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Trinitarian Bible SocietyFounded in 1831 for the circulation ofProtestant or uncorrupted versions of the Word of GodOfficers of the SocietyGeneral Committee:Chairman:The Rev. M. H. WattsVice-Chairman:Mr. G. D. Buss, B.EdVice-Presidents:The Rev. B. G. Felce, M.A.The Rev. G. Hamstra, B.A., M.Div.Mr. D. OldhamMr. C. A. WoodTreasurer:Pastor R. A. Clarke, B.Sc., F.C.A.Mr. G. BidstonMr. G. R. Burrows, M.A.The Rev. R. G. Ferguson, B.A.Pastor M. J. HarleyMr. A. K. Jones, LLB. (Hons) SolicitorThe Rev. E. T. Kirkland, B.A., Dipl.Th.The Rev. J. MacLeod, M.A.The Rev. D. SilversidesThe Rev. J. P. ThackwayGeneral Secretary:Mr. D. P. RowlandAssistant General Secretary:Mr. D. LarlhamFinance Director:Mr. D. J. Broome, C.P.F.AEditorial Administration Manager:Mr. P. J. D. Hopkins, M.A. Oxf.Office Manager:Mr. J. M. WilsonWarehouse Manager:Mr. I. A. DockseyEditorial Consultants:Mr. L. Brigden, B.Sc.(Hons.), M.Sc., B.A.(Hons.)Mr. G. W. Anderson, B.A.D. E. Anderson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.Mr. A. Hembd, M.A.C.S.J. Cammenga, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.G. Fox, B.A. (Hons.), D.D., Ph.D.Mr. W. M. Patterson Jnr., B.A.

Issue Number: 592July to September 2010© Trinitarian Bible Society 2010All rights reserved. The Trinitarian Bible Society permitsreprinting of articles found in our printed and onlineQuarterly Record provided that prior permission isobtained and proper acknowledgement is made.ContentsAnnual General Meeting 2From the Assistant General Secretary 3The Treasury 92011 Commemorative Meetings 10Two Gracious Intercessors 13Aspects of the Authorised Version, Part 1:Mapping the Text 15The Word of God Among All Nations 22Quarterly Record Production TeamEditorial Administration Manager: P. J. D. Hopkins Production Editor: Dr. D. E. AndersonAssistants to the Editor: C. P. Hallihan, D. R. Field, K. J. PulmanGraphic Designer: P. Hughes Circulation: J. M. Wilson

Trinitarian Bible Societywill be held, God willing,commencing at11.00 a.m.onSaturday, 25 th September 2010at the Metropolitan Tabernacle,E lephant and Castle, London, SE1 6SDafter which the Rev. Dr. W. J. MalcolmsonMinister of the Congregational Reformed Church, Belfastis expected to preach at 2.00 p.m.All are welcome

Issue Number: 592 – July to September 2010From theAssistantGeneral SecretaryIam writing this on the day following the General Election here in the UnitedKingdom, when the whole government process seems to be mired in uncertainty.Confusion is uppermost, as if the Lord’s response to many of His peopleseeking the outcome of a stable government that will allow them to ‘lead a quietand peaceable life in all godliness and honesty’ (1 Timothy 2.2) is more than ever‘Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding’(Proverbs 3.5). All those who have no such reliable guide are at themercy of the wheelings and dealings of unscrupulous men and women.How wonderful it is to have something that is sure and unchanging uponwhich to rely. For the Christian, that is (or ought to be) the Word of God, ‘a moresure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lightthat shineth in a dark place’ (2 Peter 1.19).Next year sees a most significant anniversary for the Society, the commemorationof four hundred years since the first publication of the AuthorisedVersion, the only English language Bible that we have ever published. Accordingto the Society’s Constitution, it is the only edition that we are allowed to publish—‘thecopies in the English language shall be those of the AuthorisedVersion’, ‘WITHOUT NOTE OR COMMENT, to the exclusion of theApocrypha’ (Law III). Many have asked us what plans we have for celebratingthis auspicious anniversary, if the Lord spares us, and after deliberating mostprayerfully and intensively for two and a half years, it is now time to reveal moredetails than we have been able to publish hitherto.It is my intention to use this opportunity to set out as clearly and comprehensivelyas I can the main features of our programme for 2011, the plans forwhich have now been finalised. There are still finishing touches being put to3

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly Recordmany of the arrangements, and the publications are not yet ready, but we cherishthe prayers of all our supporters that this whole venture, a very significantand unprecedented undertaking for the Society (at least in recent years), willhave the Lord’s favour and blessing upon it. It is therefore appropriate that wereveal as much of the detail as we can.The main features of the programme for next year are as follows:● A series of nineteen public meetings commemorating the excellenceof the Authorised Version, to be held throughout the year, upand down the United Kingdom. A schedule of these meetings,including dates, times, venues, speakers and chairmen, is appendedto this article. There are one or two instances in which we areobliged to say ‘to be arranged’ for certain aspects, but we will keepour supporters fully apprised of developments both on our websiteand in this quarterly publication.● A substantial booklet entitled The Authorised Version: A Wonderfuland Unfinished History, written by Mr. Peter Hallihan, is being prepared.This should be finished and available before thecommencement of the meetings, and of course widely availablethroughout the year. It will run to around eighty pages, includingphotographs and illustrations, and will be in A5 format.● The Society will be publishing at least one, perhaps two, commemorativeeditions of the Authorised Version.● Alongside these commemorative editions, it is planned that theSociety will bring out its next new setting of the Authorised Version,a fully-fledged reference Bible, with two margins on each page for references;the references will be those from the John Brown ofHaddington Self-Interpreting Bible. These references in this Bible arewidely accepted as among the finest and most detailed set of text referencesever compiled.Further detailed comments are appropriate for the public meetings:● Each lecture is scheduled to last about fifty minutes.● There will be a bookstall available wherever permitted.4

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly Recordmonth, and the fruit thereof is for meat and the leaves for medicine. Itis not a pot of manna or a cruse of oil, which are for memory only, or fora meal’s meat or two, but, as it were, a shower of heavenly bread sufficientfor a whole host, be it never so great; and, as it were, a wholecellar-full of oil-vessels, whereby all our necessities may be provided forand our debts discharged.In a word, it is a panary* of wholesome food againstfenowed* traditions; a physician’s shop (as St. Basilcalls it) of preservatives against poisoned heresies; apandect* of profitable laws against rebellious spirits;a treasury of most costly jewels against beggarlyrudiments; finally a fountain of most pure waterspringing up into everlasting life.panary – pantry orstore-roomfenowed – mouldypandect – digest8And what marvel? The original thereof being from heaven, not fromearth; the Author being God, not man; the Inditer, the Holy Spirit, not thewit of the apostles or prophets; the penmen, such as were sanctified [setapart] from the womb, and endued with a principal portion of God’sSpirit; the matter—verity, piety, purity, uprightness; the form—God’sWord, God’s testimony, God’s oracles, the word of truth, the word of salvation,&c.; the effects—light of understanding, stableness of persuasion,repentance from dead works, newness of life, holiness, peace, joy in theHoly Ghost; lastly, the end and reward of the study thereof—fellowshipwith the saints, participation of the heavenly nature, fruition of an inheritanceimmortal, undefiled, and that shall never fade away. Happy is theman that delighteth in the Scripture, and thrice happy that meditateth init day and night!Did not your heart burn within you as you read that? Are you not thrilled bythe Word of God in your day-to-day pilgrimage? Do you not long that othersmay hear these divine counsels and cordials, most especially hear of the gloriousattributes and saving power of the Son of God?It is a challenge to us who labour for the Lord day by day in the Society’s work,to continue to relish the Authorised Version as most accurately translated. Wesurely desire that people in their thousands should hear God’s Word, as clearlyand accurately translated as we are able to present to them. Why then any needto change it? Why not present this magnificent translation just as it is,unashamedly, being prepared to preach it, expound it, explain it, but not todilute its power by our own insertions written in the text?

Issue Number: 592 – July to September 2010How often in our churches, or in our homes at family worship, or in publicplaces (e.g., at open air meetings, or even in other public civil or ceremonial typegatherings, such as weddings and funerals) do we hear the Authorised Versionread with authority and power these days? The absence of this seems perhaps tostem from the fact that it is not sufficiently held that the words being read are‘the words of God’. Words are therefore changed unwittingly or carelessly evenas the Scripture is read, or even omitted. That is not to honour the accuracy ofit, that is surely to disclose a somewhat carefree attitude towards it, which doesthe reader no credit. ‘My brethren, these things ought not so to be’ (James 3.10).Let us approach the forthcoming anniversary with great confidence in theWord of God, and in the God of the Word. Let us desire that by these initiatives,many who are not natural supporters of the Society, maybe not even believers,may hear the Bible read with great authority, and preached from with greatpower, so that many may be convicted of sin, righteousness and judgment, andcry out ‘What must I do to be saved?’ Until there is a return to the AuthorisedVersion, as the one most reliable, authoritative and majestic declaration of theWord of God in the English language, the church of Christ is surely seriouslyhampered, and gives forth an uncertain sound. May the Lord so bless and usethe endeavours of the coming months, and throughout 2011, to bring manybelievers again into the fold of cherishing the accuracy and integrity of theAuthorised Version Bible, and many who do not believe into the kingdom ofGod itself, through Jesus Christ our Lord!THE TREASURYWe warmly thank the donors of the following anonymous gifts which have beenreceived since the April Quarterly Record went to press. Neath £75; Edinburgh £100,two of £10; South West Wales three of £10; Southampton £10; Bath/Bristol/Taunton two of £30; Glasgow three of £60; Cambridge £100; Isle of Lewis £300;Oxfordshire £3,750; Horsham £100; Kent £50; Gloucester £1,000, £100; Shropshire £5;Give As You Earn £70.27, £65.47, £60.67; Charities Aid Foundation £128.21;church donation three of £75; Charitable Giving (formerly South West CharitableGiving) £134.44, £94.44, £54.44; Barclays Bank Distribution Fund £75; direct intothe bank £50, £30, six of £25, three of £10; via Speakers £60, two of £20; other £250,£25, £20, £10. Total £7,452.94. Direct into our Euro account two of €2,000, €500.9

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly Record2011Commemorative MeetingsGod willing, we will be celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of theAuthorised Version with a series of meetings and lectures in the UK onvarious aspects of this venerable version’s longevity. Preliminary informationon these meetings follows. Please note that meeting arrangements may besubject to change. We will post changes and updates on our website and in futureeditions of the Quarterly Record, and would recommend that you contact theSociety’s head office to confirm details of time and location closer to the time.The following meetings will be held, God willing:Saturday 15 th January at 3.00 p.m.10Carlton Mitre Hotel Pavilion Suite,Hampton Court, LondonThe Authorised Version:King James and theHampton Court ConferenceSpeaker: Mr. Paul Rowland(General Secretary of the Society)(entrance by ticket only,available from the Society)Saturday 22 nd January at 3.00 p.m.Westminster Baptist Church, SW1The Authorised Version:King James and theHampton Court ConferenceSpeaker: Mr. Paul Rowland(General Secretary of the Society)Saturday 12 th February at 3.00 p.m.Zion Evangelical Baptist Church,Ripon, N. Yorks.The Authorised Version:The History of the English BibleBefore 1611Speaker: Dr. David Allen(Deputation Speaker of the Society)February (date & time to be confirmed)Salop Chapel,Spellow Lane, LiverpoolThe Authorised Version:The Most Faithfuland Accurate Translationof God’s WordSpeaker: Mr. Graham Chewter(Deputation Speaker of the Society)

Issue Number: 592 – July to September 2010Tuesday 15 th March at 8.00 p.m.Ballymena Free Presbyterian Churchof Ulster, N. I.The Authorised Version:A Protestant Bible forall the PeopleSpeaker: Dr. David Allen(Deputation Speaker of the Society)Saturday 30 th April at 3.00 p.m.Burntisland Parish Church, FifeThe Authorised Version:The Bible of the Martyrs andMissionaries of the Scottish ChurchSpeaker: The Rev. David Silversides(Member of the Society’sGeneral Committee)Saturday 21 st May at 3.00 p.m.Magdalen College, OxfordThe Authorised Version:The Impact of Tyndale’s TranslationSpeaker: Dr. Jonathan MooreSaturday 18 th June at 3.00 p.m.Emmanuel Church, SalisburyThe Authorised Version:The Piety and Learning ofthe TranslatorsSpeaker: Mr. Duncan BoydSaturday 2 nd July at 3.00 p.m.Melbourne Hall, LeicesterThe Authorised Version:Its Relevance in aMulticultural SocietySpeaker: Pastor Pooyan MehrshahiSaturday 30 th July at 3.00 p.m.St. Jude’s Free Presbyterian Churchof Scotland, GlasgowThe Authorised Version:The Enduring LegacySpeaker: The Rev. Hugh CartwrightSaturday 4 th June at 3.00 p.m.New Life Bible Presbyterian Church,West Kilburn, London, NW6 6NNThe Authorised Version:The Treasure ofthe Church & the NationSpeaker: Mr. Roland Burrows(Member of the Society’sGeneral Committee)Friday 19 th August at 7.30 p.m.Stornoway, Isle of Lewis(venue to be confirmed)The Authorised Version:The Climax ofEnglish TranslationsSpeaker: The Rev. Malcolm Watts(Chairman of the Society’sGeneral Committee)0011

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly RecordSaturday 20 th August at 3.00 p.m.The Thistle Hotel, InvernessThe Authorised Version:The Climax of English TranslationsSpeaker: The Rev. Malcolm Watts(Chairman of the Society’sGeneral Committee)Thursday 22 nd September at 7.30 p.m.Dudley Baptist Church, West MidlandsThe Authorised Version:The Safeguard ofthe Christian GospelSpeaker: Pastor Michael Harley(Member of the Society’sGeneral Committee)Saturday 24 th September at 2.00 p.m.Annual General Meeting of the SocietyMetropolitan Tabernacle, LondonSaturday 22 nd October at 3.00 p.m.Emmanuel College, CambridgeThe Authorised Version:The Noblest Monument ofEnglish Prose andChristian DevotionSpeaker: Pastor Michael Harley(Member of the Society’sGeneral Committee)Saturday 12 th November at 3.00 p.m.Walsham-Le-WillowsEvangelical Congregational Church,SuffolkThe Authorised Version:A Critical Assessment ofThree Modern VersionsSpeaker: The Rev. Alan MacgregorThe Authorised Version:Its Relevance Among the Youngin a Multicultural SocietySpeaker: Pastor Pooyan MehrshahiSaturday 8 th October at 3.00 p.m.Exeter (venue to be advised)The Authorised Version:Not Archaic, but an Accurate andTimeless Translation12Speaker: The Rev. John P. Thackway(Member of the Society’sGeneral Committee)Saturday 10 th December at 3.00 p.m.Hebron Hall, Dinas Powys,Vale of GlamorganThe Authorised Version:A New Hearing Forthe Authorised VersionSpeaker: The Rev. Neil Pfeiffer00

Two Gracious Intercessorsby the Rev. G. Hamstraa Vice-President of the Societythe Spirit itself maketh intercession for usChrist…also maketh intercession for usRomans 8.26,34When Jacob’s favourite son was a humble captive in Egypt’s foremostprison, he met Pharaoh’s butler and baker. Joseph soughtto comfort these two men who were troubled by anxious visionarydreams. Shortly after a faithful interpretation, the butler received hisliberty. He was exalted to his former position, just like Joseph had predicted.The butler promised to remember Joseph before Pharaoh, but hedid not keep his word (Genesis 40.23). It was like the old saying goes, ‘outof sight, out of mind’.When the King of the church left this earthly scene and ascended intoheaven, He met with nothing but glory. However, He was and is not likethe faithless butler who forgot the innocent prisoner. On the contrary,Christ constantly remembers His needy flock here below. A follower ofthe Lamb of God may always be assured of the loving care of the compassionateHigh Priest. ‘In all their affliction he was afflicted’ (Isaiah 63.9).Christ sympathises with every needy sinner who trusts in Him. ‘He everliveth to make intercession for them’ (Hebrews 7.25).In Romans 8, the Apostle Paul alludes to the various infirmities of thebeliever in Christ. A child of God may be bowed down under affliction’ssmarting rod, yet he is never alone. He receives Heaven’s sympathy andsupport. Christ, the sympathetic High Priest, ever pleads the cause of Hisown. The Holy Spirit renders His gracious assistance as well. ‘Likewisethe Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we shouldpray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us withgroanings which cannot be uttered’ (verse 26). Thus the believer has twogracious Intercessors. Christ makes intercession above, in the court ofHis heavenly Father. At the same time, the Holy Spirit makes intercessionhere below, in the heart of the believer.The Apostle Paul certainly was an experienced believer. Nevertheless,when he prayed, he realised that he needed the Spirit’s aid. Does not every13

