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NASB | Mark 16:9 ¶ [Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 16:9 ¶ [Now Jesus, having risen [from death] early on the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. |
Bible Question:
Here is another question we might ask: Often a verse or passage does not appear in the earliest manuscripts, yet it is left in a particular translation. Is it dishonest or unethical not to let the reader know that such a passage does not appear in the earliest manuscripts? |
Bible Answer: Hi all, One of my favorite subjects. Most certainly, in my opinion, was it only honest to let the reader know that a passage did not appear in the earliest manuscripts. I personally have considerable works on ancient manuscript studies and as Tim said makes for a most interesting study. One of the very oldest is a fragment of John's Gospel which dates back to about 125 C.E. Thru time as the trickle of newly discovered ancient Greek manuscripts turned into a virtual flood, scholars were able to compare them critically. But this textual criticism should not be confused with "higher criticism," which tends to lessen respect for the Bible as the Word of God. Textual criticism involves a careful comparison of all known manuscripts of the Bible in order to determine the true or original reading, eliminating any additions. To illustrate how this works, imagine what would happen if you asked 200 persons to make a handwritten copy of a longhand manuscript. Most of them would make errors, some minor and others more significant. But they would not all make the identical mistakes. If, then, an alert individual took all 200 copies and compared them, he could isolate the errors. An error in one or two would show up because it would not be in the other 198 having the correct reading. Thus, with effort he could come up with an exact script of the original document even if he never saw it. Truthfinder |