Herbert W Armstrong

   With this partly in mind, the third year Theology class of 1958-'59 has prepared the following summary of the Greek New Testament for consideration in a Graduate School Translation Committee, for the use of the Church's ministry, and for the student body and classes of Ambassador College.

WHICH TEXT IS CORRECT?

   For a fresh translation to be correct, the primary consideration must be, What to translate? Shall our translation be from a modern text with all the footnotes and doubts of the Revised Standard Version? Shall it be the "Reformers 1 text" primarily used by the King James Version?

   Consider these facts!

      The text of the Revised Standard Version (RSV) is the work of the Higher Critics over the ps.st 150 years. It is based mostly on the Codex Vaticanus and the Codex Sinaiticus of the fourth century, with the use of similar Manuscripts. This type of text, publicized by Westcott and Hort, fundamentally originated in Egypt throught the work of schools of critics in those early centuries. Manuscripts of this type differ rather widely from each other.

   The total number of Manuscripts (MSS) having this type of text used in the RSV represents less than 5% of know Greek Biblical MSS! It is the age of the Vaticanus and the Sinaiticus which has influenced scholars to consider this type of text as having precedent over that from which the King James Version was taken.

   But is age of MSS the proper standard? Critics blushingly admit it is not! Here is why. The oldest extant copies are the most corrupt!

   The oldest fragments of the New Testament are of the "Western Text," used by the early Catholic Church fathers in the first three centuries. This type of text is full of spurious additions, notable corruptions, deletions and contradictions. These "oldest" fragments vary so from each other that there would be no way of knowing what constitutes the New Testament! This "Western Text" admittedly originated in ROME!

   The correction of its many spurious and variant readings was the work of the ancient Egyptian critics. Unable to remove the spurious portions and correct the many faulty readings, those early critics used their private judgment to prepare a "critical" text from the corrupted readings then in circulation. But who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?

   Today, the modern critics are following the same procedure. They assume today that they can arrive at a correct text by comparing these various critical texts of the Egyptian critics! But all they have accomplished is reproducing a form of the fourth century "critical text" — not the original inspired text written by the apostles.

   None of the modern scholars have thought to turn to the bulk of later New Testament Manuscripts — 95% of known Greek Biblical MSS which Greek people and its Church have always preserved and used! These later MSS, copied century after century from earlier ones as they wore out, are the fundamental basis of the King James Version (KJV).

THE GREEKS' OFFICIAL TEXT

   Modern scholars call the bulk of late New Testament MSS the "Byzantine Text," because they circulated in the Byzantine Empire. As the same Greek MSS circulated in Syria and in its capitol, Antioch, it has also been designated by the terms "Syrian" and "Antiochian" text. Some scholars use the term Koine ("common" in Greek) to designate the 95% of accurate New Testament MSS.

   The critics seem to have forgotten that accurate copies of the original inspired New Testament MSS — even though made centuries later as earlier copies wore out — are a far better standard to go by than corrupt copies no matter how early they were made.

   Notice that this Koine text circulated in the very areas where the apostle Paul labored for years — and to which, later, Peter and John and Jude wrote their letters to the brethren. This is the same area where the bulk of the Churches of God were first located. The same region where the "Ephesian Church Era" was centered!

   When that Church Organization (Rev. 2) gradually left its first love, it continued in the world — as part of the world — under the leadership of Polycarp, then Polycrates, was then brought under the jurisdiction of Constantine, later refused to submit to the authority of the Bishop of Rome, and exists today as the Greek Orthodox Church — the official religious body of the Greek people! And all this time it has been used to reproduce the Greek New Testament accurately — just as unconverted Jews (not the House of Israel) have been used to preserve the Hebrew Old Testament!

   The nearly 4000 MSS of this Byzantine or Official Text agree so perfectly with each other that the only work of the critic is to weed out individual scribal mistakes in the copying of each MS. The text is not in question!

   The very fact that the text is not in question gripes the critics.

   Let's remember that the transmission of an accurate text is the Jews' and the Greeks' responsibility. It is our responsibility to expound it.

WHY THIS SUMMARY?

   There is real need for determining the true New Testament Text. First, we must remember that the Protestant Movement was not alone in reintroducing the Greek New Testament into Western Europe. Latin had for centuries been the only scholarly language. But with the revival of Classical Learning in the West, both Catholic and Protestant scholars began preparing Greek New Testaments. Sometimes corrupt MSS were used. Missing leaves from MSS in the libraries in Western Europe were filled in by translations from the Latin Vulgate into Greek. Even today in the "Received Text" or Reformation Text of the Greek New Testament, prepared from Erasmus by Stephens, Elzevir and Beza, there are words put into Greek from the Latin which have never existed in the Greek language!

