Westcott – “I reject the word infallibility of Holy Scriptures overwhelmingly.” Riplinger, pg 622, Hort – “Evangelicals seem to me perverted. I suppose I am a communist by nature.” Riplinger, pg 624, Westcott – “our Bible as well as our Faith is a mere compromise.” Riplinger, pg 625. This text was then used to produce the Revised Version 1881 and the American Standard Version 1901. “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.” Ps. To Westcott and Hort, the King James Bible was clearly an inferior translation. Hort and Westcott defended the inclusion of a Unitarian scholar on the Revision Committee. Masoretic Text, Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament (based on Westcott-Hort, Weiss and Tischendorf, 1862). This text is tagged with Strong’s numbering. Answer: Brooke Westcott and Fenton Hort were 19th-century theologians and Bible scholars. (Hort’s letter to Westcott regarding their writing other things. The judge then listens to the other side which holds over 5000 witnesses. Since 99.9% of these manuscripts agree, we can be comforted knowing that God has preserved His Word among us. The King James New Testament was translated from a different family of Greek texts. Codex Sinaiticus (Aleph) For obvious reasons, the Textus Receptus is also referred to as the "Majority Text" since the majority (95% or more) of existing manuscripts support this reading. It is the foundational Greek text for the NET Bible. Alfred Martin, former Vice-President at Moody Bible Institute, wrote in 1951, "The present generation of Bible students having been reared on Westcott and Hort have for the most part accepted this theory without independent or critical examination. . The HereticsBehind the Modern Bible Versions. It is comparable to a judge with a criminal past, making a judgment based upon the witness of five liars, and at the same time ignoring the unified witness of over 5000 men. Most modern translations are based on the Nestle-Aland/United Bible Society (NA/UBS) text, published by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society). Even the casual reader of the Bible, if he were to compare a modern translation (NIV) with the KJV, will easily find numerous differences between the two (Consider Revelation 1:11, Heb. For even more information, see this forum post. The following is information is take from two sources, G.A. In Christ Jesus our Lord, The KJV, on the other hand, is based upon the Majority text, over 5000 witnesses agreeing. In Matthew 24:35 Jesus said, “Heaven and earth shall pass away but My words shall not pass away.” Isaiah 40:8 says, “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the Word of our God shall stand forever.” See also Is. This Greek New Testament was the basis for the Revised Version of that same year. Though they no longer live, their legacy lives on in the form of a corrupted Greek text. The New Testament in the Original Greek is a Greek-language version of the New Testament published in 1881. Interlinear Textus Receptus Bibles shown verse by verse. In 1851 Westcott was ordained an Anglican "priest" and Hort in 1856: their careers were spent mostly in … The climax of this restoration era goes to the immediate successors of these men, the two English Bible scholars B. F. Westcott and F. J. Since the original books of the Bible do not exist anymore, it becomes necessary to translate the Bible from copies of the original. Has literal English meanings based on the Greek roots. Hort did not have a single historical reference to support the idea that such a recension took place. They make themselves the judge. Any modern translation that is based upon Westcott and Hort's Greek text cannot be trusted, for it is based upon five manuscripts which do not even agree with one other. Westcott, Hort, and Blavatsky are all forerunners of the modern day New Age movement which aims at one world religion. The Recension of The Biblical Texts. There are different texts that the English translations of the Bible come from. It is a critical text, compiled from some of the oldest New Testament fragments and texts that had been discovered at the time. This requires us to reach back in history to the days of the apostles, when the New Testament was written in the original Greek language – sometime between 33-100 AD. In other words, the manuscript “Codex Vatican B” does not contain Mark 16:9-20. . EXPLANATION: Brook Foss Westcott (1825-1903) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892) were two non-Christian Anglican ministers. Not one of these manuscripts is exactly the same in Greek content. 118:8 Putting our confidence in God and not man, it seems apparent our Lord has kept His promise and that His Word is faithfully preserved in over 5000 witnesses! Yes, that's a good example of how there is a difference in the way a manuscript is translated. To learn more about Bible versions and the many problems with modern translations, consider the following: David Otis Fuller, D. D. Which Bible Grand Rapids International Publications, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49501, David Otis Fuller, D. D. Counterfeit Or Genuine Mark 16? The Westcott-Hort text is an eclectic text. Tobin Pederson, When it comes to the various Bible versions of our modern day, most readers assume that all Bibles are created equal, with perhaps differing degrees of readability. I mean, a text issued by men who are already known for what will undoubtedly be treated as dangerous heresy will have great difficulty in finding its way to regions which it might otherwise hope to reach and whence it would not be easily banished by subsequent alarms. Since its publication in 1881, Westcott and Hort’s work has proved to be impressively accurate, though far from perfect. This was called the Lucian Recension Theory. In the 1870's, a challenge arose in the English world to the primacy of the King James Bible. For many advocates of the majority text view, a peculiar form of the doctrine of the preservation of Scripture undergirds the entire approach. Instead they used the corrupted manuscripts of the Gnosticism-Origen-Eusebius- Jerome-Augustine lineage.” (Joseph Van Beek‘s tract: KJV vs NIV, pgs 5 & 6), As to the personal beliefs of Westcot and Hort: 1) They never claimed or testified that the Bible was verbally inspired or inerrant. Likewise we dare never put confidence in man. In 1881 two prominent scholars, Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton J. You have to believe that the Roman Catholics and the nineteenth century rationalists did have the pure word of God. To understand Westcott and Hort, you must first understand textual criticism. Simultaneously published with the RV was the Greek text of Westcott and Hort, two Cambridge scholars. Isn’t it better to trust that God preserved His Word in the 5000+ witnesses rather than the five witnesses who do not agree with each other? Therefore it is unwise for the sincere Christian to readily accept modern Bible translations assuming them to be accurate and faithful to the Word of God. Even a brief comparison of passages between the NIV and KJV will yield useful information. Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901). Literal English Features: Is true to the word order of the original Greek. Theme: Newsup by Themeansar. Compares the 1550 Stephanus Textus Receptus with the King James Bible. For much unlike the 5000+, these five manuscripts are radically different. Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892). Any modern translation that is based upon Westcott and Hort’s Greek text cannot be trusted, for it is based upon five manuscripts which do not even agree with one other. A textual critic sets himself up as judge over God’s Word, when no man has such a right. Proudly powered by WordPress Westcott and Hort were the original textual critics of their day. Grand Rapids International Publications, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49501, Pastor R. W. Shekner, Comparisons, Anchor Publications (anchorbooksandtracts.com), Taylor and Young, Distorted Scripture, Anchor Publications (anchorbooksandtracts.com), G. A. Riplinger New Age Bible Versions A V Publications, Box 388 Munroe Falls, Ohio, If you have a King James Bible you see it is about the resurrected Christ,….quite an important part of Scripture. The NET Greek New Testament is a modern Greek text based on Westcott and Hort. A. Hort, printed their New Testament in Greek, later known as the Critical Text. Hort clearly had a bias against the Textus Receptus, calling it "villainous" and "vile". For the reader of the NIV this note in brackets must at least cause doubt to enter one’s mind as to the authenticity of these verses. In spite of the fact that there is not a single historical reference to the Lucian Recension, many Bible colleges teach it as a historical fact. In 1853 these two Cambridge professors, Westcott and Hort, began to prepare a Greek Text based primarily on the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus manuscripts. The more recent translations such as the NASB and the NIV, claim to use […] Westcott and Hort in turn, were rationalists in their approach to the textual problem in the New Testament and employed techniques within which rationalism and every other kind of bias are free to operate.". John 8? Visit the library for more information on the Textus Receptus. Recension. | The KJV is based on a Greek New Testament text called the Textus Receptus, first published by Desiderius Erasmus in 1516 and subsequently revised by a number of scholars. "For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men"-Jude 1:4. Hort’s success in this task and the cogency of his tightly reasoned theory shaped - and still shapes - the thinking of those who approach the textual criticism of the New Testament through the English language. In 1844 part of another old manuscript (Codex Sinaiticus) was found in a wastebasket in St. Catherines’s monastery (the other part was found in 1859). "The two most popular Greek manuscripts today, Nestles-Aland and UBS (United Bible Society), differ very little from the Westcott and Hort text. Please note that neither Westcott nor Hort believed that the Bible was God’s Word. K.W. There are over 5366 manuscripts of the Greek New Testament. In my own NIV Student Bible (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids Michigan, Copyright 1986, 1992), there is no mention of Westcott and Hort, but a mere reference to “textual criticism.”, “Where existing manuscripts differ, the translators made their choice of readings according to accepted principles of New Testament textual criticism.”, Though these quotations say nothing of Westcott and Hort, they are hidden behind the words “accepted principles of textual criticism“. Textus Receptus) presented a huge dilemma for Westcott and Hort. In the court room they tell it to the judge as it is, yet when the judge hears each of their stories, the witnesses do not agree. Can his verdict be true? Now we have said that 99.9% of those 5000+ manuscripts agree with each other almost perfectly, but what about the other .1%??? Now take your Bibles and look at Mark 16:9-20. Whilst it is true that they used original sources, they omitted to tell readers that those sources were considered to be corrupt, by many centuries of biblical theologians, and so were not used for the famed 1611 KJV. A majority of the modern English bibles, including the New International Version (NIV) and NASB, are based on this Nestle-Aland text, which despite having been "improved" 27 times to its current "27th Edition" in the last 56 years (by comparison, TR hasn't had to be updated at all in the last 400 years) still remains in essence, Westcott & Hort's. But we must remember that Bibles are translated by men, and thus corruption is possible. Modern Bible Versions, and Westcott and Hort Pastor Tobin Pederson, Reformation Day, October 31, 2007. Their names are as follows: Testament, testifies that the last 12 verses of Mark do not exist. They are anything but. They are not aware nor concerned that almost all the modern Bible versions of our day are built upon the Greek Text of Westcott and Hort, commonly called the Westcott-Hort text. 2) They denied the Genesis account of creation and questioned whether Eden ever existed……Instead they praised Darwin’s 1859 theory of evolution. The resulting "The New Testament in the Original Greek" was published in 1881, as was the Revised Version based upon it. KJV was translated from Masoretic Text (OT) & Textus Receptus (NT) and most other versions were translated from Biblia Hebraica (OT) & Westcott-Hort (NT). Sinai) in 1844 by Constantin von Tischendorf. 2:16, Col. 2:9). They determined to replace the King James Bible and the Greek Textus Receptus. )” Riplinger, pg 623, Westcott – “I shall aim at what is transcendental in many people’s eyes. They began their work in 1853 and completed it in 1881, working for twenty-eight years independently of each other, yet regularly comparing notes. Westcott and Hort themselves made this claim in their day, and it is … Chapter 8: Westcott and Hort - part 1. It must be replaced by a new translation from texts that they considered to be older and better. From Gipp's Understandable History of the Bible. 30:8, 59:21, I Pet 1:23. “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” Rev 22:18,19. Dr. The Palimpsest Theory. By the same token, most have rid themselves of the “ancient” King James Version and upgraded for a newer model, such as the NIV, or NASB, etc. This Greek text had been in the works for 28 years, coming to light on May 12, 1881. 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