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Jan 10 07 10:04 AM
Quote:While God would be known only in Jacob, and have his Name great in Israel, and in none other place, while the dew lay on Gideon's fleece only, and all the earth besides was dry; [See S.August.lib.12. contra Faust.c.32.] then for one and the same people, which spake all of them the language of Canaan, that is, Hebrew, one and the same original in Hebrew was sufficient. But when the fullness of time drew near, that the Sun of righteousness, the Son of God, should come into the world, whom God ordained to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood, not of the Jew only, but also of the Greek, yea, of all them that were scattered abroad; then, lo, it pleased the Lord to stir up the spirit of a Greek prince (Greek for descent and language), even of Ptolomy Philadelph, King of Egypt, to procure the translating of the Book of God out of Hebrew into Greek. This is the translation of the Seventy interpreters, commonly so called, which prepared the way for our Saviour among the Gentiles by written preaching, as Saint John Baptist did among the Jews by vocal. For the Grecians, being desirous of learning, were not wont to suffer books of worth to lie moulding in kings' libraries, but had many of their servants, ready scribes, to copy them out, and so they were dispersed and made common. Again, the Greek tongue was well known and made familiar to most inhabitants in Asia, by reason of the conquest that there the Grecians had made, as also by the colonies, which thither they had sent. For the same causes also it was well understood in many places of Europe, yea, and of Africa too. Therefore the word of God being set forth in Greek, becometh hereby like a candle set upon a candlestick, which giveth light to all that are in the house, or like a proclamation sounded forth in the market-place, which most men presently take knowledge of; and therefore that language was fittest to contain the Scriptures, both for the first preachers of the Gospel to appeal unto for witness, and for the learners also of those times to make search and trial by.
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Jan 10 07 11:25 AM
Administrator
Quote: Apparently the AV translators believed in the antiquity of the LXX. In their preface to the AV 1611, they wrote:
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Jan 11 07 7:57 PM
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Jan 12 07 12:29 PM
Quote: James and Paul were Apostles.
Jan 12 07 3:08 PM
Jan 12 07 10:15 PM
Quote: Ah, but you ARE saying they are your final authority, because you are saying it was thier work of translation, and ONLY their work of translation that is the word of God for the English speaking people. You are saying that no other person in the world is capable of translating the word of God into English and getting it right. You are setting those 47 men on a pedastool and worshipping their work over God's.
Jan 16 07 6:20 PM
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Jan 16 07 7:00 PM
Bible Believer
Quote:You have said it repeatedly since I have gotten here. You worship the book, not the savior. You've said as much yourself, quoting scripture to back up your perverted position (as anyone can do, taking the right verses out of context).
Quote:You've said as much yourself
Quote:quoting scripture to back up your perverted position
Jan 16 07 7:10 PM
Quote:You worship the book, not the savior.
Quote: You've said as much yourself, quoting scripture to back up your perverted position (as anyone can do, taking the right verses out of context).
Jan 16 07 7:30 PM
Jan 16 07 7:34 PM
Quote:However, you do not find God himself in the bible. You find the testamony of God. You can learn about God from the bible, but you can only really know God by developing a relationship with him.
Jan 16 07 7:39 PM
Jan 16 07 8:11 PM
Quote:I'm saying that we are to worship God, not the bible.
Jan 16 07 9:54 PM
Quote:Psalm 1381I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 2I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. 3In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. 4All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. 5Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. 6Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. 7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 8The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Quote:NIV2 I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.NASVI will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. Contemporary English Version2I worship at your holy temple and praise you for your love and your faithfulness. You were true to your word and made yourself more famous than ever before.
Jan 16 07 11:39 PM
Quote:for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Jan 17 07 12:02 AM
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Mar 13 07 1:13 PM
Quote: So, a bunch of Anglicans translate the bible into the English of the times. They write in their preface that they don't believe the version is perfect, and yet here we are half a millinium later arguing over whether their work is the "holy divine word of God" do the damnation of all other work of translation from all other tranlators who have evern translated the word of God from one language to another. How very imaginative.
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