Subject: KJV Only Help |
Bible Note: Greetings Preston! You said in your post: I am sure you are aware but, for reminders to all of us the origional KJV was brought about by the king of england who assembled the greatest scholars known at the time, who used the only known to man... manuscripts. I don't know how much closer we will ever be able to come to the origional Word. Please answer a question for me...we have one from the origional manuscripts...why is another/new one necessary...for what purpose?"" The KJV New Testament text was actually based upon the greek text of Erasmus. His first edition was put together in only 5 months, and he only had a handful of greek manuscripts available to him, the oldest of which dated to the 10th century. So, as much good as has been accomplish by and through the KJV, it certainly is not the closest we have to the original manuscripts. We now have thousands of manuscripts from which to work, some of which date back to the 1st century. So, modern translation have a tremendous advantage when it comes to source material. Now, now all modern translations are good. :-) I would not use the TNIV as a door stop. ;-) But, almost all of them are much closer to the originals than the KJV. p.s. - Here is a link that details the manuscripts used for the KJV: http://www.bibletexts.com/kjv-tr.htm Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |