This post continues from where I have left off at Pharaoh King of Egypt (Part 17), where I have shown from scripture the spirit of antichrist in modern bible versions, the spirit of antichrist being opposed to the Spirit of the LORD in the 1611 King James Bible.
My NKJV has the Nestle/UBS and notes from the “Majority” text as footnotes, but shares the same basis for translation (textus receptus) of the KJV (I am also following along with it). I also found a website that shows what is in textus receptus that is removed from newer editions, ie. ESV. It is amazing what is left out of the new translations. It is very subtle, as you’ve written. There was a recent movie in theatres about Bibles rewritten with huge sudden changes. I went to see it with some of my church friends. I think most Christians think that’s how it happens, and that they’ll spot it from miles away. I thought that. Your examples, and examples I’ve found from internet research, show it is already happening in such a deceptive minimalist way. I don’t think modern Christians give the devil the credit he deserves. He is much more insidious than we recognize. Smarter than us, for sure. Only through God, alone, can we withstand. The lingering doubt that my NKJV Bible is bad still holds. I’m hoping the rest of this study sheds light on it. Also, the serpent is still using the same old tricks he used in the garden… we will evolve to be like gods as our knowledge increases, not only can we interpret God’s word better as we evolve, but we will be better humans as “science” evolves. Yikes!
“The underlying Old Testament text of the 1611 King James Bible is not the same as that of the NKJV. The King James Bible used the 1524-25 Jacob Ben Chayyim text, 2nd edition of the Rabbinic Bible published by Daniel Bomberg. For the NKJV, the text used drew from the 1967/1977 Stuttgart edition of the Biblia Hebraica, the Greek Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, a variety of ancient Hebrew Scriptures, as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls.”
The pic of Darwin shooting the horns is worth a thousand words! Had never seen that one. It explains a lot!
My NKJV has the Nestle/UBS and notes from the “Majority” text as footnotes, but shares the same basis for translation (textus receptus) of the KJV (I am also following along with it). I also found a website that shows what is in textus receptus that is removed from newer editions, ie. ESV. It is amazing what is left out of the new translations. It is very subtle, as you’ve written. There was a recent movie in theatres about Bibles rewritten with huge sudden changes. I went to see it with some of my church friends. I think most Christians think that’s how it happens, and that they’ll spot it from miles away. I thought that. Your examples, and examples I’ve found from internet research, show it is already happening in such a deceptive minimalist way. I don’t think modern Christians give the devil the credit he deserves. He is much more insidious than we recognize. Smarter than us, for sure. Only through God, alone, can we withstand. The lingering doubt that my NKJV Bible is bad still holds. I’m hoping the rest of this study sheds light on it. Also, the serpent is still using the same old tricks he used in the garden… we will evolve to be like gods as our knowledge increases, not only can we interpret God’s word better as we evolve, but we will be better humans as “science” evolves. Yikes!
Hello, on the New King James Bible, I did a study previously:
"What about the New King James (NKJV)?"
https://open.substack.com/pub/willyealsogoaway/p/what-about-the-new-king-james-nkjv
“The underlying Old Testament text of the 1611 King James Bible is not the same as that of the NKJV. The King James Bible used the 1524-25 Jacob Ben Chayyim text, 2nd edition of the Rabbinic Bible published by Daniel Bomberg. For the NKJV, the text used drew from the 1967/1977 Stuttgart edition of the Biblia Hebraica, the Greek Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, a variety of ancient Hebrew Scriptures, as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls.”