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1 | Critical Text vs. Received Text | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 6895 | ||
These are great observations! That is a question, why are there no major translations that use the Majority Text? Is it that way because the translators seek to base their works on what they view as a text that is closest to the original autographs instead of one that includes everything, even supposed errors of medieval scribes? Chris, were there any particular places in the Majority text (besides the book of Revelation) that 'prove' that the Majority text is 'stronger' or 'weaker' then the Critical text? There are over 5,000 manuscripts of the Bible, and no two are exactly the same! But as seen in the findings of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran in the 1940s, where the text of Isaiah that was found was almost word for word exact with the text that we 'agree' upon today, that the Bible that we have today is very accurate despite the common variants, and that this large weight of proof (5,000 manuscripts throughout the ages) can only solidify and work to strengthen our faith in God and the Bible as God Holy Word. Thanks for your thoughts and I hope to inspire more thoughts on this issue! | ||||||
2 | Critical Text vs. Received Text | Bible general Archive 1 | Chris | 6900 | ||
I'd like to add one more thing, Nolan. I truly believe that the CT and MT are great texts, thoroughly reliable, but often times I pick and choose which I believe is more accurate in certain situations. Examples: Mark 16:9-20, I tend to favor the CT, because the language in these verses is substantailly different from that of the rest of the book. There is also a viable reason for adding to this text, I believe the end was lost, and some good minded scribe was trying to remember the basic message given by Jesus. John 1:42,21:15-17 - I favor the MT, because we know from Matthew that Simon was called, "BarJonah" bar is an Aramaic word meaning son. So, was Peter the son of John or Jonah? Col 1:2 - This one drives me crazy! Paul always begins his letters with a salutation from the Father and the Son, off hand I don't know one letter by Paul that didn't include some time of greeting in the name of the Father and the Son, but the CT states, "Grace to you and peace from GOD our Father." That just doesn't sound right!! Here I obviously prefer the MT, "Grace to you and peace from GOD our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." Great question, GOD bless!! |
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3 | Critical Text vs. Received Text | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 6991 | ||
Dear brother Chris, thank you for sharing some verses that show 'variance' and your own conclusions! I appreciate your input and its has been very helpful.. God bless you! Nolan | ||||||