Archaeologist discovers parts of New Testament verse on funeral monument

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[U S Army EOD]

I hope we don't find anything like that here in a public place, it would have to be torn down.

[BenLurkin]

Luke 2:25: "Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him."

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[freeangel]

Darn, you beat me to it PLUS you would have to defend the find because , after all, how could a "myth" be that old?

[Sabertooth]

uncovered six previously invisible lines of inscription, most of it a verse from the New Testament (Luke 2:25).

Sort of a Josh McDowell kinda ping.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Thought you might be interested.

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[commish]

What a wonderful find if this is authentic., and there is no reason to think it is not. The monument of Absalom's Tomb has been recorded as existing for hundreds of years. Now to find out that it is actually a monument to Simon, Zacheriah, and James is astounding.

[Junior]

The passage describing Simon is identical to that in a 4th century version of the Bible, the Codex Sinaiticus, which was later revised extensively.

This (the inscription) shows there were different versions of the Old and New Testament going around, said Zias.

I find these the most interesting statements in the article.

[MattinNJ]

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[Verginius Rufus]

The King James version reads: "And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him."

A pretty literal translation, and not significantly different than the one you posted. The Greek word translated "consolation" can also be rendered "encouragement" or "summons."

Simeon's name is spelled Symeon in the Greek. I checked the Greek New Testament and it doesn't give any alternative readings, so I'm not sure what they are talking about.

[BibChr]

Thanks! Indeed so.

Archaeological finds confirming biblical narrative or referring to figures from the Bible are rare

Loaded statement, inaccurate due to overgenerality. It would be truer to say that a wealth of archaeological finds over the last century-plus have confirmed and/or filled out the background for much of the Bible. Someone with no background would get exactly the wrong impression from that naked statement.

Dan

[george wythe]

What happened to the burial box allegedly containing bone from Jesus' brother?

Was it confirmed as authentic?

[Willie Green]

declares that the 60-high monument is...
applied the squeeze during the summer, working on a 30-high scaffold.

Hmmmm.... "60-high"... "30-high"...???

60 and 30 WHAT high???

Anybody know what units we're talking about here? feet? meters? cubits?

[Lurking Libertarian]

What happened to the burial box allegedly containing bone from Jesus' brother? Was it confirmed as authentic?

The experts who examined it for the Israeli government said it was a fake-- a modern inscription on an ancient box. The chisel marks went through the patina.