I continue with my analysis of J7, aka the Hutter Polyglot from 1599.
It's one thing to have one text or another identify Jesus with Jehovah, but it's a whole other thing to have a whole chapter identifying Jesus with Jehovah, again and again! Well, that's J7 in Acts 9 for ya!
I quote the NWT and then J7:
NWT:
(Acts 9:1) . . .But Saul, still breathing threat and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
J7:
But Saul, still breathing threat and murder against the disciples of
JEHOVAH, went to the high priest
NWT:
(Acts 9:5) 5 He asked: “Who are you, Lord?” He said: “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
J7:
(Acts 9:5) 5 He asked: “Who are you, Lord?” And
JEHOVAH said: “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
NWT:
(Acts 9:6) . . .But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
J7:
He, fearful and trembling, said: Lord, what would you like me to do? And
JEHOVAH said: "get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
NWT:
(Acts 9:10) . . .There was a disciple named An·a·niʹas in Damascus, and the Lord said to him in a vision: “An·a·niʹas!” He said: “Here I am, Lord.”
J7:
(Acts 9:10) . . .There was a disciple named An·a·niʹas in Damascus, and
JEHOVAH said to him in a vision: “An·a·niʹas!” He said: “Here I am, Lord.”
NWT:
(Acts 9:11) 11 The Lord said to him: “Get up, go to the street called Straight, and look for a man named Saul, from Tarsus, at the house of Judas. For look! he is praying,
J7:
JEHOVAH said to him: “Get up, go to the street called Straight, and look for a man named Saul, from Tarsus, at the house of Judas. For look! he is praying,
NWT:
(Acts 9:15) . . .But the Lord said to him: “Go! because this man is a chosen vessel to me to bear my name to the nations as well as to kings and the sons of Israel.
J7:
But
JEHOVAH said to him: “Go! because this man is a chosen vessel to me to bear my name to the nations as well as to kings and the sons of Israel.
NWT:
(Acts 9:27) 27 So Barʹna·bas came to his aid and led him to the apostles, and he told them in detail how on the road he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus. . .
J7:
(Acts 9:27) 27 So Barʹna·bas came to his aid and led him to the apostles, and he told them in detail how on the road he had seen
JEHOVAH, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus. . .
The Tetragrammaton appears in verses 31, 35, and 42 of Acts 9 in J7, and in vs 31, the Watchtower agrees with Hutter and puts "Jehovah" in there, but in the other verses puts "Lord". However, in verses 35 and 42 it's not immediately obvious which "Lord" is being spoken about so it's not an obvious identification of Jesus with Jehovah.
The most obvious (and shocking) one is Acts 9:5, for sure.
In another post I will put up the pictures so you can see for yourselves.
