Recent content by Deacon

I agree ...with a simple modification... change the label, "KJV" to simply "Bible." Rob

The purpose: You brought up an additional variant in post #15... I simply added a more complete apparatus and the source for the information so if anyone wanted to learn more about the passage they could look for themselves. Rob

Revelation 1:8 (NA28) Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ, λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὁ παντοκράτωρ. Revelation 1:8 (TR1550MR) εγω ειμι το α και το ω αρχη και τελος λεγει ο κυριος ο ων και ο ην και ο ερχομενος ο παντοκρατωρ ~~~~~~~~~ Apparatus [courtesy of David Robert Palmer's...

My former church supports a translation team in eastern India composed fully of natives to the land. The area is predominantly Islamic with isolated pockets of Christians. Currently they use Scriptures translated into the common language of the region but they desire to read the Word in their...

From the preface prepared by Dr. Maurice A. Robinson (published by the London Trinitarian Bible Society, 1977) of Scriveners Textus Receptus of 1894 "...Scrivener’s original text of 1894, which Scrivener had artificially constructed from various early printed Greek editions. Scrivener’s...

I'm not much of a TV watcher. I don't know what episode it was, I've only seen a few non-consecutive early episodes. 'The Chosen' is a nice story. The story can carry a gospel message. It can encourage people to read the biblical story. But it adds dialogue, events, purposes...

The show is so slow moving that my interest lags (... I hear there's a surprise ending.) In general the show is nice but not great. I've watched a little bit with my wife. The foundations of our modern worldview was developed over the past couple hundred years. The people in ancient times had...

Well, geneticists have created a chimera of a dire wolf. ScientificAmerica Link Rob

1:8 Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ, λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὁ παντοκράτωρ. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8b txt λεγει κυριος ο θεος ℵ A C P 046 91 93 469 792 911 922...

Re: Holy Ghost vs. Holy Spirit… I agree with you, perhaps it was a phrase that was transitioning in their age. Yet they considered the variances of translation to be a positive mark of the translation. From the KJV Preface: …we have not tied ourselves to uniform phrasing, or to the use of...

The way the Authorized Version was created worked well. A few teams of experts overseen by a few collators. I dislike the idea of large team of people ... While many hands make light work, too many hands produce a bland result. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Establishing your target audience is vital. Develop a...

One of the bibles that I carried around and studied from when as a young Christian was the Zondervan Layman's Parallel Bible. I think it included the KJV, NASB, NRSV and the Living Bible I'm of the opinion that paraphrase Bibles are worthwhile and often quite helpful when introducing a new...

Last year I retired and moved away from my church of 20 years. Recently, I was given the opportunity to re-organized the church library of the congregation I have been worshiping with since then. While beginning the task today I stumbled across a translation by J.B. Philips, the title, Letters...

This is a rather "clinical" post but there's lots of emotion in the prays to our mighty God. Many thank for those who continue to pray for Kylie and her family. ~~~~~~~~~ Kylie has completed three rounds of chemotherapy and had scans performed yesterday that revealed the "metastases were no...

The most memorable baptism I attended happened many years ago during a church picnic at a local state park. The summer was hot, with very little rain; a drought had significantly lowered the water level of the lake. After the sermon the pastor waded into the water, ...and walked way out through...