Shem Tov or Shem Tob Matthew--The Hebrew Matthew

[carl37]

I would kindly request that when replying to one of my posts that you refrain from using the emoticons. While some may think it cute, I find it condescending and unnecessary and even childish. In case you don't realize let me put it is simple terms for you. Every time someone posts something that is disagreed with by mainly the administrators, they use the emoticons to try and belittle the poster and try to make them feel inferior. It is unnecessary and really shows that the love of Yehushua is sorely lacking. Now to the more serious business of the day. Can you say without a shadow of a doubt that there was no Hebrew Matthew? No you can't. If you claim otherwise you are lying. You were not there and cannot know 100%. We have today a New Testament that is at best somewhat accurate. Do you deny that Eusebius and Irenaeus quoted that Matthew transcribed the gospel in the native Hebrew tongue? Since my list is all false let's see who else we can find. The third century church father Origen complained "The differences among the manuscripts have become great, either through the negligence of some copyists or through the perverse audacity of others: they either neglect to check over what they have transcribed, or, in the process of checking, they make additions or deletions as they please." Celsus a known pagan in the second century maligned the copyists for the same thing "some believers, as though from a drinking bout, go so far as to oppose themselves and alter the original text of the gospel three or four or several times over, and they change its character to enable them to deny difficulties in face of criticism." Dionysius complained "When my fellow-christians invited me to write letters to them I did so. These the devil's apostles have filled with tares, taking away some things and adding others. For them the woe is reserved. Small wonder then if some have dared to tamper even with the word of the lord himself, when they have conspired to mutilate my own humble efforts." It is widely know that the New Testament today is composed of fragments of many thousands of manuscript. It is widely known that up until the invention of the printing press that only the rich could afford to have a book as they had to hire a professional scribe and it was a painstaking and long process. Now what happened if just one letter or word was omitted and the book was copied again and a different letter or word was omitted? Or rather someone was translating from one language to another and tried to apply a thought in one language into an entirely different language? People really need to stop and think. It is entirely foolish to think that the scriptures have absolutely no errors. The Almighty gave the word and we know that it is truth. But as history proves time and time again, anytime man gets involved there are bound to be problems.