English Translations of the Bible
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English Translations of the Bible
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The Need For Translations
• “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).
• As the gospel continued to be spread further away from the Roman Empire, there came to be a need for copies of the New Testament in the native tongues of these areas.
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The Need For Translations
Eastern Versions Western VersionsSyriac (2-3 cen.) Old Latin (2nd cen.)Coptic (3-4 cen.) Latin Vulgate (383-405)Armenian (5th cen.) Gothic (4th cen.)Georgian (5th cen.) Old Slavonic (9th cen.)Ethiopic (5-6 cen.)Arabic (8-9 cen.)
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Why We Can Have Confidence in the Accuracy of English Translations
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Why We Can Have Confidence in the Accuracy of English Translations
1. Multiple Manuscripts
• Over 5,600 manuscripts of the New Testament.
• Over 800 manuscripts of the Old Testament.
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Why We Can Have Confidence in the Accuracy of English Translations
1. Multiple Manuscripts2. Translated From “Dead Languages”
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Why We Can Have Confidence in the Accuracy of English Translations
1. Multiple Manuscripts2. Translated From “Dead Languages”3. Early Translations
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Why We Can Have Confidence in the Accuracy of English Translations
1. Multiple Manuscripts2. Translated From “Dead Languages”3. Early Translations4. Dead Sea Scrolls
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Why We Can Have Confidence in the Accuracy of English Translations
1. Multiple Manuscripts2. Translated From “Dead Languages”3. Early Translations4. Dead Sea Scrolls5. Writings of Church Fathers
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History of the English Bible• John Wycliffe (1382) - translated the Bible into English
from Latin.• William Tyndale (1526) - translated the Greek NT into
English.• Geneva Bible (1560) - brought to America by the
settlers of Jamestown and the Pilgrims on the Mayflower.
• The Bishops Bible (1568) - Bible of the churches. • King James Version (1611) - Sought to provide an
English translation for both public and private use.
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A Contrast in Translation Styles
Is the Book of Mormon on par with the Bible?
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Choosing the Right Translation
• Choose a Formal Equivalence translation. • Read what the translation says about how it
was translated.• Read some verses or chapters that you are
familiar with. • Find a copy that you can read with ease
(language style and font size). • Beware of notes in study Bibles!