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his famous The Life of Christ, interprets the "Paraclete" of
St John (xiv. 16, 26; xv. 7; 1 John ii. 1) as an "advocate."
He cites the Syro-Chaldean form "Peraklit" as opposed to
"Ktighra" "the accuser" from Kategorus. The Syrian name
for mediator or intercessor is "mis'aaya," but in law courts
the "Snighra" (from the Greek Sunegorus) is used for an
advocate. Many Syrians unfamiliar with the Greek language
consider the "Paraqlita" to be really the Aramaic or the
Syriac form of the "Paraclete" in the Pshittha Version and
to be composed of "Paraq," "to save from, to deliver from,"
and "lita" "the accursed." The idea that Christ is the
"Savior from the curse of the law," and therefore he is
himself too "Paraqlita" (1 John ii. 1), may have led some
to think that the Greek word is originally an Aramaic word,
just as the Greek sentence "Maran atha" in Aramaic is
"Maran Athi," i.e. "our Lord is coming" (1 John xvi. 22),
which seems to be an expression among the believers regard-
St John (xiv. 16, 26; xv. 7; 1 John ii. 1) as an "advocate."
He cites the Syro-Chaldean form "Peraklit" as opposed to
"Ktighra" "the accuser" from Kategorus. The Syrian name
for mediator or intercessor is "mis'aaya," but in law courts
the "Snighra" (from the Greek Sunegorus) is used for an
advocate. Many Syrians unfamiliar with the Greek language
consider the "Paraqlita" to be really the Aramaic or the
Syriac form of the "Paraclete" in the Pshittha Version and
to be composed of "Paraq," "to save from, to deliver from,"
and "lita" "the accursed." The idea that Christ is the
"Savior from the curse of the law," and therefore he is
himself too "Paraqlita" (1 John ii. 1), may have led some
to think that the Greek word is originally an Aramaic word,
just as the Greek sentence "Maran atha" in Aramaic is
"Maran Athi," i.e. "our Lord is coming" (1 John xvi. 22),
which seems to be an expression among the believers regard-