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NASB | Matthew 17:21 ["But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."] |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 17:21 "[But this kind of demon does not go out except by prayer and fasting.]" |
Bible Question:
Shalom y'all, If you hear that a verse was added by translators at a later date, how would I go about checking this out? Such as, is it true, if so, when was it added? I've checked the 2 bibles that I own that would likely have the addition, 1 does, 1 does not, and several on e-sword have it included, and several don't. I'm at a loss as to where to even begin to research this. Thanks for any help Cheri |
Bible Answer: The translators were working with older manuscripts and later manuscripts. When the King James Bible was written they only had the later manuscripts, when the other translations got written in the past century they used the older manuscripts that got discovered after the King James was written in 1611 or so. There are altogether 5,300 Greek manuscripts, mostly fragments which are in bits and peices of the scriputres and what they did was to reconstruct accounts by trying to find the oldest ones with as many copies as possible saying the exact same thing. The originals don't exist any more, the manuscripts are all copies and copies of copies, but there are so many of them saying the same things that they are sure they are correct. What you should notice is whether or not the versions of the Bible that include the addtion have it in brackets, if it is in brackets that means that it was found in some manuscripts but not in others, but the translator used the best evidence to determine that it belongs. |
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