   Protestant translators, who were more familiar with the Vulgate than the Greek, often added Latin readings not found in any accurate Greek MS to their versions. This is what has happened to the King James Version! The scholar Schaff points out that in about 80 places in the New Testament the KJV adopts Latin readings not found in the Greek.

   For these reasons it is essential to know where the Revised Standard Version — and also the Revised Version — wrongly deleted words, phrases and even whole verses from the true text. Ivan Panin restored some of these readings but never properly finished his work. It is equally important to know where the KJV has adopted readings from the Latin that do not belong, and where it has left out true readings because they were not found in the Latin Vulgate.

   On the following pages is a summary of the work of comparing the RSV (listed first) and the KJV (listed second) with the Official Greek Text which was prepared from a careful collation of existing Greek MSS. These MSS are located primarily at Mt. Athos in Greece, where, according to tradition, the New Testament MSS have been copied since the days that Constantine made the remnant of the Ephesian Era of the Church the official Church of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Pages 3-9: Footnotes in RSV that should be restored to text.

Pages 10-13: Readings in RSV without footnotes that should be restored to text.

Pages 13-15: Additions in the KJV which are not in the original Greek.

Page 15: Misplaced verses in KJV and RSV.

Pages 15-18: Deletions in KJV that should be reinstated into the text.

PART 1
Section 1

THE FOLLOWING ARE FOOTNOTES IN THE REVISED STANDARD VERSION (RSV) — REPRESENTING VERSES OR PARTS OF VERSES LEFT OUT OF THE TEXT — WHICH ARE IN THE KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) AND BELONG IN THE INSPIRED GREEK TEXT.

Footnotes in the RSV that never were in the KJV and are not in the Greek Text are not here considered. The letters of the alphabet in parentheses are those used in the RSV footnotes. When only parts of verses are deleted in the RSV, enough of the verse is quoted at the right to show the full context. The parts wrongly deleted are underlined. The corrections are listed according to the order of the books in the Manuscripts.

Matthew 3:16
(g) to him
"...and behold, the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God..."

Matthew 5:22
(i) without cause
"But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother without cause shall be liable to judgment..."

Matthew 6:13
(n) "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, for ever. Amen."

Matthew 9:14
(w) much or often
"...'Why do We and the Pharisees fast (much or often), but your disciples do not fast?'"

Matthew 10:3
(x) Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus
"... James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus."

Matthew 12:47
(g) "Some one told him, 'Your mother and your brother are standing outside, asking to speak to you.'"

Matthew 13:9,43
(h) to hear
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Matthew 14:24
(m) was out on the sea
"but the boat by this time was out on the sea..."

Matthew 14:30
(n) strong wind
"but when he saw the strong wind, he was afraid..."

Matthew 17:21
(x) "But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting."

Matthew 18:11
(c) "For the Son of man came to save the lost."

Matthew 18:14
(d) your
"So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven..."

Matthew 19:9
(k) "...and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

Matthew 20:30
(o) Lord
"...when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, 'Lord, have mercy on us...'"

Matthew 21:44
(q) "And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but when it falls on any one, it will crush him."

Matthew 22:30
(s) of God
"...but are like angels of God in heaven."

Matthew 23:14
(v) Verse 14 to be reinstated into the text after verse 12, not as in the KJV (see Section V of this paper).

Matthew 27:24
(l) this righteous man's blood
"I am innocent of this righteous man's blood..."

Matthew 28:6
(q) the Lord
"...Come, see the place where the Lord lay."

Mark 1:2
(b) in the prophets
"As it is written in the prophets..."

Mark 1:4
(c) John was baptizing
"John was baptizing in the wilderness..."

Mark 1:29
(e) they
"And immediately they left the synagogue…"

Mark 2:16
(i) and drink
"...'Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners'?"

Mark 6:14
(t) He
"...He said, 'John the baptizer has been raised from the dead...'"

Mark 7:4
(x) and beds (or "tables" in KJV)
"...the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze and beds."

Mark 7:16
(a) "If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."

Mark 9:24
(i) with tears
"Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears and said..."

Mark 9:29
(j) and fasting
"...This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting.'"

Mark 9:38
(k) who does not follow us
"...we saw a man casting out demons in your name, who does not follow us, and we forbade him..."

Mark 9:44, 46
(n) "where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched."

Mark 9:49
(o) "...and every sacrifice will be salted with salt."

Mark 10:24
(r) for those who trust in riches
"...how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God."

Mark 10:26
(s) to one another
"And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to one another..."

