Do you remember the story in John 5:3-4 of the angel who moves the waters at the pool of Bethesda and the first to enter would be healed of their infirmity? This story appears in the KJV and many modern translations remove it. Here again we draw on the work of Will Kinney to showContinue reading “Is the Angel at the Pool of Bethesda Scriptural?”
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1 Samuel 6:19-How many men died?
The modern versions would like to dispute the number of dead recorded in 1 Samuel 6:19. The Authorized Version reads 50,070, but modern versions go with 75, 70, or 50. Obviously we have a huge discrepancy between these translations. So which is it? The text in the Authorized Version reads, “And he smote the menContinue reading “1 Samuel 6:19-How many men died?”
“Easter” is a Perfectly Legitimate Translation in Acts 12:4
The following is a portion of Will Kinney’s work on Acts 12:4 and the rendering of pascha as Easter. You can find the full article here. Today’s gotcha question revolves around whether the KJV translators were negligent in translating pascha as Easter. _____________________________________________________________________________ Is the word “Easter” an error in the King James Bible? InContinue reading ““Easter” is a Perfectly Legitimate Translation in Acts 12:4″
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