Monday, August 14, 2006
missing verse
I noticed when reading the Lectionary on Saturday that there is a verse missing from the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew 17 verse 21 doesn't exist. You've got verse 20 and verse 22 but no verse 21. So far I've looked it up in the NIV and the NRSV and it's not there in either. Go look it up for yourself! Maybe it could be the theme text for some church or other body - any suggestions as to who it should be the theme text for?!! Or, perhaps more constructively, does anyone know why there is no Matt 17:21?
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Weird huh?? There is a reference to it here:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt%2017;&version=31;#fen-NIV-23721a
"21 But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."
Looks like it's because lots of manuscripts don't have it and it's not thought to be original
I think that's the verse where Jesus told the Americans to vote Democrat ;)
Bible nurds!!! ;)
It was deleted for National Security reasons.
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