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	~~{{quote\|~~As understood here ("O Lord, come!"), it is a [[Prayer in the New Testament\|prayer]] for the early [[Second Coming\|return of Christ]]. If the Aramaic words are divided differently (Maran atha, "Our Lord has come"), it becomes a [[Creed\|credal]] declaration. The former interpretation is supported by what appears to be a Greek equivalent of this acclamation in [[Book of Revelation]] [[Revelation 22:20\|22:20]] "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!"		:As understood here ("O Lord, come!"), it is a [[Prayer in the New Testament\|prayer]] for the early [[Second Coming\|return of Christ]]. If the Aramaic words are divided differently (Maran atha, "Our Lord has come"), it becomes a [[Creed\|credal]] declaration. The former interpretation is supported by what appears to be a Greek equivalent of this acclamation in [[Book of Revelation]] [[Revelation 22:20\|22:20]] "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!"

	==See also==		==See also==

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New page: '''''Maranatha''''' (Aramaic: ''מרנאתא'') is an Aramaic phrase which occurs once in the New Testament ([[1 Corinthians ...

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'''''Maranatha''''' ([[Aramaic]]: ''מרנאתא'') is an [[Jewish Palestinian Aramaic|Aramaic]] [[phrase]] which [[Hapax legomenon|occurs once]] in the [[New Testament]] ([[1 Corinthians 16:22]]). It also appears in [[Didache]] 10:14.<sup>[1]</sup> It is [[transliterated]] into [[Greek alphabet|Greek letters]] rather than [[translated]] and, given the nature of early [[Biblical manuscript|manuscripts]], the lexical difficulty rests in determining just which two Aramaic words constitute the single Greek expression.

==Translations and use==
The [[New Revised Standard Version|NRSV]] of 1 Corinthians 16:22 translates the expression as: "Our Lord, come!" but notes that it could also be translated as: "Our Lord has come"; the [[New International Version|NIV]] translates: "Come, O Lord"; the ''[[The Message (Bible)|Message]]'' version paraphrases it as: "Make room for the Master!"

In the ''[[Catechism of the Catholic Church]]'', "Maranatha" was translated as "Come, Lord!".

In the [[Latin Church]], the word "Maranatha" has been used as a solemn formula of [[excommunication]] (alongside "[[anathema]]").<sup>[2]</sup>

== Analysis ==
The [[New American Bible|NAB]] notes:

{{quote|As understood here ("O Lord, come!"), it is a [[Prayer in the New Testament|prayer]] for the early [[Second Coming|return of Christ]]. If the Aramaic words are divided differently (Maran atha, "Our Lord has come"), it becomes a [[Creed|credal]] declaration. The former interpretation is supported by what appears to be a Greek equivalent of this acclamation in [[Book of Revelation]] [[Revelation 22:20|22:20]] "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!"

==See also==

==References==
* 1. [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/didache-lightfoot.html Didache. The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles (translation J. B. Lightfoot).]

* 2. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455e.htm New Advent]

==Further reading==
*[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/jamieson/jfb.xi.vii.xvii.html?highlight=maranatha#highlight Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown: ''Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible'' (1871)],

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