These discarded old manuscripts that were full of scribal errors and as result were never circulated by the church. Additionally, Mark 1:1 in the original hand omits reference to Jesus as the Son of God. Until you have a personal experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit, you cannot see the truth. Two men who did not believe the scriptures were inerrant, who conducted seances, who did not believe in the miracles of Christ and who were enamored of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. A Roman Governor finds no fault with someone charged with insurrection and turning the world upside down?? Jesus would be ashamed that believers still foment hatred toward His holy Church. Sinaiticus has moved with compassion, splanchnistheis in Greek, and not angry as you write. Constantine Tischendorf Turns Two Hundred in the September/October 2015 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Stanley E. Porter contends that Tischendorf should be considered a hero, not a thief. The catholic church is a Roman institution of anti-Christ idolatry. Mark 1.41 MISTAKE. Kent says: Matthew 24/37 are you sure and how sure you are? power of God to prevail over the unclean things of the spirits [or: Interesting article.and interesting comments. While faith comes by the hearing of the Word, the fact that there is the omission of the ending of St. Marks Gospel in the Sinaiticus, whatever the reason, does not prevent the Holy Spirit from bringing hearers to the knowledge of salvation in Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen Son of God. his words will never pass away ! Library Visit the library for more information on the Textus Receptus. Does this brief article represent the quality of work that is typical of the BAR staff? There are likely missing portions on the Codex because they added to the current texts in order to push their dogma and make it more palatable to those they wished to convert. There are 5,309 surviving Greek manuscripts that contain all or part of the New Testament. There are hundreds of papyri (pages and fragments) much older, but incomplete. But do it with a sincerely open mind. Secondly, you believe that Bible transmission/translation is totally the work of men and that God was not involved in directing any copyists or translators. It cuts to the heart in a way the other versions never did. And presto, what do we have today? On actually checking the Greek text, however, I found that what was numbered 13 in the CS was the verse we know as 14. Versions of the bible that are forever under scrutiny?. This later kind of division is an unfortunate tragedy, because Christians are not following Scripture that teaches love, peace, and unity amongst the believers. Space does not allow me point out the mutilation of Codex Vaticanus (B). Both the Codex and the KJV Greek manuscripts show the diety of Yeshua in different ways! Are you afraid readers will get a conclusion contrary to your publishing bias? Nowhere does the OT say; He was with God in the beginning. They are significant. After 10 minutes of conversation see who remembers exactly what was said 8 minutes ago. Thank you. He discovered the first part in 1844 and the second part in 1859. If Satan can place doubt about the word of God in mans head, he has the war half won It is by faith and faith alone we can be saved I have personally been transformed from a drunkard, dope head, and whoremonger, into a son of God by faith and our so called flawed KJV. Have a look at Proverbs 30:4 https://www.gotquestions.org/Textus-Receptus.html, Good Morning Oscar heres some interesting reading that may assist with your query: In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How it Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture by Alister McGrath However, Sinaiticus itself is not relevant, since the evidence is very strong that it was produced in the 1800s, which is why it is in such incredible flexible, supple condition, and the Leipzig pages are white parchment, contra the chemistry of parchment aging.. Codex Sinaiticus Authenticity Research The Vaticanus and Sinaiticus manuscripts are part of this group. Further plausible (as a Greek translator of NT into a Somali dialect told me), Imagine the arrogance of Tischendorff. Now, I said all that to simply say this - There is a very noticeable and contradictory statement found in Acts 19:16. The hurricane of Islamic conquest across the Middle East from the 7th century on was, of course, another major factor in destruction. This is history. Thank you for pointing out these issues. One other omission in Codex Sinaiticus with theological implications is the reference to Jesus ascension in Luke 24:51. Jesus was hauled before Pilate for the Jewish religious Elite wanted Him dead, because they charged Jesus with blaspemy. Im aware of no historical evidence that anything was erased and replaced. Codex Sinaiticus says that Jesus was moved with compassion in Mark 1:41. . Constantine Tischendorfs chance finding of Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest New Testament manuscript, at St. Catherines Monastery in the Sinaiand his later removal of the manuscriptmade him both famous and infamous. The English translation was not translated from the Codex, but evidently copy-pasted from some English version of the Bible and mapped onto the verse numbers in the CS. and unbelief is under Satan, who does not allow the truth and What is His name, and what is His Sons name? Is it not because of these negatives that the world is so rotten as it is? Nevertheless, for many readers and contributors to this forum, there are things in that entry which they might not agree with; others might not bat an eye. Describes her perfectly. Instead.the Gospels end with a message of hope, (The Epilogue at the end of John was probably added later by a follower of Peter.) Also, in Matthew 6:13, Codex Sinaiticus ends the Lords Prayer with the phrase but deliver us from [the] evil [one] (which is omitted above), but the