THE BIBLE:Reversing the Pages of Time

Why is it called “The Word of God?”

Prophet Prophecy Date Spoken Date Fulfilled

Moses Israel would select a king to

be like other nations

1451BC (Deut. 17:14)

1095 BC (356 years

after) 1 Sam.10

Isaiah Cyrus will conquer

Babylon and will give

command to rebuild

Jerusalem.

712 BC (Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah

45:1)

536 BC (176 years after

)Ezra 1:1-3

Malachi A ministry to forerun the

second coming of Christ

397 BC (Mal.4:5-6)

1947 (2,344 years after)

Fast Facts Over 1,600 years 40 different men It proclaims Itself “The

Word of God”

Fast Facts “Thus saith the Lord” appears

over 3,000 times “Fear not” appears about 365 Historically accurate

(Josephus, Unger)

“In the Beginning…”

Tyndale (1536): “Open the King of England’s eyes…{Henry 8th}”

Other versions: Great Bible (Tyndale’s work

revised) {1538} Bishop’s Bible {1568} Geneva Bible {1599}

James I : 1604“That a translation be made of the whole Bible, as consonant as can be to the original Hebrew and Greek; and this to be set out and printed, without any marginal notes, and only to be used in all churches of England in time of divine service.”

About the Scholars: 54 men (47 actively

translated) Organized into 6 groups Adhered to 15 rules for

translation As any one Company hath dispatched

any one Book in this Manner they shall send it to the rest, to be considered of seriously and judiciously, for His Majesty is very careful in this Point. 

About the Work 4 years to do rough draft 3 more years review & edit Finally published in 1611 (7

years later)

In the Words of the Translators

About Previous Translations "We are so far off from condemning any of their labors

that travailed before us in this kind, either in this land or beyond sea,…that we acknowledge them to have been raised up of God, for the building and furnishing of his Church, and that they deserve to be had of us and of posterity in everlasting remembrance.“

About Their Own Work: “Neither did we disdain to revise that which we had

done, and to bring back to the anvil that which we had hammered: but having and using as great helps as were needful, and fearing no reproach for slowness, nor coveting praise for expedition, we have at the length, through the good hand of the Lord upon us, brought the work to that pass that you see.”

Objectives and Results

Objectives To have: “one more exact Translation of the Holy Scriptures into

the English tongue” To destroy “popish ignorance” over the people Course objective 3

Results Immensely popular with English speakers “…if accuracy, fidelity, and the strictest attention to the letter of

the text, be supposed to constitute the qualities of an excellent version, this of all versions, must, in general, be accounted the most excellent. Every sentence, every work, every syllable, every letter and point, seem to have been weighed with the nicest exactitude; and expressed, either in the text, or margin, with the greatest precision.“-Alexander Geddes (1802)

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KJB Facts 200 copies left Was revised

several times Legacy of King

James I

Questions/Discussion:

What church age was this? What anointing was on the

people? What age was coming after?

Why would they need the Word?

מתרגם אתה ?האם

Are You a Translator?ca. 850 - Vespasian Psalterdryten receð me 7 nowiht me wonu bið in stowe leswe ðer mec gesteaðelade ofer weter gereodnisse aledde mec sawle mine gecerde gelaedde me ofer stige rehtwisnisse fore noman his weotudlice ðaeðe ic gonge in midle scuan deaðes ne ondredu ic yfel forðon ðu mid me erð gerd ðin 7 cryc ðin hie me froefrende werun ðu gearwades in gesihðe minre biod wið him ða swencað mec ðu faettades in ele heafud min 7 drync ðinne indrencende swide freaberht is 7 milheortniss ðin efterfylgeð mec allu degum lifes mines ðaet ic ineardie in huse dryhtnes in lengu dega.

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