Monday, August 15, 2022

Joseph Smith's Change to Matthew 27:5 (JST 27:6) to Harmonize the Text with Acts 1:18

  

Matt 27:5 (=JST Matt 27:6):

 

KJV

1867 Inspired Version (RLDS)

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went, and hanged himself on a tree. And straightway he fell down, and his bowels gushed out, and he died.

 

New Testament Manuscript 2, Folio 2, p. 4:

 



 

& <And> he cast down the pieces of silver in the Temple, & departed, & went & hanged himself on a tree[,]<.> [&]<And> straitway he fell down, & his bowels gushed out, & he died.