doxology (for thine is the kingdom) is absent. Below, see a visual comparison of these and other differences between the King James Version and Codex Sinaiticus. Being in the ultimate best group (your current religion is the correct one of course) is a very powerful aphrodisiac. Whether Marks gospel is more definitive or not would be a moot issue if it was written as a subsequent addition to Johns. From what I read, that gospel goes straight to the point that Jesus was the living Word of God, the only begotten son, and the light to the world. And why would God hide the truth from his people for almost 2000 years before giving them the correct script of His Holy Word in the form of Codex Sinaiticus? https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102007409#h=22:2-23:524https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102007409#h=22:2-23:524. re 17. Fact is you choose to suppress it, and by doing so you distance yourself from the Grace of GOD. And no less so today. are very corrupt in nature such as Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Alexandrinus (A 02), Bezae Canatbrigiensis (D 05). If not, then the art critics interpretation is, From a Byzantine priority (Traditional Christian Church Textus Receptus reading) perspective, the Washingtonianus manuscript and the other early Alexandrian Uncials testify in favor of the early and consistent underlying text found within the Majority of Greek New Testament manuscripts. In Mt 6:12, Codex Sinaiticus reads forgive us our *debts* (not sins). From the epistles we find the basic Christian beliefs: Christ is the Son of God and His resurrection etc. Mark 16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. contends that Tischendorf should be considered a hero, not a thief, Tischendorf on Trial for Removing Codex Sinaiticus, the Oldest New Testament., 3 Pilgrimage Paths from Galilee to Jerusalem, Dating the Oldest New Testament Christian Manuscripts, The Bethesda Pool, Site of One of Jesus Miracles, The Original Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, https://www.faraboveall.com/015_Textual/SinVat_Galatians.pdf, https://www.faraboveall.com/015_Textual/SPLIT%20TEXTS_JETS_current.pdf, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukRCVDmiAts, https://books.google.com/books/about/In_the_Beginning.html?id=C8Nw_SN2zgYC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f=false, https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102007409#h=22:2-23:524https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102007409#h=22:2-23:524, http://www.revisedstandard.net/text/WNP/id_3.html, http://purebibleforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNv-zzpIwBs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqBEuxGY7DI, http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200270815. The Textus Receptus constituted the translation-base for the original German Luther Bible, the translation of the New Testament into English by William . A million is a million, not one less than a million. Better read Revelation 22:18 It dismays me, sincerely. Corrupt Path - The ' Minority Text' consists of only 5% of existing manuscripts . How else could it be that no copies of these manuscripts, not even on small fragments, have been discovered? What is his assessment? COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. In addition, I dont think Id ever forget them, because theyre life changing. It was not something that they had to work out..DID HE or DIDNT HE? Battle of the Bibles on link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNv-zzpIwBs ; and Changing the Wordon link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqBEuxGY7DI. Those wanting to use the Greek manuscripts needs to consult the fact that these were Yisraelis writing, not Greek and the language would have been written in Hebrew. Subversion is often of a greater danger than frontal attack. I am mainly interested in all the verses that were not in the oldest manuscripts. What is so important about the KJV being a translation from the Textus Receptus (received text)??? Such a production line was slow and laborious and costly. These are the manuscripts on which Westcott and Hort and the modern versions rely so heavily. The devil is in the detail AGAIN. However, the two authoritative fourth-century Greek manuscriptsCodex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanusboth end with Mark 16:8. In my own experience, for over thirty years, when I have raised the question of what is the correct Greek text of the New Testament, regardless of audience, the usual response has been: What difference does it make? The purpose of this article is to answer that question, at least in part. (APPENDIX II, A COMPARISON BETWEEN SIX MAJOR BIBLE VERSIONS, VOLUME II, UNHOLY HANDS ON THE BIBLE. But the people supporting the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus say that since Textus Receptus came after these two, many things must have been erroneously added to the texts. Interpretation is of God also. Disinformation is a great tool for controlling our minds! Please site such evidence if it exists. The Textus Receptus always has the evidence on its side. But rather how many manuscripts that predate Codex Sinaiticus contain the missing language if any? And then when I read a modern version of the Bible (derived from the Westcott and Hort revisions) I never experience this power or anything like it at all??? Other versions like the Codex Sinaiticus have but one or two manuscripts, so despite the age and missing content versus the KJV Bible, one needs to only weigh the odds of which versions seems likely to be more correct. You cant get any plalner than that. Ive known for a long time these differences existed, I just have never been able to figure out how these differences came to be. Until the late 1800s, the Textus Receptus, or the "received text," was the foremost Greek text from which the New Testament was derived. The idea that older is automatically better has deceived