Gary and Barb Glover

1. Why We Can Trust the Bible Gary and Barb Glover

2. Overview of the Session • WEEK TITLE • 1. What the Bible Says about the Bible • 2. Manuscripts and Translations • 3. The Apocrypha • The “Lost” Books of the Bible? • and the Canon • 5. Translations, Versions and • How We Got the English Bible • 6.Modern Versions • Archaeology and the Bible • The Prophecies Are aProof • How We Really Know the Bible Is True

3. LESSON 6 Modern Translations

4. The King James Version or Authorized Version ORIGINAL WRITINGS (THE AUTOGRAPHS) FIRST COPIES LATIN TRANSLATION JEROME’S LATIN VULGATE Greek Greek Latin Latin TYNDALE FIRST ENGLISH BIBLE FROM THE GREEK WYCLIFF’S FIRST ENGLISH BIBLE ERASMUS GREEK NT AND LEXICON KING JAMES VERSION English English Greek English

5. Byzantine text Alexandrian text Which one is older? Which one is closer to the original?

6. Textual criticism A branch of textual scholarship that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts. Given a manuscript copy, several or many copies, but not the original document, the textual critic seeks to reconstruct the original text (the archetype or autograph) as closely as possible. =hand written

7. Joan and Richard are angry. Jordan and Robert are married. Jean and Robin got married. Jordan and Robin are friends. Jordan and Richard are married. Jordan and Ralph were married. Jane and Robert are friends. Jordan and Robin got married. Joan and Robin are colleagues. Jordan and Robin are friends.

8. 5000 Greek manuscripts 8000 Latin manuscripts 1000 manuscripts in other languages—Syriac, Coptic, etc. Quotes in the writings of the early church fathers— tens of thousands

11. “The number of manuscripts of the New Testament, of early translations from it, and of quotations from it in the oldest writers of the Church, is so large that it is practically certain that the true reading of every doubtful passage is preserved in some one or other of these ancient authorities.

12. “The Christian can take the whole Bible in his hand without fear or hesitation that he holds in it the true word of God, handed down without essential loss from generation to generation throughout the centuries.” Sir Fredrick Kenyon, Director of the British Museum for twenty years, Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts.

13. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book,

14. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things,

15. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And

16. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy,

17. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. Revelation 22:18, 19

18. Byzantine text Alexandrian text Which one is older? Which one is closer to the original?

19. “. . .the amount of what in any sense can be called substantial variation is but a small fraction of the whole residuary variation, and can hardly form more than a thousandth part of the entire text.”

20. Jamie recieved the book from Bettie. Jamie received the book from Bettie. =hand written

21. Greg went to Kalamazoo on the airplane. Greg went to Kalamazoo in the airplane. =hand written

22. Gary dearly loves Barb. Barb is dearly loved by Gary. Dearly beloved is Barb to Gary. =hand written

23. Gary and Barb were married on May the 6th and have been married for 47 years. Gary and Barb Glover were married on May the 6th and have been married for 47 years. How can we determine which was the original and did one leave part out, or did one add something in? =hand written

24. Byzantine text is fuller

25. Jesus Lord Jesus Lord Jesus Christ Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ =hand written

26. John 7:53 through 8:11 Mark 16:9 through 20 =hand written

27. Word for word literal translation Thought for thought dynamic equivalency Paraphrase in his/her own words

28. http://www.apbrown2.net/web/TranslationComparisonChart.htm http://www.biblestudytools.com/parallel-bible/

29. Why Can We Trust the Bible? because of the vast quantity of ancient manuscripts and the intense efforts of both friends and foes to evaluate their AUTHENTICITY.

30. What is the best Bible version for you to read? The Bible that the Spirit of God uses to teach you more about Himself.

31. What is the best Bible version for you to study?

32. Study Bibles

33. It shall greatly help you to understand Scripture, If you mark not only what is spoken or written, But of whom, And to whom, With what words, At what time, Where, To what intent, With what circumstances, Considering what goes before, And what follows. — John Wycliffe

34. The reality is the amount of variations between the two most extremely different New Testament manuscripts would not fundamentally alter the message of the Scriptures. I make this claim

35. (1) fully aware of the wide range of textual variants in the New Testament and (2) painfully aware of the strong attack upon those who have made similar statements in the past.

36. The simple fact of the matter is that no textual variants in either the Old or New Testaments in any way, shape, or form materially disrupt or destroy any essential doctrine of the Christian faith. Any semi-impartial review will substantiate this. James White, The King James Only Controversy, page 87