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CNTTS apparatus in Bibleworks 9: v.3's egw men is in mss D06, F010, G012, but excluded here.  The other variants aren't worth mention.

 

 

Verse

Syllable

Cumulative

1

Παῦλος καὶ Τιμόθεος δοῦλοι Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ

13

13

 

πᾶσιν τοῖς ἁγίοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ

11

24

 

τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν Φιλίπποις σὺν ἐπισκόποις καὶ διακόνοις,

17

41

2

χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν

15

56

 

καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

7

63

3

εγω μεν Εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ μου ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ μνείᾳ ὑμῶν

17

80

4

πάντοτε ἐν πάσῃ δεήσει μου

9

89

 

ὑπὲρ πάντων ὑμῶν,

6

95

 

μετὰ χαρᾶς τὴν δέησιν ποιούμενος,

11

106

5

ἐπὶ τῇ κοινωνίᾳ ὑμῶν

9

115

 

εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον

6

121

 

ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡμέρας ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν,

12

133

6

πεποιθὼς αὐτὸ τοῦτο,

7

140

 

ὅτι ὁ ἐναρξάμενος ἐν ὑμῖν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἐπιτελέσει

21

161

 

ἄχρι ἡμέρας Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ·

9

170

                                                                                      

Meter Import

 

Paul writes in 4166 aka ad 60, Lord age 63, January-March, maybe near vernal equinox or at Passover?

o         28 years +4166 = 4194, latest pre-Church Trib start.  Year is still 4165 vernal pre-equinox.

o         28 – 4165 vernal = 4137 when Christ died = 4136 vernal start=Adamic 4136.5. So valuation year is disregarded.

o         63 from 4166 = 4103 1st Adamic quarter, when He was born.  So Paul writes post-Chanukah.

o         63 +4166 = 4229, don't know why.  Have to check Zecharias' meter text (28 years post Mill start; his prophecy went to 4240).

o         4165 vernal -31.5 -1 = 4133.5, start of the Lord's Ministry.  Has the effect of converting to Adamic year.

o         4165 vernal +31.5 = 4196.5, mid-Trib.  Has the effect of converting to Adamic year.

 

He can't be age 63 when Paul writes unless post-Chanukah.  So the cusp-like valuation above, might be based on His Birthday as a fiscal, rather than either vernal or Adamic, implying he writes sometime in January?

Sisyphus