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New American Standard Bible

Cutting? – or –

Restoring?

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Deuteronomy 4:2

“"You shall not add to the word which I am

commanding you, nor take away from it, that

you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I

command you.”

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Revelation 22:18

“I testify to everyone who hears the words of

the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which

are written in this book; …”

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Revelation 22:19

“…and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take

away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this

book”

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KJV NASB-U“And Jesus

answered him, saying, It is

written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of

God.”

“And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread

alone.' "”

Luke 4:4

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KJV NASB-U“And Jesus

answered and said unto him, Get

thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou

shalt worship the Lord thy God, and

him only shalt thou serve.”

“Jesus answered him, "It is

written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him

only.' "”

Luke 4:8

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KJV NASB-U“And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye

depart thence, shake off the dust under

your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say

unto you, It shall be more tolerable for

Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for

that city.”

“"Any place that does not receive you or listen to

you, as you go out from there, shake

the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them."”

Mark 6:11

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KJV NASB-U

“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the

day nor the hour wherein

the Son of man cometh.”

“"Be on the alert then, for

you do not know the day nor the hour.”

Matthew 25:13

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KJV NASB-U““For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and

these three are one. [8] And there are

three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in

one.””

“For there are three that testify: [8] the Spirit and the water and the

blood; and the three are in agreement.”

1 John 5:7,8

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KJV NASB-U“Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going

through the midst of them, and so

passed by.”

“Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him,

but Jesus hid Himself and

went out of the temple.”

John 8:59

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Use of Brackets

•Not only do they claim that NASB-U deletes from the word of God, they also speak against the use of brackets–A technique used to indicate a portion of scripture that is not found in early manuscripts

–Or only found in late manuscripts

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KJV NASB-U

“For the Son of man is come

to save that which was

lost.”

“["For the Son of Man has come to

save that which was

lost.]”

Matthew 18:11Early mss do not contain this v

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Early mss do not contain this v

•What are these “Early mss”–Vatican Manuscript

•4th Century

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Early mss do not contain this v

•What are these “Early mss”–Vatican Manuscript

•4th Century

–Sinaitic Manuscript•Middle 4th Century

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Early mss do not contain this v

•What are these “Early mss”–Vatican Manuscript

•4th Century

–Sinaitic Manuscript•Middle 4th Century

–Alexandrian Manuscript•5th Century

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Early mss do not contain this v

•What are these “Early mss”–All of these are “uncials”

•Texts written in capital letters with no breaks between words and no punctuation.

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Example of writing in an Uncial

PAULABONDSERVANTOFCHRISTJESUSCALLEDASANAPOSTLESETAPARTFORTHEGOSPELOFGODWHICHHEPROMISEDBEFOREHANDTHROUGHHISPROPHETSINTHEHOLYSCRIPTURESCONCERNINGHISS

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Early Versions - Syriac

•The Diatessaron–Early harmony of the Gospels

•Late 2nd Century•None in existence today – only known through secondary sources

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Early Versions - Syriac

•Old Syriac–Curetonian Syriac

•5th Century–Sinaitic Manuscript

•5th or possibly 4th Century–Peshitta – “simple”

•Standard Syriac translation in use since 5th Century

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Early Versions - Coptic

•Sahidic Version–Upper dialect–Some dating back to 3rd and 4th Century

•Bohairic Version–Lower dialect–4th and 5th Centuries

•Both similar in text type to the Vatican and Sinaitic Manuscripts

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Early Versions – Old Latin

•Early versions in Old Latin began as early as 160 AD, perhaps earlier for OT

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Early Versions –Latin Vulgate

•Jerome

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Early Versions –Latin Vulgate

•Jerome –382-383 – Bishop Damasus of Rome commissioned Jerome to revise the Old Latin

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Early Versions –Latin Vulgate

•Jerome –382-383 – Bishop Damasus of Rome commissioned Jerome to revise the Old Latin

•Latin Vulgate became “the” text of the Catholic church–Vulgate now numbers 10,000 or more manuscripts

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Early Versions –Latin Vulgate

•Vulgate ruled for a 1,000 years as the Bible of Western Europe

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Other Manuscript Examples

•5th Century Latin

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Psalms – Egypt – 400 AD

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Joshua – Egypt – 2nd Century

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Other Manuscript Examples

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Early mss do not contain this v

•What are “late mss”–KJV translated from what is commonly called “Received Text”

–“Textus Receptus”

“You have the text now received by all”

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Early mss do not contain this v

•What are “late mss”–“Received Text” has it’s beginning with Erasmus in 1514

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Early mss do not contain this v

