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NASB | 2 Peter 1:20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 1:20 But understand this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of or comes from one's own [personal or special] interpretation, |
Subject: Private Interpretations |
Bible Note: Bradk Oh I usually offer my opinion but people like Tim Moran who evidently took Hebrew and Greek more serious in seminary are better able to answer these type questions. Here is the problem, since the reformation people have been lead to believe they can interpret scripture for themselves. A view that horrified even Luther when he realized what was loosed. Couple that with a Strong's concordance which is a concordance and not a dictionary of Greek and Hebrew words. People using the Strong’s look up a word, see it was translated 95 ways to Sunday and decide that it is valid for them to pick any of the 95, they then use one that tends to support their opinion of what scripture is saying in a particular contested passage. It takes a solid understanding of the original language to know and fully understand why a word is translated as it was, why the sentence structure implies what it does, and what valid assumptions should be made about this passage. Unfortunately that criterion was never mentioned when it was decided man could interpret scripture for himself. For years people realized there was more to interpretation than just randomly picking a possible translation from a list found in Strong and plugging it in and relied on the translators to do the job correctly. However in our age of conspiracy everyone is sure anything established must have been done covertly and must be questioned. That is why a forum such as Lockman’s StudyBible forum is so important, so scholars like Tim Moran and others can provide answers to questions like why the translators translated this verse this way and that verse that way. I believe the NASB is an excellent translation and can and should be used for the study of scripture. I further believe it is capable of surviving all scrutiny and when a question is brought up it should be dealt with instead of simply being squelched and sent into limbo. |