Mark 11:26
(w) "But if you do not forgive, neither will your father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses."

Mark 13:33
(a) and pray
"Take heed, watch and pray..."

Mark 14:24
(c) new
"This is my blood of the new covenant..."

Mark 14:68
(f) and the cock crowed
"...And he went out into the gateway; and the cock crowed."

Mark 15:28
(g) "And the scripture was fulfilled which says, 'He was reckoned with the transgressors.'"

Mark 15:39
(i) cried out and
"...saw that he thus cried out and breathed his last..."

Mark 16:9-20
(k) See the Bible for these verses which should be reinstated in the text.

Luke 1:28
(c) "...Blessed are you among women."

Luke 1:78
(f) since the dayspring has visited
"...through the tender mercy of our God, since the dayspring has visited us from on high..."

Luke 2:14
(g) peace, goodwill among men
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill among men."

Luke 4:44
(n) Galilee
"...in the synagogues of Galilee."

Luke 5:17
(p) was present to heal them
"...and the power of the Lord was present to heal them."

Luke 5:39
(s) better
"...for he says, 'The old is better.'"

Luke 6:1
(t) On the second first (or, high) sabbath
"On the second first (or high) sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields..."

Luke 6:48
(w) founded upon the rock
"...because it had been founded upon the rock."

Luke 7:11
(y) Next day
"Next day he went to a city called..."

Luke 8:3
(z) him
"...who provided for him out of their means."

Luke 8:26
(a) Gadarenes
"Then they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee."

Luke 8:43
(b) "...and had spent all her living upon physicians..."

Luke 8:45
(c) and those who were with him
"When all denied it, Peter and those who were with him said..."

Luke 9:35
(d) my Beloved
"...This is my Son, my Beloved..."

Luke 9:54
(e) as Elijah did
"...'Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them, as Elijah did?'"

Luke 9:55-56
(f) "...and he said, 'You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but to save them.'"

Luke 11:11
(l) "...a loaf, will give him a stone; or if he asks for..."

Luke 12:31
(p) God's
"Instead, seek God's kingdom..."

Luke 15:16
(u) filled his belly with
"And he would gladly have filled his belly with the pods..."

Luke 17:36
(b) "Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left."

Luke 22:16
(i) never eat it again
"For I tell you I shall never eat it again until..."

Luke 22:19-20
(j) "...which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. And likewise the cup after supper, saying, This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood."

Luke 23:17
(m) "Now he was obliged to release one man to them at the festival."

Luke 23:38
(o) "...in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew..."

Luke 24:3
(t) of the Lord Jesus
"...they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus."

Luke 24:6
(u) "...He is not here, but has risen."

Luke 24:12
(x) and said to them, "Peace to you!"
"...Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 'Peace to you!'"

Luke 24:40
(y) "And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet."

Luke 24:51
(a) and vas carried up into heaven
"While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven."

Luke 24:52
(b) worshiped him, and
"And they worshiped him, and returned..."

John 3:13
(g) who is in heaven (which should have been set off in parentheses as it is John's comment.)
"...the Son of man (who is in heaven)."

John 5:2
(j) Bethesda
"...in Hebrew called Bethesda..."

John 5:3-4
(k) "...waiting for the moving of the water; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water; whoever stepped in first after the troubling of the water was healed of whatever disease he had."

John 7:8
(o) yet
"...I am not yet going up to the feast..."

John 7:53 — 8:11
(r) The case of the woman taken in adultery, which need not be quoted in full.

John 8:16
(s) the Father
"...but I and the Father who sent me."

John 9:35
(v) the Son of God
"...'Do you believe in the Son of God?'"

John 14:4
(f) "Where I am going you know, and the way you know."

Acts 8:37
(h) "And Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' And he replied, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.'"

Acts 11:20
(i) Hellenists (or "Grecians" in the KJV.)
"...spoke to the Hellenists also..."

Acts 15:34
(o) "But it seemed good to Silas to remain there."

Acts 19:39
(t) about other matters
"But if you seek anything about other matters."

Acts 20:15
(u) after remaining at Trogyllium
"...and after remaining at Trogyllium, the day after that..."

Acts 24:6-8
(z) "...And we would have judged him according to our law. But the chief captain, Lysias, came and with great violence took him out of our hands, commanding his accusers to come before you."

Acts 27:16
(b) Clauda
"...a small island called Clauda..."

Acts 28:29
(g) "And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, holding much dispute among themselves."

I Peter 3:18
(h) suffered
"For Christ also suffered for sins..."

I Peter 4:1
(l) for us
"Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh for us..."

