Four of the Numerous

Hebrew Word Puns

In Shem Tov’s Hebrew Matthew

vs.

One Only Word Pun in the Greek MSS

(Quoted out of The Hebrew Yeshua vs. the Greek Jesus DVD by Nehemia Gordon)

I

Hebrew Matthew 9:8

“And the crowds saw (vayir’u ויראו) and they feared (vayir’u ויראו) very much.”

II

Hebrew Matthew 12:13,15

“(13) And he said to the man, stretch out your hand, and he stretched out (vayet ויט) his hand… (15) And it was after this that Yeshua knew and he turned (vayet ויט) from there and many sick people went after him…”

III

Hebrew Matthew 18:23-35

Parable of the Debt

shalem שׁלם “to pay” five times, followed by

“So shall my father in heaven do if you do not forgive each man his brother with a complete (shalem שׁלם) heart.”

shalem שׁלם – “pay” vs. “complete”

IV

Hebrew Matthew 16:18

“You are a stone (even אבן) and I will build (evneh אבנה) my house of prayer upon you”

Greek Matthew 16:18

“You are Peter (Petros Πέτρος), and upon this rock (petrai πέτρα) I will build my church”