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"Shall I pause to let you consider the ramifications of your statement here? Let me enumerate the main points: who translated? how accurate were the Greek manuscripts that the translators actually used, and how accurate is the 1611 KJV (are you sure that the original KJV was Authorized? and who was it Authorized by?)."

1. William Tyndale translated;

2.The Greek manuscripts of Erasmus were the most reliable available at the time. They were based on the Byzantine texts althgough he even translated the Vulagate to Greek to fill in some blank spots in his Greek sources. This source, as updated, is generally referred to as the "Received" or "Majority" text.

3. The 1611 KJV was authorized by King James, thus the name. I don't believe it is as accurate as translations baed on the Alexandrian Greek texts, generally referred to as the "Critical" text. I prefer NA27 or UBS4 when studying the original critial Greek texts.

[MarkBsnr]

Shall I pause to let you consider the ramifications of your statement here? Let me enumerate the main points: who translated? how accurate were the Greek manuscripts that the translators actually used, and how accurate is the 1611 KJV (are you sure that the original KJV was Authorized? and who was it Authorized by?)."

1. William Tyndale translated;

Exactly. He learned Greek at Cambridge University and translated the entire Bible (as the story goes) by himself. He got a whole lot of things really wrong.

2.The Greek manuscripts of Erasmus were the most reliable available at the time. They were based on the Byzantine texts althgough he even translated the Vulagate to Greek to fill in some blank spots in his Greek sources. This source, as updated, is generally referred to as the "Received" or "Majority" text.

You think that the most accurate source of the time included retrotranslating Latin back to Greek?

3. The 1611 KJV was authorized by King James, thus the name. I don't believe it is as accurate as translations baed on the Alexandrian Greek texts, generally referred to as the "Critical" text. I prefer NA27 or UBS4 when studying the original critial Greek texts.

There was never an official Authorized version by King James - he just commissioned, bought and paid for it. There was never an Authorization from the King, Parliament or any Church body. Unfortunately, we do not have even the original Greek texts. I don't believe (from memory) that we have anything substantial from before 200 AD.