The history of naturalistic textual criticism The KJV is based on a Greek New Testament text called the Textus Receptus, first published by Desiderius Erasmus in 1516 and subsequently revised by a number of scholars. Most modern translations are based on the Nestle-Aland/United Bible Society (NA/UBS) text, published by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society). … Read more
“And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.” (Matthew 11:23, KJV) Critics claim that the KJV is wrong for translating two Greek words “αδης (Hadēs)” and … Read more
Satan has an earthly throne Isaiah 14:4-12 says: “…take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, …How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into … Read more
Case for the Longer Ending of Mark The longer ending of Mark, which appears as Mark 16:9-20 in most translations, is believed to be spurious by many Bible translators and commentators today. Most modern translations footnote the passage, and the NIV 2011 prints the passage in italics, further indicating doubt as to its authenticity. The … Read more
In the world of manuscripts, “older” does not mean “more reliable”. There are three reasons for this. First, the farther back in time we go, the more skewed and unrepresentative the evidence becomes. Second, there is no scientific correlation between the age of a manuscript and its number of copyist errors. Third, the existence of … Read more