•What are “late mss”–“Received Text” has it’s beginning with Erasmus in 1514

–Robert Stephanus (Estienne) presented a Greek NT in 1546-51

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Early mss do not contain this v

•What are “late mss”–“Received Text” has it’s beginning with Erasmus in 1514

–Robert Stephanus (Estienne) presented a Greek NT in 1546-51

–In 1633 the Elzevirs presented the text which we now call “Received Text”

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Early mss do not contain this v

•What are “late mss”–“Received Text”

•Each of these editions are very similar to Erasmus’

•The Received Text is based on about a half dozen manuscripts all dated to the 12th Century or later

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Early mss do not contain this v

•“early mss”–4th – 5th Centuries

•“Received Text”–12th Century or later

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Early mss do not contain this v

•Ask yourself –Should we trust ourselves to one text, or look critically at all texts available, giving some preference to the earliest texts available?

–This is what most textual critics do•Called “critical method”

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“Can any true believer imagine JEHOVAH, the Holy One of

Israel, hiding Codex Vaticanus away for over 1000 years in the Vatican Library till 1481? or prompting the deeply religious

monks of St Catherine's Monastery to dump Sinaiticus

into a waste basket? The very idea is ridiculous. ”

Elder: David B Loughranhttp://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/sbs777/vital/kjv/part1-4.html#Sinaiticus

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“Have any of you ever disposed of an old

worn out Bible in some form”

Tim HendersonWellsburg, WV – 9-23-2007

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So – Why are there differences?

•Ever made a mistake?•Every manuscript we have available was hand written by men who, while trying their best, were prone to make mistakes

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So – Why are there differences?

•As a result there are over 200,000 errors in the New Testament text alone–This is a statement used by many to disparage the Word of God and is a horrible misrepresentation of facts.

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So – Why are there differences?

•200,000 errors?–“Textual variants”–Over 5,300 manuscripts available

•If one slight variation occurs in 4,000 different manuscripts it would amount to 4,000 errors

•It is in fact one error, copied 3,999 times

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Scribal Errors

•Two categories:–Unintentional errors

•Writing a word twice•Seeing one word and writing another

•Confusing words of similar sound•Some Greek words have a difference of one letter and a difference in meaning

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Scribal Errors

•Two categories:–Unintentional errors

•Seeing the same word on different lines and therefore skipping to a later portion, omitting scriptures

•Explanatory notes written in the margins becoming incorporated into the text.

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Example of writing in an Uncial

PAULABONDSERVANTOFCHRISTJESUSCALLEDASANAPOSTLESETAPARTFORTHEGOSPELOFGODWHICHHEPROMISEDBEFOREHANDTHROUGHHISPROPHETSINTHEHOLYSCRIPTURESCONCERNINGHISS

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Scribal Errors

•Two categories:–Intentional Errors:

•Not done by dishonest scribes who have a desire to tamper with the text

•Intention of the scribe is good and he is only trying to “correct” what appears to be an error or omission.

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Scribal Errors

•Two categories:–Intentional Errors:

•If a statement of Jesus is found in one Gospel and a similar statement is found in another, he might modify one to make it in agreement with the other.

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KJV NASB-U“And Jesus

answered him, saying, It is

written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of

God.”

“And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread

alone.' "”

Luke 4:4

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Matthew 4:4

“But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on

every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.' "”

NASB-U

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KJV NASB-U“And Jesus

answered and said unto him, Get

thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou

shalt worship the Lord thy God, and

him only shalt thou serve.”

“Jesus answered him, "It is

written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him

only.' "”

Luke 4:8

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Matthew 4:10

“Then Jesus said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your

God, and serve Him only.' "”

NASB-U

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Matthew 4:10

“Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is

written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him

only shalt thou serve.”

KJV

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KJV NASB-U“And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye

depart thence, shake off the dust under

your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say

unto you, It shall be more tolerable for

Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for

that city.”

“"Any place that does not receive you or listen to

you, as you go out from there, shake

the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them."”

Mark 6:11

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Matthew 10:14-15“"Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go

out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. [15]

"Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of

Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.”

NASB-U

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KJV NASB-U

“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the

day nor the hour wherein

the Son of man cometh.”

“"Be on the alert then, for

you do not know the day nor the hour.”

Matthew 25:13

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Matthew 24:42

“"Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day

your Lord is coming.”

NASB-U

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KJV NASB-U“Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going

through the midst of them, and so

passed by.”

“Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him,

but Jesus hid Himself and

went out of the temple.”

John 8:59

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Luke 4:30

“But passing through their midst, He went His way.”

NASB-U

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