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Wasn't The King James Bible Translated From Only A Few Late Manuscripts?
Bible Versions Your Questions Answered ^
| 2001
| David W Daniels
Posted on 04/04/2003 10:32:08 AM PST by Commander8
QUESTION: Isn't it true that the King James Bible was translated by only half a dozen manuscripts, and that none of them was earlier than the 10th Century (900s) AD?
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TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; General Discusssion; History
KEYWORDS: alexandria; antioch; av1611
To: fortheDeclaration; Jael; ksen; maestro; editor-surveyor
Bible-Believer ping.
To: Commander8
Answer: This is true, but it misses an important point. It is true that the manuscripts used were copies of copies of copies written over many centuries. These "new" manuscripts match up with over 5,000 others, some just as old as those from Alexandria, Egypt. Over 99% of the manuscripts we have found, ancient and modern, show an amazing agreement with each other. This is a testimony to God's preservation of His words!
Contrast this to the Alexandrian writings, used by the Roman Catholic institution and almost all "modern scholars." The only 45 manuscripts called "Alexandrian," many copied in the same school, not only do not agree with the vast majority, but they do not match up with each other!
But God's preserved words, descended from the apostles and sent from Antioch (Acts 11:26), were so important to the true Christians that they continued to be accurately copied century after century!
How important could the Alexandrian writings be, if these "scholars" could not even get together one clear Bible?
God preserved His words. The King James Bible is the accurate and complete translation of them, from Greek in Antioch of Syria into the English language.
To: Commander8
who cares
To: Conservative til I die
You cared enough to reply.
To: Conservative til I die; Commander8
Instead of choosing to be a friendly freeper, Commander8
still defiance over adding to (Chick) to the Thread Title, nor kindly post the complet text.
Maybe one of threads should be on being stiff-necked:)
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04/04/2003 11:54:03 AM PST
by
restornu
( "The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living which are to be desired when dying.")
To: Commander8
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04/04/2003 1:57:36 PM PST
by
fishtank
To: fishtank
that'll do it..............
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04/04/2003 1:57:55 PM PST
by
fishtank
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