As he pens Romans 9:5, the apostle Paul is concluding a paragraph in which he expresses his sorrow over Israel’s national rejection of Christ. He lists many of Israel’s unique privileges – the glory, the covenants, the law etc. – before finally concluding with these words (in Greek): “ων οι πατερες και εξ ων ο […]
This article by the British author William Hoste B.A. is of historical interest to any concerned with the “Bible Version issue”. The publication, in 1881, of the Revised Version, marked the introduction of the first major English Bible revision since the King James (Authorised) Version (1611/1769). However, the “R.V.” was much more than a mere […]
The King James Version of the Bible still excels as a translation. However, thousands of Christians, mainly in the USA, hold an extreme and illogical view: that the KJV represents not just a very good, or even the best translation in the English language, but that it is absolutely perfect and without blemish. They believe […]