delivered from darkness by revelation

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Delivered from Darknessby Revelation

Delivered from Darknessby Revelation

Colossians 1:12-14Colossians 1:12-14

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Colossians 1:12-14Colossians 1:12-14giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

(NKJV)

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

(NKJV)

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Colossians 1:12-14Colossians 1:12-14giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

(NIV)

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

(NIV)

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Colossians 1:12-14Colossians 1:12-14giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us…the Son in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

(NKJV)

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you…the Son in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

(NIV)

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us…the Son in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

(NKJV)


(NIV)

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CanonicityCanonicityCanon = rule or measure

Persecution and False Teaching

Am I willing to die for this book?

Which teaches the truth of God?

Canon = rule or measure

Persecution and False Teaching

Am I willing to die for this book?

Which teaches the truth of God?

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Questions regarding CanonicityQuestions regarding Canonicity• Did this writing evidence the authority and

majesty of the hand of God? • Was it consistent in its teaching with

previously recognized revelation? • Was it written by a recognized apostle or

an apostle’s co-worker? • Was it written at an early enough date to

have been written by such people? • How was it received by the church as a

whole?

• Did this writing evidence the authority and majesty of the hand of God?

• Was it consistent in its teaching with previously recognized revelation?

• Was it written by a recognized apostle or an apostle’s co-worker?

• Was it written at an early enough date to have been written by such people?

• How was it received by the church as a whole?

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Third Council of Carthage, A.D. 397Third Council of Carthage, A.D. 39727 books of the New Testament

39 books of the Old Testament

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The Apocrypha

27 books of the New Testament

39 books of the Old Testament

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The Apocrypha

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vessel.• A covering over the hatches of a ship.• A cabin on a small boat.• A luggage compartment in an automobile.• A case used as luggage or for storage.• Shorts worn for swimming

• The main woody axis of a tree.• The body excluding the head and limbs.• The thorax of an insect.• The long proboscis of an elephant.• The housing for the centerboard of a

vessel.• A covering over the hatches of a ship.• A cabin on a small boat.• A luggage compartment in an automobile.• A case used as luggage or for storage.• Shorts worn for swimming

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Many modern versions

Authorized KJV(1611)

William Tyndale (1526)

John Wycliffe (1384; 1395)

Syriac (150-250); Latin (300-400)

Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek originals





Syriac (150-250); Latin (300-400)


Transmission of the ScripturesTransmission of the Scriptures

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Syriac (150-250); Latin (300-400)






Syriac (150-250); Latin (300-400)


Transmission of the ScripturesTransmission of the Scriptures

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Rylands Papyrus P52c. A.D. 125

Rylands Papyrus P52c. A.D. 125

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“the manuscripts of the New Testament are counted by hundreds, and even thousands… In no other case is the interval of time between the composition of the book and the date of the earliest existing manuscripts so short as in that of the New Testament.”

“the manuscripts of the New Testament are counted by hundreds, and even thousands… In no other case is the interval of time between the composition of the book and the date of the earliest existing manuscripts so short as in that of the New Testament.”

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Manuscript Reconstruction ProcessManuscript Reconstruction ProcessOO


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What about the differences?What about the differences?• 150,000 variant readings

(but 95% have little manuscript support)

• 7,500 variants that warrant attention(most create no difference in meaning)

• 400 variant readings have meaningful difference that make them word studying

• 50 are really significant differences

• 150,000 variant readings (but 95% have little manuscript support)




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(NKJV)

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you…the Son in whom we have redemption […], the forgiveness of sins.

(NIV)


(NKJV)

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you…the Son in whom we have redemption […], the forgiveness of sins.

(NIV)

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The Largest VariantsThe Largest Variants

John 7:53-8:11

The last 12 verses in Mark.

John 7:53-8:11

The last 12 verses in Mark.

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What about the differences?What about the differences?• 150,000 variant readings

(but 95% have little manuscript support)




NO MAJOR TEACHING

RESTS ON A DISPUTED TEXT

• 150,000 variant readings (but 95% have little manuscript support)




NO MAJOR TEACHING

RESTS ON A DISPUTED TEXT

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