would make it intelligible and alive for new audiences. The Instruction speaks of the various “literary forms” into which the Jesus tradition was shaped, forms that “were accustomed to be used by the people of that time.” In terms of vocabulary, sometimes the rephrasing affected incidentals. For instance, Luke 5:19 substitutes a tile roof familiar to a Greek audience for the Palestinian village-style roof of pressed clay and branches through which a hole was opened (Mark 2:4). But other choices had