I Peter 5:2
(k) exercising the oversight
"Tend the flock of God exercising the oversight..."

I Peter 5:10
(m) and settle
"...will himself restore, establish, strengthen and settle you."

II Peter 1:21
(e) moved by the Holy Spirit holy men of God spoke
"because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but moved by Holy Spirit holy men of God spoke."

I John 2:20
(d) know everything
"...and you all know everything."

I John 4:20
(h) how can he
"...how can he love God whom he has not seen."

II John 8
(a) we
"...that you may not lose what we have worked for..."

Jude 5
(b) the Lord
"that the Lord who saved a people..."

Romans 5:2
(g) by faith
"...Through him we have obtained access by faith..."

Romans 8:28
(k) everything works for good
"We know that everything works for good with those who love God..."

Romans 14:21
(v) or be upset or be weakened
"...that makes your brother stumble or be upset or be weakened."

Romans 15:29
(y) of the gospel
"...I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ."

Romans 16:24
(b) "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."

I Cor. 1:4
(a) my God
"I give thanks to my God always for you.

I Cor. 1:14
(b) I thank God
"I thank God that I baptized..."

I Cor. 10:9
(p) Christ
"We must not put Christ to the test..."

I Cor. 11:24
(s) broken for
"This is my body which is broken for..."

II Cor. 1:15
(b) favor (or "benefit" in KJV.)
"...so that you might have a double favor."

II Cor. 3:2
(c) our
"...written on our hearts..."

Gal. 5:21
(k) murder
"envy, murder, drunkenness..."

Eph. 1:1
(a) who are at Ephesus and faithful
"...To the saints who are at Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus..."

Col. 1:7
(a) your
"...He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf..."

Col. 3:6
(f) upon the sons of dis obedience
"On account of these the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience."

II Thes. 2:3
(a) sin
"...and the man of sin is revealed..."

Hebrews 3:2
(e) all
"...also was faithful in all God's house."

Hebrews 3:6
(g) firm to the end
"...if we hold fast firm to the end our confidence and pride in our hope."

Hebrews 4:2
(h) they were not united in faith with those who heard
"...but the message which they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united in faith with those who heard."

Hebrews 9:11
(r) good things to come
"...as a high priest of the good things to come..."

Hebrews 11:37
(y) they were tempted
"They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted..."

I Tim. 3:16
(h) God
"God was manifested in the flesh..."

I Tim. 5:16
(l) man or woman
"If any believing man or woman has relatives..."

I Tim. 6:7
(m) it is certain that
"...and it is certain that we cannot take anything out of the world..."

Rev. 13:1
(e) And I stood
"And I stood on the sand of the sea."

Rev. 20:9
(n) from God
"...but fire came down from God..."

Rev. 22:14
(s) do his commandments
"Blessed are those who do his commandments..."

B. A FEW OF THE TRUE READINGS WHICH THE RSV AND THE KJV APPROVE BUT WHICH ARE SOMETIMES FALSELY QUESTIONED BY HIGHER CRITICS.

Matthew 16:2-3
"...When it is evening) ye say) It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowering. 0 ye hypocrites) ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times"?"

Matthew 18:15
"Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother."

I Cor. 13:3
"And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."

Section 2

NUMEROUS DELETIONS IN THE RSV THAT ARE WITHOUT A FOOTNOTE AND WHICH BELONG IN THE GREEK TEXT. ALSO RSV TRANSLATIONS FROM CORRUPT TEXTS, BUT WHICH ARE CORRECT IN THE KJV AND PART OF THE ORIGINAL INSPIRED GREEK.

Matthew 1:6
the king
"...And David the king was the father of Solomon..."

Matthew 1:25
her firstborn
"...until she had borne her firstborn son..."

Matthew 2:18
lamentation and
"...lamentation and wailing and loud lamentation..."

Matthew 5:44
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and despitefully use you and
"But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

Matthew 6:4, 6, 18
openly
"...shall reward thee openly."

Matthew 9:13
to repentance
"...not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Matthew 9:35
among the people
"...healing every disease and every infirmity among the people."

Matthew 10:4
the Canaanite
"Simon the Canaanite..."

In order to save space the following verses — in which the RSV deletions occur without footnotes — are not quoted. The reader who questions any of these RSV translations need only refer to the KJV for the full text.

Section 2 continued:

Matthew 12:35
of the heart

Matthew 13:22
this

Matthew 13:51
Jesus says to them and Lord

Matthew 15:6
or his mother (last of verse 5 in RSV.)

