There are some remarkable inconsistencies in the revised version evidently arising from the “blindness of the guides.” e.g. Rom. 14:9, “Lord of both the dead and the living.” Now, “both” and “and” here are the same in Greek, viz., kai. …
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Conclusion of a Lecture on the Revised Version of the New Testament
The word “devil” still occupies its former position where the original is diabolos. The same may be said in regard to its plural form, “devils”; but with this difference, that the word “demons” is inserted in the margin. This is …
Second Portion of a Lecture on the Revised Version of the New Testament
8. The Revised Version recognises the change which has taken place in the meaning of certain words since the Authorised Version was issued. “Letteth,” which used to mean prevent, now gives place to “restraineth” in 2 Thess. 2:7. “Prevent,” which …
First Portion of a Lecture on the Revised Version of the New Testament
The eighth chapter of Nehemiah gives an account of Ezra reading “the book of the law” to those Jews who had returned from the Babylonish captivity. And it is recorded that he, and certain Levites “read in the book of …
Outside Bearings and Opinions
A correspondent of the Freeman (Baptist) writes:
“The first thing to attract attention is the alteration in the title of the books and the headings of pages. Following the fashion of the ritualists, ‘St.’ has become ‘S.’ wherever it occurs. …
The Revised Version of the New Testament
For more than ten years past, a company of “learned men” have been engaged in revising King James’s version of the New Testament. Their work has been regarded with different feelings by different classes of persons. The bulk of the …
The New Version of the Bible
One thing is likely to happen in 1880, and that is, the appearance of the new version of the Bible, upon which so many able men have been so long a time engaged. In an article in the Churchman, …