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Observations on Mr . WaktfteWs . Translation of Acts xx * 28 . Vir bonus nee iiidoctus /© it—criticu ® nan fuit , neque esse potuit utpote neqtie- —neque iudicio satis ad earn rem instruct us ; ThirVby ^ a Dedicat . to jfustift Martyr , a pud Porson ' s betters to Travis . P . 274 . Note .
I have , for some time , hesitated whether itre above character of Drj &r&be should stand in front oi the following observations on Mr . ' WaketieliWs translation of Acts kx . S 8 ) and on the note by
which he justrftes it . I have ventured ; , at last , to adopt it with two omissions ; one of which refers to Dr . Grafcte ' s acquaintance with the writings of the fathers ^ afld is therefore irrelevant to the
leurrmtg of Mr . Wakefield ; and the othigr , consisting of the word tngemo only , ttoe insertion of which Would deny to Wakefield tirai whtch no considerate person would have ( he hardihood to c ^ il
in qtreHtiofi . As it now stands , it-choea > j as tide to the lea riling of tire late Ffeltuw of Jesus College , € tanbtidg ^ iihi )^ it disputes hi * claim to critical actimgn and Judgment . My opinion on such a subject is of little value . But
I submit the' "following proof to the learnt te&iLefy without apprehension . It is founded an a single passagej but might be ex . U ^ nfetl to no incoiisiderable portion of i ^ ie critical labo u rs of the fcixie : author . ,
'• * hriv * Ver * had nut tbfe int ^ rfest tffti ^ h'todritrffe ebtWt ^ ttittytie ^ tt . ISh $% ' v ^ W , % &c 3 ttUfr etfadeitm m this discussion , my respect for th « memory of this illustrious man
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would have prevented me from offering you the following remarks * Often have I read over the note on Acts xx . 28 , at the enH of VVakeiield s translation of the K . T . and ever ^ time , I tliinV , with increased astonishment . * I refer
to the text which he has adopted , the translation which he has furnished , and the Justification of both which the note contains . f . Tlie text adopted is t $ ie dpSu mon one , the last parit of which only deserves our consideration :
TtoiUsOLivz \ v 7 * 9 v £ K 7 t \ y ) ctixv ' nfou 6 sou , 7 jv irsft £ 7 i ' oi 7 ] crarQ face too ifoov a / ftarog . I believe tliat there is . not
ho ' w a shadow of a doubt oT the incorrectness of this reading . It has been decidedl y rejected by Griesbach , and ite true reading has been substifutetl , for reasons
that overwhelm all remaining uncertainty , given in his long note on the place , Which I wish to see rendered into En ^ tish , and pu ^ &tied at large in your val ti a . b ' leJVliscellahy . GriesbacK ^ s reading , and I will venture ft > say the true reading , is , fr y eKxX ' yo'idi rov KOpiov rjv tfepistfQir ) d '< XT'o , &c «
Even Mr . Wakefieljd , who adopts the common reading , was embarrass ^ d , as we shall soon see ' , by the eXtVaordih& ' ry expression , ( rov ifriov aqj * oi to $ ^) bis own bloo d , as fepptiecj fo ff < 5 y Qhov ) ' Goh . Wb
mi g ht liaiVe expected , therefore , tliat lie wOuTcl Kaye beeh' led ' &' ? that einbar ^ asshieht to' adbpt % reading , ift ov * kvpriu ) ' whlVih is fetf |> - ported 1 by abuiidah K t aiitfeiirify , Ac » S ^ te n ^ if wi ^ bodiffietiity ^ hat . ever , fro , tfg * tftis * t sb miiift *^ idence as Griesbach has produced ;
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1813, page 392, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2429/page/36/
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