Matthew 15:8
draws near to me with their mouth and

Matthew 16:4
the prophet

Matthew 17:11
first

Matthew 18:28
to me

Matthew 18:29
at his feet

Matthew 18:35
their trespasses

Matthew 19:16
good (teacher)

Matthew 19:20
from my youth

Matthew 19:29
or wife

Matthew 20:7
and whatever is right you shall receive

Matthew 20:16
many called, but few chosen

Matthew 20:22-23
and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with (missing in both verses)

Matthew 20:34
their eyes

Matthew 21:4
all

Matthew 22:13
take him away and

Matthew 22:32
God (is not the God of the dead)

Matthew 23:8
Christ

Matthew 23:19
Fools and

Matthew 24:6
all

Matthew 24:7
and pestilences

Matthew 25:13
in which the son of man comes

Matthew 25:31
holy (angels)

Matthew 26:3
and the scribes

Matthew 26:42
cup ...from me

Matthew 26:59
and the elders

Matthew 26:60
they found none (second time only it appears in the verse)

Matthew 27:58
the body (the second time only that it appears)

Matthew 27:64
by might

Matthew 28:2
from the door

Matthew 28:9
And as they went to tell his disciples

Matthew 28:20
amen

Mark 1:2
before thee

Mark 1:14
of the kingdom

Mark 1:42
as soon as he had spoken

Mark 2:17
to repentance

Mark 3:5
sound as the other

Mark 3:15
to heal diseases and

Mark 3:18
the Canaanite

Mark 3:29
judgment (RSV has "sin"; KJV has "damnation")

Mark 4:24
that hear (last part of verse)

Mark 6:11
verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment; than for that city.

Mark 7:2
they found fault

Mark 7:8
as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

Mark 8:26
nor tell it to any in the town

Mark 9:45
into the fire that never shall be quenched.

Mark 10:29
or wife

Mark 11:8
and were strewing them in the way

Mark 11:10
in the name of the Lord

Mark 11:23
whatever he shall say (last of verse)

Mark 12:30
this is the first commandment

Mark 12:33
and with all the soul

Mark 13:11
neither do ye premeditate

Mark 13:14
spoken of by Daniel the prophet

Mark 13:15
into the house

Mark 13:18
your flight

Mark 14:19
and another; Is it I?

Mark 14:22
eat

Mark 14:27
of me this night

Mark 14:70
and your speech agrees

Luke 1:28
the angel

Luke 2:5
as wife

Luke 2:9
behold

Luke 2:40
in spirit

Luke 2:42
to Jerusalem

Luke 4:4
but by every word of God

Luke 4:5
into a high mountain

Luke 4:8
Get thee behind me Satan

Luke 4:18
to heal the broken in heart

Luke 4:41
Christ

Luke 5:38
and both are preserved together

Luke 6:10
as the other ("whole" is not in the Greek.)

Luke 6:45
(evil) treasure of his heart

Luke 7:28
prophet...the Baptist

Luke 8:45
and do you say, who touched me?

Luke 8:48
be of good comfort

Luke 8:54
and he put them all out

Luke 11:2
who art in heaven...thy will be done

Luke 11:4
but deliver us from evil

Luke 11:29
the prophet

Luke 11:44
scribes, Pharisees; hypocrites

Luke 11:54
seeking...that they might accuse him

Luke 17:3
against thee

Luke 17:9
him?; I judge not

Luke 18:24
very sorrowful having become

Luke 19:45
in it and buying

Luke 20:23
Why tempt ye me?

Luke 20:30
took her to 1-rife, and he died childless

Luke 22:64
they were striking his face, and

Luke 22:68
me, nor let (me) go

Luke 23:23
and of the chief priests

Luke 24:1
and some (others) with them

Luke 24:42
and of a honeycomb

Luke 24:49
Jerusalem

Luke 24:53
amen

John 1:18
begotten

John 1:27
he it is...is preferred before me

John 3:15
should not perish

John 5:16
and sought to slay him

John 6:11
to the disciples; and the disciples

John 6:58
the manna

John 6:69
the Christ the Son of the living God

John 7:50
by night

John 8:59
going through the midst of them, and so passed by

John 10:26
as I said to you

John 16:16
because I go to the Father

John 17:12
in the world

John 19:16
And they took Jesus, and led him away

John 21:25
amen

Acts 1:14
and supplication

Acts 2:7
all...one to another

Acts 2:22
by God set forth

Acts 2:30
according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ

Acts 3:26
Jesus

Acts 4:8
of Israel

Acts 5:24
priest and the

Acts 7:30
of the Lord

Acts 7:32
the God (of Isaac) and the God (of Jacob)

