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NASB | Matthew 1:25 but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 1:25 but he kept her a virgin until she had given birth to a Son [her firstborn child]; and he named Him Jesus (The LORD is salvation). |
Bible Question: Why is the word firstborn omitted from Matthew 1:25 in the updated NASB translation of the Bible? |
Bible Answer: Dear Chuck, Welcome to the forum! The NASB makes use of "the latest available manuscripts with a view to determining the best Greek text." Most of the time they used the 26th edition of Eberhard Nestle's Novum Testamentum Graece." The King James Version of the New Testament used the Textus Receptus assembled by Desiderius Erasmus (1516). Apparently, the word prototokos did not appear in Nestle's Greek text. Consequently, we may surmise that the presence of the word in the Textus Receptus has since been brought into question in modern textual criticism. The particulars would necessarily have to be researched on that basis. In Him, Doc PS You can read the principles by which the NASB translators approached their task here on the Lockman web site: http://www.lockman.org/nasb/nasbprin.php |
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