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Bible - What Manuscripts, Translation, And Version Mean

Bible – What Manuscripts, Translation, And Version Mean

1. Manuscript.

Manuscript [a.]: Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.Manuscript [a.]: Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.

2. Translation

Translation [n.]: The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.Translation [n.]: That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.

3. Version

Authorized Version; King James Version; King James Bible: an English translation of the Bible published in 1611
Douay Bible; Douay Version; Douay-Rheims Bible; Douay-Rheims Version; Rheims-Douay Bible; Rheims-Douay Version: an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars

THE BIBLE IS NOT CORRUPTED.

Manuscript Evidence
5,686 Greek manuscripts, some from within one generation of the originals
10,000 copies of Latin Vulgate
9,300 copies in other languages: Syriac (350), Coptic (100+), Armenian (2,587), Ethiopic (2,000), Arabic (75), others.
Complete copies of the Bible, from AD300-350, fully 300 years prior to Muhammad and the Qur’an
– – Codex Siniaticus
– – Codex Alexandrinus
– – Codex Vaticanus
Dead Sea scrolls: Discovered in 1947 by Bedouin goat herders; intact copies of most OT books, dated circa 150BC. Established credibility and accuracy of manuscript copying: matched with >99.5% accuracy next oldest extant mss, Masoretic text used for KJV translation and dated circa 900AD. In other words, over a span of >1,000 years of copying, the Bible was copied with remarkable accuracy! God’s word has been preserved!
Quotations of Early Church Fathers
36,289 Quotations from all 27 books of the NT, able to reproduce the entire NT except 11 verses!
Clement of Alexandria(150 212AD) = 2,406 quotes
Tertullian (160 220AD) = 7,258 quotes
Justin Martyr = 330 quotes
Irenaeus = 1,819 quotes
Origen = 17,922 quotes
Hippolytus = 1,378 quotes
Eusebius = 5,176 quotes
MISTRANSLATION, DOESN’T EFFECT THE MANUSCRIPT, DIFFERENT TRANSLATION GIVES BETTER UNDERSTANDING, THAT’S WHY WE DON’T HAVE TAFFSIR, OTHER BOOKS CANNOT BE USE IN EXPLAINING GOD’S BOOK, GOD BOOK PROVE OTHER BOOKS TO BE TRUE, NOT OTHER BOOKS CONFIRMING GOD’S BOOK.