Overview of Bible
Translations
by Butch Walker
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The Holy Bible is inspired by God and originally written
by inspired men moved by the Holy Spirit. No Bible translator or any particular
translation was ever inspired by God.
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The Bible is naturally split into two parts: The New Testament,
and The Old Testament. (Testament is also another word for "will"
or "covenant." The New Testament is Jesus' and God's Last Will and Testament.)
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The Old Testament is translated from Hebrew Texts. The New
Testament is translated from Greek manuscripts.
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The Greek was originally written in all capitals and in "scripto
continuum" (continuous text). Because words in Greek end in only
a few letters of the alphabet, anyone who knows Bible Greek can read the
manuscripts with no problem. The text had little if any markings or punctuation
except for lines that told a word is in abbreviated form. VERSES
AND VERSE NUMBERS ARE PLACED IN THE BIBLE BY MAN NOT GOD. Many false
doctrines have been developed because some false teacher took a verse out
of context. Example: Many people claim that the baptism of the Holy
Spirit on the day of Pentecost was poured out on the whole church (120
people). But lets look at Bible. In the original, Acts chapter one
and two did not exist so it reads:
Of the men therefore that have
companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out
among us beginning from the baptism of John unto the day that he was received
up from us. Of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection
and they put forward two Joseph called Barsabbas who was surnamed Justus
and Matthias and they prayed and said Thou Lord who knowest the hearts
of all men show of these two the one whom thou hast chosen to take the
place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away that
he might go to his own place and they gave lots for them and the lot fell
upon Matthias and he was numbered with the
eleven apostles and when the day of Pentecost was now come they
were all together in one place and suddenly
there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and
it filled all the house where they were sitting. (ASV)
Who are the "they"
in verse 2:1? The apostles or the hundred and twenty who were spoken
about before this section of scripture dealing with the election
of an apostle to fill Judas' office.
Copyright 1999 by Butch Walker
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