06_Biblica_1_D_Callan_Layout 1 05/11/12 12:20 Pagina 442 442 TERRANCE CALLAN the likely original text of 2 Peter these are all things for life and piety, but in Sinaiticus they are all things for God and life and piety. The presence of “God” in this list suggests that even if Jesus has divine power, he is not God. His divine power has given all things for God, who is someone other than Jesus. In light of Sinaiticus’ text in 1,1 and 3, it is also possible that in Sinaiticus “God” rather than “Jesus” is understood as the antecedent of “his” in the phrase “his divine power.” This would further reduce any suggestion that Jesus is divine according to Sinaiticus’ 2 Peter. Another peculiarity of Sinaiticus that is congenial to its presen- tation of Jesus as someone distinct from God is its version of 1,14. In this verse Sinaiticus says simply that Jesus Christ revealed the imminence of Peter’s death to Peter, while the likely original text says that o kurioj hmwn (our Lord) Jesus Christ revealed it. Insofar as the title “Lord” implies the divinity of Jesus 27, not using the title here avoids the presentation of Jesus as divine 28. A final peculiarity of 2 Peter in Sinaiticus that is congenial to its presentation of Jesus as someone distinct from God is its version of the words of the heavenly voice to Jesus in 1,17. According to Sinaiti- cus the voice said outoj estin o uj mou o agaphtoj eij on egw eudokhsa (this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased), while according to the likely original text the voice said o uioj mou o agaphtoj mou outoj estin eij on egw eudokhsa (my son, my beloved, is this one, in whom I am well pleased). The latter version suggests that the voice is indicating the identity of the son of God, while Sinaiticus’ version suggests that the voice is disclosing the identity of Jesus. By making “my son” the predicate rather than the subject of the sentence, Sinaiticus makes the status of Jesus as son of God slightly less emphatic than in the probable original text. In agreement with Sinaiticus’ distinction between Jesus and God, three other peculiarities of 2 Peter in Sinaiticus emphasize the transcendence of God. 1) In 1,21 Sinaiticus describes prophecy by saying elalhsan agioi qu anqrwpoi (holy human beings of God spoke), while the probable original text says elalhsan apo qeou anqrwpoi (human beings spoke from God). The text in Sinaiticus stresses the holiness of prophets and that they belong to God, but 27 CALLAN, “Christology of the Second Letter of Peter”, 254-255. 28 Sinaiticus has the title “Lord” in 1,1 where it is not found in the likely original text, but there, as we have seen, it replaces “God.”