Bible Question:
I have just read Matt 19:29 in my NKJV and My wifes NIV. There is a conflict. The NKJV implies that God would want you to leave your wife 29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[1] or children or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. But the NIV does not. 29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother[1] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. It has always been my belife that the relationship between Husband and Wife was the most sacred to God and he would do nothing short of calling you home to break it up. To whome God has joined let no man break up. Husband and Wife become one flesh thus one person in the site of God. Any comments?? I have reviewed other translations inc NASB, which is in line with the NIV but others are in line with the NKJV. I know what I believe but what do you think. |
Bible Answer: Greetings Seti Neroon! I have the textual apparatus for the UBS Greek text. If goes along with the NIV text in Mt. 19:29. However, it only gives it a 'C' rating, which means that the committee was not very sure of this reading. Their thinking was that the manuscripts which read 'wife' were most likely adding it to make the verse agree with Luke 18:29. However, the manuscript support for keeping 'wife' seems much stronger than for those which leave it out - at least to me! :-) Personally, I think I would go with the NKJV on this one! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |