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Mark 2:17 "They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance". Douay "For I came not to call the just, but sinners". RV and RSV "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners ". JB "I did not come to call the virtuous, but sinners ". NIV "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners ". Again, as in Matthew 9:13, all versions avoid mentioning "repentance ". Luke 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men". The heavenly host announced to the world the beautiful news of salvation to men - a generic term encompassing the whole human race, without exception. But in the following renditions, this universal message of hope has been prostituted with a restricted application to a favoured class. Douay "Glory to God in the highest: and on earth peace to men of good will". Over the centuries, the Roman Church has made it painfully clear whom she regards as not meriting good will. RV "And on earth peace among men in whom He is well Pleased ". RSV "and on earth peace among men with whom He is Pleased ". JB "and peace to men who enjoy His favour". NIV “peace to men on whom His favour rests". Such sentiments expressed in the modern versions could encourage the predestination philosophy of Calvin on which "Apartheid" is predicated. John 6:47 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life". RV "He that believeth hath eternal life". RSV "he who believes has eternal life ". JB "everybody who believes has eternal life ". NIV "he who believes has everlasting life ". According to the above versions, belief in something unspecified will ensure eternal life! Like Hinduism or Buddhism? 1 Corinthians 5:7 "For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us". Douay "For Christ our pasch is sacrificed". RV "For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ ". RSV "For Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed". 10
JB "Christ, our, passover, has been sacrificed". NIV "For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed". For those who are inclined to minimise the importance of the two missing words: 'for us", it is here pertinent to quote B.G. Wilkinson: "That Christ was sacrificed is an historical fact; that He was sacrificed 'for us" is a doctrine and the very basis of which the Gospel rests. Take away the fact that he died for us, as the Revisers did in this text, and there is no Gospel left. The leading Revisers, in particular, Westcott and Hort, rejected the idea that Christ was our substitute and sacrifice" ("Our Authorised Bible Vindicated", p 193). Group 6. Against Christ's Resurrection and Ascension, and Second Advent If there is one thing the Gnostics and Rationalists cannot stomach, it is the fact of Christ's resurrection and ascension. It follows then that the doctrine of His second advent must be a nonsense to such unbelievers. Matthew 24:3 "Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world?" Douay "And what shall be the sign of They coming and of the consummation of the world?' RV Note "And what shall be the sign of Thy presence and of the consummation of the age?' RSV "and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?" NIV "and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?' Not that all the above (except the Revised Version which relies on a note to inject uncertainty) are indefinite as to the precise nature of the event. "The end of the age" could refer to any of earth's historical periods, such as the age of Roman rule, the supremacy of an empire, or a social era. Mark 16:9-20 "Now, when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene ...After that he appeared in another form unto two of them ... Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat ... So then after the Lord had spoken unto them he was received up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God". RV Note "The two oldest Greek manuscripts and some other authorities omit from verse nine to the end". RSV Note The chapter ends with verse eight and verses nine to twenty are recorded in note . NIV "The translators preface verses nine to twenty with the observation,: "The most reliable early manuscripts do not have Mark 16:9-20-. If "the most reliable manuscripts" do not include these verses, then why include them in a note? The manuscripts which the revisers incorrectly describe are the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus which, as we have seen, have at times been rejected by Rome as inferior to the Itala; hence it is fairly predictable that both the Douay and the Jerusalem Bibles should include these verses. 11
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Table of Contents By way of introdu
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Jane Seymour, the third of Henry's
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attacked and destroyed monasteries
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