The 1611 King James Bible (KJV) was translated from Greek manuscripts using available manuscripts
Since 1611, archaeologists have discovered 3000+ Bible manuscripts which the King James (KJV) translators were unaware of, in particular the Codex Sinaiticus. These discoveries have raised debate on the reliability, accuracy and inerrancy of the Christian Bible.
The table below lists
47 disputed Bible verses the King James Bible (KJV) includes, but other Bible translations have removed entirely, or removed and mentioned in the footnote.
Majority Text
Textus Receptus
MT/TR
GREEK NEW TESTAMENT
Written in 1516 AD
Using 500 AD manuscripts
RELIABILITY
The
Majority Text/Textus Receptus (MT/TR) refers to the first editions of the Greek New Testament.
Translated between 1516 and 1633 by Erasmus, Robert Stephanus, Theodore Beza and the Elzevir brothers.
Manuscripts Used: The MT/TR New Testaments was translated from the Greek Biblical manuscripts
available in Europe in 1516 AD, namely the Byzantine Texts dated to 500 AD.
MT/TR Bibles
- King James (KJV) Bible - 1611
- New King James (NKJV) Bible - 1982
- Geneva Bible - 1560
-
Tyndale Bible - 1530
-
Coverdale Bible - 1535
-
Matthew Bible - 1537
-
Great Bible - 1539
-
Bishops' Bible - 1568
Critical Text
Westcott & Hott
CT/WH
GREEK NEW TESTAMENT
Written in 1881 AD
Using 330 AD manuscripts
RELIABILITY
The
Critical Text/Westcott-Hott (CT/WH) refers to the later editions of the Greek New Testament.
Translated in 1881 by Brooke Westcott and Fenton Hort 'Westcott Hort' (WH).
Manuscripts Used: The CT/WH New Testament was translated
using
all of the manuscripts known available in 1881 AD, in particular the 1859 AD discovery, the Codex Sinaiticus dated to 330-360 AD.
CT/WH Bibles
- New International Version (NIV) Bible - 1978
- American Standard (ASV) - 1901
- New American Standard Bible (NASB) - 1971
- Revised Standard Version (RSV) - 1952
- New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) - 1989
- English Standard (ESV) - 2007
- English Revised (ERV) - 1987
- New World Translation (NWT) - 1961
- Nearly every modern English Bible
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Bible verse appears |
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Bible verse removed |
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Bible verse moved to footnote |
Of the approximately 5,000 Greek manuscripts of all or parts of the New Testament that are known today, no two agree exactly in all particulars
Metzger, Bruce. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. New York: United Bible Societies, 1975, p.xxiv
CREDIT
https://www.gotquestions.org/critical-text.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/Codex-Sinaiticus-Vaticanus.html
http://www.av1611.org/biblevs.html
http://www.bible-researcher.com/kutilek1.html
http://www.chick.com/information/bibleversions/articles/kingjamesbible.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_textual_variants_in_the_New_Testament
https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/24706/what-manuscripts-did-people-use-to-create-the-niv-and-kjv-are-the-manuscripts-u/27568#27568
https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/52032/what-manuscripts-did-people-use-to-create-the-niv-and-kjv-are-the-manuscripts-u
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