How do New Testament passages quote Old Testament passages? Is it possible that a New Testament author made his own immediate translation of the Hebrew (i.e., not quoting from a Greek manuscript, but translating on the fly)? If that is the case, is is possible that some Old Testament allusions have been missed by readers …
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Ancient Manuscripts of the New Testament
The New Testament is a compiled collection of ancient books and letters. The original copies of those books and letters are lost. However, we have copies that date close to the time of the originals. In fact, we have so many ancient manuscripts, that a numbering system was invented to inventory all the various scraps …