Providential Preservation

I have a perspective as one who believes the KJV to have the best basis and is therefore most reliable of the mainstream English translations.

KJV is based on what has been called the Textus Receptus or Received Text. This was the text (as I understand it) based on the most commonly available Greek and Hebrew (and I suppose Aramaic when appropriate?) manuscripts available at the time.

If one believes that God would preserve the original text in the original languages through the years, then this seems the most reliable text. Most modern translations are based on texts that are older and more recently discovered in archeological finds. Maybe there is a reason that God allowed these texts to be buried. As we know from the history of the early church, heresy has been a problem for quite a long time.

Imagine someone in a thousand years finding a copy of one of the more spurious translations that are unique to one of the modern day heretical groups, such as the Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses. Would they be on the right track to assume that, because these manuscripts are much older than most others that have survived to that day that they are more accurate?

I do believe God has preserved his word throughout history. That is why I believe the KJV to be the most accurate of the modern translations.

 

Dave...Can you explain the differences between the New testament quotes of the Old testament that differ from the Masoretic Text, from which the KJV's OT is translated?

 

To be correct and logical i believe you should have said:

I have a perspective as one who believes the KJVs to have the best basis and are therefore most reliable of the mainstream English translations.

KJVs are based on what has been called the Textus Receptus or Received Texts. This was the texts (as I understand it) based on the most commonly available Greek and Hebrew (and I suppose Aramaic when appropriate?) manuscripts available at the time.

Amen, Brother -- Preach it!

 

I regret that I am not well enough versed in the subject to answer this. I argument was based on what I do know of the KJV translation as opposed to the modern ones (such as NIV), but you are getting to a deeper level than I have gotten.

I know of the passages that you refer to, but not the reason for the differences. I have suspected it might have something to do with differences in language between Hebrew (the Old Testament language) and Greek (the New Testament language), but that is only supposition not the result of study on this issue.

 

Found it!

NT quotes are from the Septuagent! At least according to what I am reading on certain web sites. Anyone with more knowledge of this care to confirm or disagree?