Prayer of John the Baptist
Looking again at traditions of John the Baptist, I came across two versions of the Prayer of John the Baptist in a few Syriac manuscripts. Does anyone know anything about this? (oh, I will look into it further, but I thought I'd post on it regardless). Here it is:
Longer version:
Now, the first prayer of John to his disciples: “Father, show me your son. Son, show me your spirit. Holy Spirit grant me wisdom through your strength.” And some say it is this: “Holy Father, consecrate me through your strength and make known the glory of your excellence and show me your son and fill me with your spirit which has received light through your knowledge."
Shorter version:
The first prayer of St. John the Baptist to his disciples: "Holy Father, guard your strength and show us your glory and make your son known to us and fill us, my Lord, with your spirit which gives light through your knowledge."
July 27th, 2010 at 11:03 am
I’m glad Mark Goodacre pointed out that your blog had moved. It has been missed!
I’d like to hear more about this, since there is a Mandaic manuscript of “Prayers of John” in the Bodleian Library. If there is any overlap or indication of interaction or dependence, that could be very useful for tracing the history of Christian and Mandaean interactions.