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hope," or "good anticipation;" whereas the Latin Vulgate, on
the other hand, renders "Eudokia" as "Bona Voluntas," or
"good will."
I fearlessly challenge all the Greek scholars, if they dare,
to contradict me when I declare that the translators of the
Syriac and Latin Versions have made a serious error in their
interpretation of "Eudokia." Nevertheless, I must confess
that I cannot conscientiously blame those translators of having
deliberately distorted the meaning of this Greek term; for I
admit that both the Versions have a slight foundation to justify
their respective translations. But even so, it must be re-
marked that they have thereby missed the prophetical sense
and the true meaning of the Semitic vocabulary when they
converted it into the Greek word "Eudokia."
the other hand, renders "Eudokia" as "Bona Voluntas," or
"good will."
I fearlessly challenge all the Greek scholars, if they dare,
to contradict me when I declare that the translators of the
Syriac and Latin Versions have made a serious error in their
interpretation of "Eudokia." Nevertheless, I must confess
that I cannot conscientiously blame those translators of having
deliberately distorted the meaning of this Greek term; for I
admit that both the Versions have a slight foundation to justify
their respective translations. But even so, it must be re-
marked that they have thereby missed the prophetical sense
and the true meaning of the Semitic vocabulary when they
converted it into the Greek word "Eudokia."