Using the KJV is ecclesiastical compromise

Answer: Only if you are a Calvinist since that is who produced the Geneva bible. That IS which bible you are referencing isn't it? And since Calvinism is unbiblical then one should seperate from them as well. One could take the logic of your OP to its natural conclusion but then one would end up with no bible at all since EVERY gruop which has produced a modern bible has problems of their own.
So let's just seperate from EVERYBODY!!!

 

Well, the good old KJV has withstood the test of time. Although the KJV was probably influenced by COE translators, why should we recoil from its use? The KJV, as well as many other Bible versions, has led many people to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, and that is what is important. Sure the KJV has some translational problems like the use of the word "Easter" in Acts 12:4, but that doesn't qualify it for the garbage dump.

 

I agree with Paul33. If you venture onto KJVO websites they fault MV'ers for being ecumenical and ***gasp*** they had none Baptist on the translation team. But many do not realize the KJV was translated by the COE which they would disagree with on many doctrinal points.

 

Actually, the KJV has but little Anglican influence, such as "bishoprick", which is among the proper English definitions of "eposkope".

 

I hope you had paid the attention to the previous threads about KJV and Easter.
Acts 12:4 states Pasxa but it can be translated either as Passover or Ishtar (Festival).
If you choosed Passover (Pesach) you would find the conflict with the previous verse 3. It was Days of ULB already. Ishtar festival took placed just a few days later than Passover. (Actually it started only one day later than Pesach as it celebrated Full Moon while Pesach was on the 14th. Then it lasted 8 days as well. The highlight of the Ishtar was Sunrise on Sunday and the Last Day for Orgy(actually sex party). Therefore it was rather a few days later than Pesach). In M.E. both Pesach and Ishtar ( Pascha) were translated into Pasxa in Greek. Ishtar was the name of Goddess in M.E and was called Ashtaroth in Lebanon, Ashera in Israel, Ostarte in Germany, Easter in England( transliterated from Ostarte).

Therefore KJV is quite correct in this translation and it is one of the several spots where KJV is outstanding and prevailing any other versions, with an exception to Third Millenium Bible.

If anyone wants to condemn KJV on this Acts 12:4, that person must explain in advance why Acts 12:3 says it was already Days of ULB while Passover is the first day of ULB which means Passover was already passed by.

 

Paul33

Show proof that the pilgrams did not use the the AV and dont just say it.

 

"Among the books in Pilgrim Hall are four Bibles of unusual interest. One belonged to Governor William Bradford, the Pilgrim Governor, and ONE TO JOHN ALDEN. These are among the very few objects existing today which we feel reasonably sure 'came over in the Mayflower.'...John Alden’s Bible, rather surprisingly, is the 'King James' version authorized by the Church of England....No. 90 in the Pilgrim hall catalogue designates the Bible which once belonged to John Alden. Some of the leaves are missing, but the colophon at the end of Revelation shows that the New Testament was printed in London by Robert Barker, 'Printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie,' in 1620. The Concordance was printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill in 1619. This is not a Geneva Bible, but the 'King James' or 'Authorized' version....the firm of Barker in London printed both King James and Geneva Bibles, sometimes using the same decorative material for both."
(http://www.pilgrimhall.org)

 

"It (i.e. the AV) is rightly regarded as the most influential book in the history of English civilization."
(Compton's Encyclopedia)


"The King James Bible is the cornerstone of Anglo-Saxon civilization. Over a period of some three hundred and thirty years nearly twelve generations of English-speaking peoples have come to know the Bible in this incomparable translation. Our economic systems, our literary and cultural pursuits are rooted in this single fructifying source."
("The Dallas Morning News," 1941)

 

They used primarily the Geneva Bible.

 

partialrapture, I ran across that site too and notice you excerpted it rather oddly. . .

It's wise to take care in excerpting so as not to give the impression the text says something that it does not.

 

Ageed...

 

Would you please show me the origin of Easter ? What was the root of Easter ?

 

Let me ask you 2 questions:

1. When did Passover occur?

2. When did Easter occur?

I agree with Eliyahu's excellent comment. I do not think that the KJV has translational problem on Acts 12:4.

 

Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

Ezekiel 45:21
In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.