Acts 7:37
Lord...him shall ye hear

Acts 9:12
in a vision

Acts 10:11
upon him...bound and

Acts 10:30
fasting and

Acts 10:32
who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee

Acts 11:28
Caesar

Acts 15:18
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world

Acts 15:24
saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law

Acts 17:26
blood

Acts 18:21
I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem

Acts 19:4
Christ

Acts 22:9
and were afraid

Acts 22:20
unto his death

Acts 23:9
let us not fight against God

Acts 24:26
that he might loose him

Acts 25:16
to destruction

Acts 26:30
and when he had thus spoken

Acts 28:16
the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but

James 1:7
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord

James 5:5
as (in a day of slaughter)

I Peter 1:23
for ever

I Peter 3:16
you, as evildoers

I Peter 4:4
on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

I Peter 5:5
be subject (one to another)

I Peter 5:14
Amen.

II Peter 2:17
for ever

II Peter 3:10
in the night

I John 1:7
Christ

I John 3:5
our (sins)

I John 4:3
Christ is come in the flesh

I John 4:19
him

I John 5:13
and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

I John 5:21
Amen.

II John 3
the Lord (Jesus Christ)

II John 13
Amen.

Jude 4
God (and Lord, Jesus Christ)

Romans 1:16
of Christ

Romans 1:29
fornication

Romans 1:31
implacable

Romans 3:22
and upon all

Romans 6:11
our Lord

Romans 8:1
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit

Romans 9:28
in righteousness: because a matter cut short

Romans 9:31
of righteousness

Romans 9:32
of law

Romans 10:3
righteousness

Romans 10:15
of them that preach the gospel of peace

Romans 11:6
But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work

Romans 14:6
and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it

Romans 15:15
brethren

I Cor. 2:4
man

I Cor. 2:10
his (Spirit)

I Cor. 2:13
Holy

I Cor. 3:3
and divisions

I Cor. 4:6
to think

I Cor. 5:4
Lord...Christ...Lord Christ

I Cor. 5:7
for us

I Cor. 6:20
and in your spirit, which are God's

I Cor. 7:5
for fasting and

I Cor. 10:23
(All things are lawful) for me... (all things are lawful) for me

I Cor. 10:28
for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof

I Cor. 11:2
brethren

I Cor. 11:24
take, eat...is broken

I Cor. 11:29
unworthily...Lord's (body).

I Cor. 12:12
one (body, being many).

I Cor. 13:10
then

I Cor. 13:11
but

I Cor. 15:47
the Lord

II Cor. 1:6
salvation (last word of the verse)

II Cor. 5:17
all things

II Cor. 9:4
of boasting

II Cor. 10:7
Christ

II Cor. 11:31
Christ

II Cor. 13:14
Amen.

Gal. 3:1
that ye should not obey the truth...among you

Gal. 3:17
to Christ

Gal. 4:7
of God through Christ

Gal. 5:19
adultery

Gal. 5:21
murders

Gal. 6:15
in Christ Jesus

Eph. 1:11
in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated

Eph. 3:6
his (promise)

Eph. 3:9
by Jesus Christ

Eph. 3:14
of our Lord Jesus Christ

Eph. 4:6
you (all)

Eph. 5:30
of his flesh, and of his bones

Eph. 6:23
Amen.

Philip. 3:16
let us mind the same thing

Philip. 4:13
Christ

Philip. 4:23
Amen.

Col. 1:2
and the Lord Jesus Christ

Col. 1:28
Jesus

Col. 2:2
and of the Father and of the

Col. 2:11
of the sins

Col. 3:18
own (husbands)

Col. 4:18
Amen.

I Thes. 1:1
from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I Thes. 2:15
own (prophets)

I Thes. 2:19
Christ

I Thes. 3:2
and our fellow-labourer

I Thes. 3:11
Christ

I Thes. 3:13
Christ

I Thes. 5:27
holy

I Thes. 5:28
Amen.

II Thes. 1:8
Christ

II Thes. 1:12
Christ

II Thes. 3:17
Amen.

Hebrews 1:3
by himself

Hebrews 3:1
Christ

Hebrews 7:21
After the order of Melchisedec

Hebrews 10:30
says the Lord

Hebrews 10:34
in the heavens

I Tim. 1:1
of the Lord

I Tim. 1:17
wise (God)

I Tim. 2:7
in Christ

I Tim. 4:12
in Christ

I Tim. 5:4
good and

I Tim. 6:5
withdraw from such

I Tim. 6:21
Amen.

II Tim. 4:1
the Lord

II Tim. 4:22
Jesus Christ...Amen.

Titus 1:4
mercy

Titus 3:15
Amen.

Philemon 6
Jesus

Philemon 12
receive

Philemon 25
Amen.

