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C.h1. Some think that Mark liked to use Aramaic here and there for the dramatic effect it had on Greek speakers. One idea is that Jesus cried out in Hebrew because Eli is Hebrew for my God as well as for the short form of Elijah. The Greek text of Matthew uses Eli rather than the Aramaic Eloi. Yet, I would argue, that it appears that Matthew borrowed this scene from Mark, polishing it in his own way. In my estimate, bystanders could easily have mistaken Eloi for Elijah.
I suspect that the Marcan writer used Aramaic in this case to make clear the puzzlement of the hearers. In other cases he uses Aramaic to help underscore the reality of miracles. The miracle was so impressive that Jesus' exact words were remembered! I have generally not reproduced these Aramaisms, preferring for my purpose the meaning of what Jesus was saying.
Two Aramaisms used by Mark are talitha kumi, the words spoken by Jesus as he revived a dead little girl, and ephphatha, which was uttered by Jesus as he opened the ears of a deaf man.
Moreover, I note that the fact that the accepted Greek text of Matthew prefers a Hebraism may reflect the shift from Aramaic to proper Hebrew that occurred among Jews during the second major revolt against Rome in the Second Century on orders of the revolution's leader, Bar Kochba. That is, an earlier Matthew may have been corrected in conformity with that language shift.
C.h2. In the ancient Near East, according to some scholars, rich people were very often seen as wicked. Certainly in the case of Palestine under foreign domination, many collaborators became overly affluent. In addition, we may recall the prophetic condemnation of those well-to-do persons who savagely plundered the poor, a condemnation repeated by Jesus.
Isaiah 53:9 gives a typical Bible doublet, in which "rich" is synonymous with "wicked."
The fact that Joseph was not regarded as wicked does not devalue the prophetic fulfillment of the verse in the eyes of many Christians, Certainly the criminals who were being put to death alongside Jesus can be viewed as fulfillment of the other half of the doublet.
Isaiah 53:9
C.h1. Some think that Mark liked to use Aramaic here and there for the dramatic effect it had on Greek speakers. One idea is that Jesus cried out in Hebrew because Eli is Hebrew for my God as well as for the short form of Elijah. The Greek text of Matthew uses Eli rather than the Aramaic Eloi. Yet, I would argue, that it appears that Matthew borrowed this scene from Mark, polishing it in his own way. In my estimate, bystanders could easily have mistaken Eloi for Elijah.
I suspect that the Marcan writer used Aramaic in this case to make clear the puzzlement of the hearers. In other cases he uses Aramaic to help underscore the reality of miracles. The miracle was so impressive that Jesus' exact words were remembered! I have generally not reproduced these Aramaisms, preferring for my purpose the meaning of what Jesus was saying.
Two Aramaisms used by Mark are talitha kumi, the words spoken by Jesus as he revived a dead little girl, and ephphatha, which was uttered by Jesus as he opened the ears of a deaf man.
Moreover, I note that the fact that the accepted Greek text of Matthew prefers a Hebraism may reflect the shift from Aramaic to proper Hebrew that occurred among Jews during the second major revolt against Rome in the Second Century on orders of the revolution's leader, Bar Kochba. That is, an earlier Matthew may have been corrected in conformity with that language shift.
C.h2. In the ancient Near East, according to some scholars, rich people were very often seen as wicked. Certainly in the case of Palestine under foreign domination, many collaborators became overly affluent. In addition, we may recall the prophetic condemnation of those well-to-do persons who savagely plundered the poor, a condemnation repeated by Jesus.
Isaiah 53:9 gives a typical Bible doublet, in which "rich" is synonymous with "wicked."
The fact that Joseph was not regarded as wicked does not devalue the prophetic fulfillment of the verse in the eyes of many Christians, Certainly the criminals who were being put to death alongside Jesus can be viewed as fulfillment of the other half of the doublet.
Isaiah 53:9
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
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