Question Box - Good News Staff - September 1952

Good News Staff

Question: Why Are Italics Used in the Bible? Answer: Have you ever noticed the italics in the King James version of the Bible and wondered what purpose they served? Why are the words "the son" italicized in so many verses of the genealogy in the third chapter of Luke? Perhaps you think they are unimportant. Italicized words were first used in 1560 when an edition of a Bible, known as the Geneva Bible, appeared. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library