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Texts and TransmissionTwo Objections Claiming the Bible Was
Distorted
James Patrick Holding
http://www.tektonics.org
Objections Answered,
Rogues Refuted
Two Major ObjectionsTo the Reliability of the Copying of
the New Testament
1.“We haven’t got the originals, so we don’t know what they said.”
2.“There are over 400,000 mistakes in copies of the NT.”
Tacitus (all works)
New Testament
Date of Earliest Copies (Years After Written)
Number of Earliest
Copies
Knocking Down
Spelling mistakes, slips
of the pen = 70%
Use of synonyms or
other word use switches
= 20%
Types of Manuscript Errors
Spelling errors.
“That hat is too bug for my head.”
Word Use Errors.
“Fred loves Wilma.”
“Wilma loves Fred.”
Types of Manuscript Errors
Important but not likely.
“The Gospel of ____”
Significant Errors or Changes.
1 Thess. 2:7
Mark 16:9-20
Types of Manuscript Errors
Important but not likely.
“The Gospel of ____”
Significant Errors or Changes.
1 Thess. 2:7
Mark 16:9-20
BACAW!
Lastnightatdinnerisawabundanceonthetable
therewerebreadsandmeatsandcheeseseverywhere
unclehenrytriedtostabotwithhisforkwhileitdidthewatusi
IS THIS REALLY SO DIFFICULT?
Bart in the Batter’s Box
Mark 1:41: The angry Jesus
1 John 5:7 The Trinity Text
Matt. 24:36 The Ignorant Jesus