many people when it comes to this text that was found by Tischendorf and used by Westcott and Hort and the like. I am still researching this. Hes giving me understanding of things Ive ask him How about logic? I read it for the prose. It is one of the four great uncial codices. Codex Sinaiticus Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come. WHAT IS HIS SONS NAME? Strange where you find some of BC assertions of the immortality of the soul. The KJV is familiar to most of us so naturally we prefer the familiar, but to place it on par with the original Greek manuscripts of the bible seems sacrilegious. Codex Vaticanus, gathering dust in the Vatican library since the 1500s and Codex Sinaiticus, rescued from a trash can in St. Catherines monasteryused by Westcott and Hort to rewrite the KJV. But it would be fair for an annotated version of the Bible to include reference to Would appreciate knowing what is considered to be the oldest versions of the OT and NT. Also, Luke 9:55-56 are not completely absent in Codex Sinaiticus. A court is not the appropriate place to prove or disprove the authenticity of old manuscripts. All religions are based on truth claims. If we speak of provenance in an art museum, we know where the picture has been since it was painted by the artist. But for the Roman and Orthodox churches there would be no Latin or Greek scripture (on which all translations depend). God works in, with and through fallen human beings, even when the errors/sins are most glaring. . The text of Codex Sinaiticus differs in numerous instances from that of the authorized version of the Bible in use during Tischendorfs time. http://purebibleforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65. https://www.faraboveall.com/015_Textual/SPLIT%20TEXTS_JETS_current.pdf. And how about the epistle of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas? Memorization and oral transmission was the primary means of education in first century Judea and Galilee among the Jews. Westcott and Hort corrected the King James Bible (1881 NT and 1884 AT) and replaced the Textus Receptus as a basis through the Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. For example, the resurrection narrative at the end of Mark (16:920) is absent from the Codex Sinaiticus. 95% of all NT Manuscripts agree, yet modern scholars reject the testimony of the Received text underlying the KJV English translation in favor of something that was discarded asking us to believe that the True Words of God were lost for hundreds of years making God a liar in His Promise of Preservation. Two hundred years after Constantine Tischendorfs birth, questions remain as to the conditions of his removal of Codex Sinaiticus from St. Catherines Monastery. Learn more by reading Tischendorf on Trial for Removing Codex Sinaiticus, the Oldest New Testament.. The consequences of all this are serious and are far reachiing for the future of the Church.. Now we all know what we have been told about the manuscripts upon which the Textus Receptus was based: they were "The feeblest of manuscript resources" and "Late medieval manuscripts of inferior quality" and so forth.But this collides with what we see in John 6:65-7:16, where minuscule 4 has less corruption than Codex Sinaiticus. As for the resurrection in Mark or not in Mark versus Sinaiticus..I think there are endless debates over the Long Ending and the Short Ending of Mark, with scholars evenly divided in their views. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. The only Greek manuscript with that reading is the bilingual Codex Bezae (D/05) from the V century. No one was copying the thought in ant way, it now was a part of each hearers memory and as such will be changed a bit by each hearer. Little doubts often repeated become entrenched in the mind and eventually produce either a serious warning, or a platform for lies. Did God speak directly to King James I and the various groups of translators assembled by him to produce the KJV for the English-speaking world??? Then that history was erased, and replaced with the gosple account agreeable to the era? Textus Receptus is Latin for "Received Text." It was used as the textual base for the vernacular translations that arose during the Reformation period. 2. God has become a stigma in our society today, the lack of morality I think is a reflection of that stigma. Also there are several copies of the book of Matthew written in Hebrew. This is also the text that agrees with more than 95% of the Bible Manuscripts in Koine (common) Greek. (The King James Version and New King James Version are based on the Textus Receptus.) Hopefully their path will lead to righteousness worthy of Almighty Gods approval. Burgon, a supporter of the Textus Receptus, suggested that Codex Sinaiticus, as well as codices Vaticanus and Codex Bezae, were the most corrupt documents extant. Denominations arise from different nationalities and immigrants bringing their Christian tradition to other countries (We see this in the U.S.) But denominationalism arises from the hypocrisy of Christians who divide based on prideful arguments. Neither the original hand nor any corrector afterward in Codex Sinaiticus has the wording that Jesus was angry in Mark 1:41. I believe GOD has preserved his word as he said he would . Pilate was used to trouble makers in Judea and he saw and heard a lot of phony messiahs, and many of those were armed to the teeth to try and get rid of Romes power base in Judea. Pilate flatly told the Jewish leaders that he found NO FAULT in this man. You are applying 20th century, literate society ideas on a first century oral transmission society. UNHOLY HANDS ON THE BIBLE, BURGON, GREEN, SOVEREIGN GRAC PUB. They cant all be simultaneously true so it is important to seek out the truth. Modern scholarship generally holds that Mark is in fact the oldest of the Synoptic Gospels, which could cause theological concerns over the omitted resurrection.

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