Michael Hollner, who may now be a poster at this forum, claimed: “We strive for the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” (King James Only Debate, p. 174, 2018 edition). Concerning his own book, Michael Hollner declared: “The truth is going to be released in this book” (p. 19). Michael Hollner asserted: “All I want is the truth, as should you, and I guarantee you, that nothing else but the truth is going to be presented in this book” (p. 31, 2021 edition).
Without providing any documentation or sound evidence to back his claim, Michael Hollner claimed: "Remember, the 47 scholars appointed by King James all had to come to the same conclusion for every word in the Bible. Forty-seven men all had to agree on 783,820 words (in seven years), a most difficult and historic task" (King James Only Debate, p. 141).
Since this author in effect guaranteed the truth of what he wrote or presented in his 2021 edition, can he prove his above two statements to be true?
What is the source for this claim?
Were there 783,820 words in the 1611 edition of the KJV or is that perhaps the count of words in a post-1900 KJV edition?
Can this author provide any documented statements from all 47 men to back up this assertion?
Is this author unaware that there is historical evidence from the 1600's that would contradict this unproven assertion? One of the KJV translators is reported to have made statements that contradict what was claimed in the statements in bold above.
Most present post-1900 KJV editions have over 150 whole words that were not found in the 1611 edition so how could those 47 men have come to the same conclusion on words that were not even in the 1611? Does that verifiable fact contradict the above quoted claim?
Does this author possibly ignore the fact that a revision committee of twelve made changes and revisions to the work of the six committees without getting any known approval from all 47 for their revisions?
The six committees in three different locations had already finished their translating work, and all those 47 men were no longer around to give their approval or non-approval to the revisions made in 1609 or 1610 to their work.
Can this author provide any historical record that says that all 47 men met together after the work of the revision committee and voted to approve every word in the 1611 edition?
If the two KJV translators that were among the four editors who made changes to the 1611 edition in the 1638 Cambridge edition had come to the same conclusion concerning every word, why did they make changes to them in 1638?
There is also no known evidence that Miles Smith and Bishop Thomas Bilson who were the co-editors of the 1611 KJV got approval from all 47 for any editing and changes that they made. Bishop Thomas Bilson was not even one of the KJV translators (he is not listed on the lists of translators), and he may have made some changes which none of the 47 approved.
Without providing any documentation or sound evidence to back his claim, Michael Hollner claimed: "Remember, the 47 scholars appointed by King James all had to come to the same conclusion for every word in the Bible. Forty-seven men all had to agree on 783,820 words (in seven years), a most difficult and historic task" (King James Only Debate, p. 141).
Since this author in effect guaranteed the truth of what he wrote or presented in his 2021 edition, can he prove his above two statements to be true?
What is the source for this claim?
Were there 783,820 words in the 1611 edition of the KJV or is that perhaps the count of words in a post-1900 KJV edition?
Can this author provide any documented statements from all 47 men to back up this assertion?
Is this author unaware that there is historical evidence from the 1600's that would contradict this unproven assertion? One of the KJV translators is reported to have made statements that contradict what was claimed in the statements in bold above.
Most present post-1900 KJV editions have over 150 whole words that were not found in the 1611 edition so how could those 47 men have come to the same conclusion on words that were not even in the 1611? Does that verifiable fact contradict the above quoted claim?
Does this author possibly ignore the fact that a revision committee of twelve made changes and revisions to the work of the six committees without getting any known approval from all 47 for their revisions?
The six committees in three different locations had already finished their translating work, and all those 47 men were no longer around to give their approval or non-approval to the revisions made in 1609 or 1610 to their work.
Can this author provide any historical record that says that all 47 men met together after the work of the revision committee and voted to approve every word in the 1611 edition?
If the two KJV translators that were among the four editors who made changes to the 1611 edition in the 1638 Cambridge edition had come to the same conclusion concerning every word, why did they make changes to them in 1638?
There is also no known evidence that Miles Smith and Bishop Thomas Bilson who were the co-editors of the 1611 KJV got approval from all 47 for any editing and changes that they made. Bishop Thomas Bilson was not even one of the KJV translators (he is not listed on the lists of translators), and he may have made some changes which none of the 47 approved.
