1 New American Standard Bible Cutting? – or – Restoring?

2

3 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. ”

4 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; … ”

5 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 ”

6

7 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

8 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

9 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

10 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

11 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

12 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

13

14 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–A technique used to indicate a portion of scripture that is not found in early manuscripts –O–Or only found in late manuscripts

15 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 18:11 Early mss do not contain this v

16 Early mss do not contain this v What are these “Early mss” –V–Vatican Manuscript 4 th Century

17

18 Early mss do not contain this v What are these “Early mss” –V–Vatican Manuscript 4 th Century –S–Sinaitic Manuscript Middle 4 th Century

19

20 Early mss do not contain this v What are these “Early mss” –V–Vatican Manuscript 4 th Century –S–Sinaitic Manuscript Middle 4 th Century –A–Alexandrian Manuscript 5 th Century

21

22 Early mss do not contain this v What are these “Early mss” –A–All of these are “uncials” Texts written in capital letters with no breaks between words and no punctuation.

23 Example of writing in an Uncial PAULABONDSERVANTOFCH RISTJESUSCALLEDASANAPO STLESETAPARTFORTHEGOSP ELOFGODWHICHHEPROMIS EDBEFOREHANDTHROUGH HISPROPHETSINTHEHOLYSC RIPTURESCONCERNINGHISS

24 Early Versions - Syriac The Diatessaron –E–Early harmony of the Gospels Late 2 nd Century None in existence today – only known through secondary sources

25 Early Versions - Syriac Old Syriac –C–Curetonian Syriac 5 th Century –S–Sinaitic Manuscript 5 th or possibly 4 th Century –P–Peshitta – “simple” Standard Syriac translation in use since 5 th Century

26 Early Versions - Coptic Sahidic Version –U–Upper dialect –S–Some dating back to 3 rd and 4 th Century Bohairic Version –L–Lower dialect –4–4 th and 5 th Centuries Both similar in text type to the Vatican and Sinaitic Manuscripts

27 Early Versions – Old Latin Early versions in Old Latin began as early as 160 AD, perhaps earlier for OT

28 Early Versions –Latin Vulgate Jerome

29

30

31 Early Versions –Latin Vulgate Jerome –3– – Bishop Damasus of Rome commissioned Jerome to revise the Old Latin

32 Early Versions –Latin Vulgate Jerome –3– – Bishop Damasus of Rome commissioned Jerome to revise the Old Latin Latin Vulgate became “the” text of the Catholic church –V–Vulgate now numbers 10,000 or more manuscripts

33 Early Versions –Latin Vulgate Vulgate ruled for a 1,000 years as the Bible of Western Europe

34

35 Other Manuscript Examples 5 th Century Latin

36 Psalms – Egypt – 400 AD

37 Joshua – Egypt – 2 nd Century

38 Other Manuscript Examples

39

40 Early mss do not contain this v What are “late mss” –K–KJV translated from what is commonly called “Received Text” –“–“Textus Receptus” “You have the text now received by all”

41 Early mss do not contain this v What are “late mss” –“–“Received Text” has it’s beginning with Erasmus in 1514

42 Early mss do not contain this v What are “late mss” –“–“Received Text” has it’s beginning with Erasmus in 1514 –R–Robert Stephanus (Estienne) presented a Greek NT in

43 Early mss do not contain this v What are “late mss” –“–“Received Text” has it’s beginning with Erasmus in 1514 –R–Robert Stephanus (Estienne) presented a Greek NT in –I–In 1633 the Elzevirs presented the text which we now call “Received Text”

44 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 12 th Century or later

45 Early mss do not contain this v “early mss” –4–4 th – 5 th Centuries “Received Text” –1–12 th Century or later

46 Early mss do not contain this v Ask yourself –S–Should we trust ourselves to one text, or look critically at all texts available, giving some preference to the earliest texts available? –T–This is what most textual critics do Called “critical method”

47 “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 Loughran

48 “Have any of you ever disposed of an old worn out Bible in some form” Tim Henderson Wellsburg, WV –

49

50 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

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

52 So – Why are there differences? 200,000 errors? –“–“Textual variants” –O–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

53 Scribal Errors Two categories: –U–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

54 Scribal Errors Two categories: –U–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.

55 Example of writing in an Uncial PAULABONDSERVANTOFCH RISTJESUSCALLEDASANAPO STLESETAPARTFORTHEGOSP ELOFGODWHICHHEPROMIS EDBEFOREHANDTHROUGH HISPROPHETSINTHEHOLYSC RIPTURESCONCERNINGHISS

56 Scribal Errors Two categories: –I–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.

57 Scribal Errors Two categories: –I–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.

58 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

59 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

60 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

61 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

62 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

63 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

64 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

65 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

66 Matthew 24:42 “ "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. ” NASB-U

67 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

68 Luke 4:30 “ But passing through their midst, He went His way. ” NASB-U

69