Rev. 1:9
(and patience of Jesus) Christ... (for the testimony of Jesus) Christ

Rev. 2:9
works and

Rev. 2:13
works and

Rev. 2:20
a few things

Rev. 3:3
upon thee

Rev. 11:17
and who is coming

NOTE: This list is not complete, but it represents the more important deletions discussed in class.

PART II
Section 1

A. UNJUSTIFIED ADDITIONS IN THE KJV THAT ARE USUALLY DERIVED FROM LATIN, BUT WHICH DO NOT APPEAR IN THE GREEK TEXT. ALL THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE OMITTED FROM THE KJV.

Matthew 27:35
"that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots." This verse appears properly in John 19:24.

John 8:9-10
The following expressions should be deleted:
"and by the conscience being convicted ... until the last... alone...and no one seeing but the woman...those thine accusers"

The Greek properly reads:
"But when they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest, and Jesus was left with the woman being before him. Jesus lifted himself up and said to her, 'Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?'"

Acts 9:5-6
"it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said: Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him,..."

Acts 10:6
"he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do."

Acts 10:21
"which were sent unto him from Cornelius."

Acts 21:8
"that were of Paul's company"

I John 2:23
"(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also" is placed in italics in the KJV. The Greek Text and the Reformation Text omit this portion entirely.

I John 5:7-8
"in heaven, the Father, the Word: and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth"

Although this passage appears in the printed edition of the Greek Text, the Greek Church explains that it appears in no Greek MSS.

Romans 13:9
"Thou shalt not bear false witness"

Romans 16:20
The KJV adds "Amen" to the end of this verse. The Greek Text omits this word.

Colossians 1:14
"through his blood."

Hebrews 2:7
"and didst set him over the works of thy hands" is deleted from the quote out of the Old Testament.

Hebrews 11:13
"and having been persuaded."

Hebrews 12:20
"or with a dart shot through."

Revelation 1:8
"the beginning and the ending." (This is a Latin clarification of Alpha and Omega and should have been put in the margin: not the text.)

Revelation 1:11
"I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and...which are in Asia"

Revelation 1:20
"which thou sawest"

Revelation 2:17
"to eat of"

Revelation 5:4
"and to read"

Revelation 5:14
"four and twenty...him that lives forever and ever"

Revelation 11:1
"and the angel stood"

Revelation 12:12
"the inhabitors of"

Revelation 14:5
"before the throne of God"

Revelation 15:2
"over his mark"

Revelation 16:7
"another out of"

Revelation 16:14
"of the earth and"

Revelation 21:3
"and be their God"

   (This is only a partial list of readings that made their appearance from the Latin Vulgate, and other MSS, in the KJV.)

B. MISPLACED VERSES IN THE KJV (AND THOSE MISPLACED IN THE RSV).

Matthew 23:13-14
"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in." — This is the proper order.

Romans 14:23
Romans 16:25-27 belongs after Romans 14:23, not at the end of the book.

Philippians 1:16-17
is correct in the KJV, but incorrectly reversed in the RSV.

Section 2

LIST OF VERSES, PHRASES AND WORDS EITHER WRONGLY SUBSTITUTED OR LEFT OUT OF THE KING JAMES VERSION WHICH SHOULD BE REINSTATED SINCE THEY APPEAR IN THE GREEK MSS. INSIGNIFICANT CHANGES WHICH DO NOT MATERIALLY EFFECT THE TRANSLATION ARE NOT INCLUDED.

Matthew 27:49
[See PDF for Greek text]

And another took a spear and pierced his side and out came water and blood.

(Part of the Greek Text until mistakenly deleted in 511 A.D., according to historical testimony of the Orthodox Church.)

Luke 9:50 [See PDF for Greek text]

...for his is not against you.

This verse properly should read:

"And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not, for he is not against you. For whoever is not against you is for you."

Luke 10:22
[See PDF for Greek text]

And having turned to the disciples, he said:

(This is found in Stephanus' Reformation Text, but was not reproduced by the KJV.)

John 1:28
The Greek Text reads "Bethany" instead of "Bethabara," as in the KJV. "Bethabara" is the corrupt reading out of Egypt.

Acts 9:19
[See PDF for Greek text] at the time

This verse, in part, reads: "Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at the time in Damascus."

Acts 20:28
The KJV and the Reformation Text incorrectly read "of God." The Greek Text reads "of the Lord and God." The verse should read: "...the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. to feed the church of the Lord and God, which He purchased with His own blood."

James 5:12
Regarding an oath, the KJV reads "under judgment," but the Greek Text and Stephens read "into hypocrisy."

