maranatha

Also known as marana tha

thumb|A mention of "maranatha" in the Southwick Codex, a medieval text Maranatha (Aramaic: '''') is an Aramaic phrase which occurs once in the New Testament (). It also appears in Didache 10:14. It is transliterated into Greek letters rather than translated and, given the nature of early manuscripts, the lexical difficulty rests in determining just which two Aramaic words constitute the single Greek expression.

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Main subject: Second Coming
Image: Soliloquies OE - maranatha (British Library Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, folio 5r).jpg

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native label: מרנא תא‎
language of work or name: Aramaic
described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
present in work: 1 Corinthians 16
Commons category: Maranatha

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thumb|A mention of "maranatha" in the Southwick Codex, a medieval text Maranatha (Aramaic: '') is an Aramaic phrase which occurs once in the New Testament (). It also appears in Didache 10:14. It is transliterated into Greek letters rather than translated and, given the nature of early manuscripts, the lexical difficulty rests in determining just which two Aramaic words constitute the single Greek expression.

==Translations and use== The NRSV of 1 Corinthians 16:22 translates the expression as: "Our Lord, come!" but notes that it could also be translated as: "Our Lord has come”; the NIV translates: "Come, O Lord"; the Message version paraphrases it as: "Make room for the Master!" This expression is also alluded to in Revelation 22:20: "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."

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