Bible Question: Why isn't God's name used in the New Tesament? Even in the instances that the New Testament quotes the Old Testament, God's name isn't used (Compare Mark 12:36 with Psalms 110:1, or Hebrews 8:8-11 with Jeremiah 31:31-34). I ask this in order to refute an attack on the authority of scripture, particularily the New Testament. Thanks. |
Bible Answer: Greetings Shaunswoods! This is a red herring issue that comes up quite frequently, but is actually quite silly. God's name in Hebrew is 'YHWH'. The NT was not written in Hebrew, it was written in Greek. Thus, you will never find 'YHWH' used in the NT. It is that simple! The Greek NT translates occurances of 'YHWH in OT quotes as 'kurios', which is 'LORD'. We have thousands of copies of Greek NT manuscripts and NOT ONE of them uses 'YHWH'. It isn't the result of some kind of conspiracy. It is simply because the New Testament is written in a different language than the Old Testament. I hope this helps! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |