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Our Bibles Getting our English Text

Material Early materials –Stone, clay, wood & wax, metal, potsherds Papryrus –thin wide strip from plant, mainly Egypt Leather –tanned animal skin parchment/vellum –stretched & dried small animal skins (sheep, goat, calf)

Arrangement Scroll –roll of paper or leather up to 35 feet long (length of Matthew or Acts) Codex –leaves bound together much like our books today –May be Christian innovation for purpose of distributing the word.

Languages Hebrew –Almost all of Old Testament Aramaic –Few small passages in OT –Daniel 2:4b-7:8 Greek –All of New Testament –Koine (common)

Types Autographs –Originals from the author Manuscripts –Copies in original language Versions –Translations Writings –Commentaries, Sermons, etc.

Original Language Copies Earth Original Language Translation

Unicals UNICALS –all caps no spaces –~ papyri 270 lectionaries (for public readings) 280 parchment

Example PAULASERVANTOFJESUS CHRISTCALLEDTOBEANA POSTLESETAPARTFORTH EGOSPELOFGODWHICHH EPROMISEDBEFOREHAN DTHROUGHHISP

Example PAULASERVANTOFJESUSCH RISTCALLEDTOBEANAPOST LESETAPARTFORTHEGOSPE LOFGODWHICHHEPROMISED BEFOREHANDTHROUGHHISP

Variants Acts 18:24 –Apollos –Apelles –Apollonios John 1:28 –Bethabara beyond Jordan –Bethany beyond Jordan Matthew 1:18 –Birth of Jesus Christ –Birth of Christ Jesus

Variants No Effect –Jhn 7:53-8:11 –Acts 8:37 –1Jhn 5:7 Could Effect –Mk 16:9-20

KJV1 John 5:6-8ESV 6 And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 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. 6 And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.

KJV1 John 5:6-8ASV 6 And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 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. 7 And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 8 For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

Types Autographs –Originals from the author Manuscripts –Copies in original language Versions –Translations Writings –Commentaries, Sermons, etc.

Order of Importance 1.Manuscripts 2.Versions 3.Writings

Most Valuable Vatican Manuscript –4th century cataloged 1481 first available 1867 pub 1890 Sinaitic Manuscript –4th century first available 1862 pub 1933 Alexandrian Manuscript –5th century 1627

Beginning of Common First Greek NT in 1516 –Erasmus from few late greek manuscripts available, none of the early unicals –Stephanus & others revised through 1633 known as "Received Text" Westcott-Hort text 1881 –able to use Vatican & Sinaitic as well as many other new discoveries not available to Erasmus & Stephanus

English Versions Wycliffe 1382 from Latin Tyndale 1526 from Greek –Coverdale 1535 –Great Bible 1539 –Geneva Bible 1560 –Bishops Bible 1568 Catholic version –Rheims NT Douai OT 1610

Current Versions King James 1611 –English Revised 1885 –American Standard 1901 –Revised Standard 1946/1952 N Revised Standard 1990 –N American Standard 1963/1971 N American Standard update 1995 –N King James 1979/1982 –English Standard 2001/2007/2011

Tyndale/KJV English Revised American Standard New King James Revised Standard New American Standard New Revised Standard English Standard

Which One?