark 12:11 This was the Lord's (Jehovah: as in reference: Psalm 118:22-23) doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Aramaic: this came from the presence of the LORDemp
Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The LORD (Jehovah) our God is one LORD (Jehovah: as in reference: Deuteronomy 6:4).
Aramaic: 1st LORDemp 2nd LORDemp
Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God (Jehovah: OT phrase 5, and, as in reference: Deuteronomy 6:5) with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Mark 12:36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD (Jehovah: as in Psalm 110: 1, notice, again, the capitals) said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Aramaic: 1st LORDemp 2nd
agrees with the Stephens text
Mark 12:37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
Aramaic: *“my lord”
*Because the Syriac readings in Matthew 22:45 and Mark 12:37 are different and since they are not different in the Greek, some might consider this strong evidence that the Peshitta is a translation of the Greek texts after all. They might argue that the Greek presented the Syriac translators a significant challenge and that, therefore, two different renderings arose. Those who believe in an Aramaic primacy might respond that the two different readings do not represent an internal contradiction within the Peshitta. They could contend that, in the process of teaching God’s people, the Lord explained the direct reference “my lord” in Mark while, in Matthew, he instructed the people of this truth’s application. This scripture build up fits with what we know of the perspectives of each of the gospels. In Matthew Jesus Christ is made known as Jehovah’s king. Hence, this gospel is focused on the promised Messiah as “Supreme Lord.” In Mark our Lord is Jehovah’s servant. Hence, this gospel is more focused on the Master’s instruction of the specific words in the Old Testament quotation.
Mark 13:20 And except that the LORD (Jehovah: had shortened, seems to show God’s foreknowledge at work before our lord was born. Also, God calls and God elects, our Lord ordains) had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Aramaic: LORDemp – agrees with the Stephens
text
Mark 13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Aramaic: agrees with the Stephens text
Mark 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Aramaic: Jesus our Lord, after speaking with them…
Mark 16:20 And they went forth,
and preached every where, the LORD (Jehovah*) working with them,
and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Aramaic: “our lord was working with them by the signs
and wonders they: the apostles: were
doing”
*If we rely on the Aramaic this reference is to our Lord Jesus. The authority of the Lord enabled the apostles to work miracles and signs. The Lord himself is put, by metonymy, for the authority in his name. However, the Greek has, sunergos: “working with them”. The Latin Vulgate echoes this. This word has one other very relevant appearance in II Corinthians 6:1: “We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.” II Corinthians 6:1 is no picnic either, but the overall context is the ambassador for Christ, with the service to the world of reconciling people to God, works with God proclaiming His desire that, through Christ, the world be reconciled to him. Upon this perspective all of these verses add light:
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are labourers
together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
Hebrews 2:3-4 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great
salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed
unto us by them that heard him;
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders,
and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own
will?
Acts 4:29-39 And now, LORD
(Jehovah: thy child Jesus), behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy
servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and
wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
Matthew 9:35-38 And Jesus went
about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among
the people.
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion
on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no
shepherd.
Then saith he unto his disciples, The
harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the
harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. And when he
had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of
disease.
Acts 15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave
audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought
(poieo) among the Gentiles by (dia) them.
Because of the preponderance of scripture concerning being
workers together with God, and because Romans 15:17-19 should be kept within
the context of the riches of the glory of the mystery that isn’t taught in
Luke, this section of scripture shouldn’t carry the day in the discussion of Mark
16. Acts 14:3 is also very important, but please see
the notes by that verse.
