10/13/2023 0 Comments Kjv original manuscripts![]() ![]() "However, God has preserved His Word for us. Satan has been trying to destroy it ever since the Garden of Eden. (King James Bible) "The Bible is not 'just like any other book.' Satan hates it because it is the Word of God. "We don't have the exact word of God now anyway, so a few disagreements will not matter." ![]() In order to find out what the original copy probably said, you just find the oldest copies available and use them. (Modern versions) "The Bible is just like any other book. The problem is, how does one determine what is right in the 5% of the places where the manuscripts do not agree? These manuscripts agree with each other about 95% of the time. For example, the Peshitta is a Syrian translation from the 2nd century. Plus, there are translations into different languages which date back to within 100 years of the disciples. There are at least 5,309 surviving Greek manuscripts which contain all or part of the New Testament. But, we still need to answer the question: Why are they different? Now, the fact has been established that the modern versions are different than the King James Bible (see LET'S WEIGH THE EVIDENCE for numerous, verse by verse examples). When they do not agree, it is because Marcion (120-160 AD) or Origin (184-254 AD) or whoever, corrupted them. Even these two manuscripts agree with the Textus Receptus much of the time. That accounts for the 5% corruption in the modern versions. The problem is that, when the Textus Receptus disagreed with the Vaticanus or the Sinaiticus, they preferred these corrupted manuscripts over the Textus Receptus. The modern versions had to use the Textus Receptus, since it contains the majority of the surviving Greek manuscripts. The other 5% account for the differences between the King James and the modern versions. These manuscripts agree together 95% of the time. There are 5,309 surviving Greek manuscripts that contain all or part of the New Testament. These are the manuscripts on which Westcott and Hort and the modern versions rely so heavily. The Vaticanus and Sinaiticus manuscripts are part of this group. These manuscripts, many times, do not even agree with each other. These manuscripts represent the corrupted copies of the Bible, also known as the Alexandrian manuscripts. It is from these manuscripts that the King James Bible was translated in 1611. They are the majority of Greek manuscripts which agree with each other and have been accepted by Bible believing Christians down through the centuries. These manuscripts represent the manuscripts from which the "Textus Receptus" or Received Text was taken. Here is just a small portion of this very readable book. Concerned that the whole issue of "Which Bible?" was confusing members of his church, Burton wrote this easy-to-read summary of the research of many gifted men in the field of Bible translation. Adapted from LET'S WEIGH THE EVIDENCE by Barry Burton.
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