I Peter 2:2
[See PDF for Greek text] unto salvation (to be added at the end of verse).

Philip. 3:3
The KJV and the Reformation Text read "serve God in the spirit." The Greek Text reads "serve in (the) Spirit of God."

Col. 1:6
[See PDF for Greek text] and is growing

The sentence, in part, reads: "...the word of the truth of the gospel...bringeth forth fruits and is growing..."

Col. 2:13
[See PDF for Greek text] you (to be added before "with him" in Greek).

Verse would thus read: "And you — being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh — you hath He quickened together with him, having forgiven us all the trespasses..."

I Thes. 5:21
[See PDF for Greek text] but

Text should read: "Despise not prophesyings, but prove all things..."

Hebrews 8:8
The KJV reads [See PDF for Greek text] "with them".

The Greek Text and even the Reformation Text read [See PDF for Greek text] "to them".

Hebrews 13:9
The KJV and the Reformation Text read [See PDF for Greek text] "carried about." The Greek Text reads [See PDF for Greek text] "carried away with divers and strange doctrines..."

II Tim. 2:19
The KJV and the Reformation Text read "of Christ." The Greek Text properly reads "of (the) Lord."

Verse should read: "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."

(The following is only a minute list of the hundreds of minor variations which occur in the book of Revelation. Erasmus had only one incomplete, corrupt text to work from.)

Rev. 2:21
The Greek Text reads: "...and she wills not to repent of her fornication." (Left out of the KJV.)

Rev. 6:12
Should read: "...and the whole moon became as blood..." (out of KJV.)

Rev. 8:7
Should read: "...and the third part of the land was burnt up, and the third part of the trees..." Left out of KJV.)

Rev. 8:13
Should read: "And I beheld, and heard an eagle flying..." (KJV reads "angel".)

Rev. 11:4
Should read: "These are the two olive trees...standing before the Lord of the earth." (KJV has "God".)

Rev. 11:18
Should read: "And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the nations that they should be judged..." (KJV reads "dead" instead of "nations".)

Rev. 12:6
Should read: "And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has there a place prepared of God..."

Rev. 13:5
Should read: "...and power was given it to make war forty-two months..." (KJV reads "to continue".)

Rev. 14:1
Should read: "having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads..." (Deleted by the KJV.)

Rev. 15:3
Should read: "...King of nations..." (not "of saints".)

Rev. 17:8
Should read: "...when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and shall be present..." (KJV reads "and yet is".)

Rev. 18:17
Should read: "...everyone who sails to any place..." (instead of "and all the company in ships".)

Rev. 18:20
Should read: "...ye holy saints and apostles and prophets" (Left out of KJV.)

Rev. 19:12
Should read: "...and on his head were many crows, having names written, and a name written that no man knew..." (Left out of KJV.)

Rev. 19:17
Should read: "...gather yourselves together unto the great supper of God..." (Not "supper of the great God".)

Rev. 21:24
Should read: "And the nations shall walk by means of its light" (rather than as in KJV.)

Rev. 22:19
Should read: "tree of life," instead of "book of life."

Rev. 22:21
Should close with "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all of the saints. Amen."

FINAL SUGGESTIONS

   These textual criticisms of the RSV and KJV could equally apply to other modern versions. But these two Great Versions represent the opposites in standard, and a comparison of them is sufficient for the New Testament.

   There are, however, numerous problems which a committee must face in rendering the Bible into English even after the text has been arrived at. Some which the Theology Class would like to offer in conclusion are these:

   1) What about the use of capitalization — especially with reference to pronouns referring to Deity? What about the use of "Thee" and "Thou" in expressions of address to God? Should this archaic form be altogether discontinued the difference in singular and plural in Greek designated in the margin'?

   2) Shall proper names in the New Testament conform to the spelling of the Greek, or of the Hebrew if they are Old Testament characters? Example: Elijah or Elias?

   3) Shall paragraphing be adopted as in modern versions, as opposed to the KJV? This problem is fundamental, for it makes the context clear, but the location of verses more difficult.

   4) Shall punctuation be modern English — or that of the KJV? What about the use of quotation marks to point out the particular words of a speaker? The Greek is not always clear in delineating between the words of Christ and of the gospel writers. Yet quotation marks are a part of proper punctuation.

   5) What about the use of italics to make words in English which do not appear in Greek? Are italics essential? One of the most pointed criticisms against the RSV is its deletion of italics. Was this criticism justified?

   6) How shall emphasis be expressed apart from word order?

   7) What about marginal comments and explanatory footnotes? Do they engender unnecessary criticism? Or should they be merely technical?