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly Record14child of God feel a kinship to Paul in this regard? Who knows how to prayas he ought? And who of God’s children has never been troubled aboutinfirmity in prayer? At times, the believer’s prayer may seem to him likenothing but formality. Because of this, he may even be tempted to refrainfrom going to the Throne of Grace. However, one who is troubled by hisinfirmities should never give in to this temptation of the evil one. We mayconsider ourselves unable to approach the Throne of Grace, yet weshould always persevere in prayer, trusting in the Spirit’s aid. Even whenwe cannot find the proper words to express our needs, the Lord sees thetears of the broken heart. He hears the sighs of His prisoners and thegroanings that cannot be uttered.When the Spirit makes intercession in us, it is Christ who makes intercessionfor us. Believers love to dwell on what Christ has done for themwhile He was here on earth below, and rightly so. What is more preciousto faith than to meditate on Gethsemane and Calvary? But do we meditateenough on what Christ is doing now? Indeed, the atoning death ofChrist is of great significance; however, it is not to our profit when weneglect the present life of Christ.Christ’s intercession is vital. He personally appears in the court ofHeaven. He presents the sacrifice of His love, and requires that the graciousblessings flowing from this offering be imparted to each of Hischildren. This presentation of His blood speaks of better things than theblood of Abel. Abel’s blood demanded vengeance. The blood of the Lambcries for mercy and compassion.The tender concern of this gracious Intercessor is all-inclusive. Itrelates to every interest of His followers. From His High Priestly prayerrecorded in John 17 we may learn that He pleads for their safety, preservation,sanctification and glorification. The intercession of Christconstantly meets with His Father’s approval. Every plea for His bloodboughtchildren will be heard. This is the reward of His sufferings.The activities of these two gracious Intercessors are intimately related.Without Christ’s intercession for us, we could never experience theSpirit’s intercession in us. ‘Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of thelaw, being made a curse for us…that we might receive the promise of theSpirit through faith’ (Galatians 3.13,14). Besides, the Spirit’s intercessionin the contrite heart is the evidence of Christ’s intercession for the believer.What more can be desired?

Issue Number: 592 – July to September 2010Aspects of the Authorised Version:Mapping & Marking of the Textby C. P. Hallihan…he shall write him a copy of this law in a bookDeuteronomy 17.18 1If you were to make yourself Thus, we are not talking about thea copy of the Scriptures— words of the text itself, taking it forword processors aregranted that for most readers of theallowed—what would you include, and Quarterly Record the text would be anwhat would you leave out? Would your edition of the Authorised Version. So nowcopy have chapter numbers, verseour question is, ‘would your copy includenumbers, punctuation, paragraphs or “extra-textual” material?’ Remember thatparagraph marks, words in red, poetry if you say ‘No!’ you will have no versein a different style from prose, and so numbers, no chapter numbers, nor any offorth? Would there be particular reasons the things mentioned above. Even thosefor your answers? If you knew, forprinted Bibles that have declaredinstance, who was going to read your themselves as suitable ‘…to be read ascopy and why (e.g., silent reading alone, literature’ arrange the pages andreading aloud from a pulpit), would it paragraphs by the judgment of editors, andmake any difference what you would not from any consensus of the originaldecide regarding these and quite a few manuscripts. Bibles published as ‘textother choices? These things, which Bibles’, suggesting the unadorned text ofcome under the heading ofthe Bible, could still have all the things‘presentation’, are the work of editors that we have mentioned, but withoutrather than part of the actual Scriptures. chapter headings and margin references.Part One:Mapping the TextThe need to indicate divisions inthe text of Scripture in ways thatare a help to private and publicreading and to the student, has long beenrecognised: even some handwrittenHebrew manuscripts reveal this. Very earlyeditors of the Hebrew texts were content toestablish the ordering of books, making nodivision into sections or chapters. Suchtexts were made up of close-spaced strings15

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly Recordof consonant letters, having no vowelsigns,no spacing and no punctuation.Word-separation came later, a veryimportant help, and then verse divisions(but not numbering) were made by slightlylater scribes. This was not only an aid toreading, but also a guard against newverses being smuggled into the text.Jewish scholars thenmade divisions of thetext into ‘open’ and‘closed’ sections,indicating both senseand change of subject.In printed HebrewBibles, as in somelater manuscripts(including theLeningrad Codex of1008), an opensection is indicated bythe Hebrew letterp (pe) and a closedsection by s (samech).Leningrad Codex of 1008Vowel signs orpointing (which represent the pronunciationof the inspired text), 2 association and senseindications (accents) were also editorialadditions to the Hebrew text, and designedto secure accuracy of pronunciation andconsistency of word association.Division of the Biblical text, both Oldand New Testament, into chapters such aswe recognise, was accomplished for theLatin Bible by Stephen Langton about thebeginning of the thirteenth century. Thesegained an entrance into the Hebrew text inthe next century; 3 Rabbi Solomon benIsmael first placed the numerals of these‘Christian’ chapters in the margin of16the Hebrew text about AD 1330, a systemwhich made its first printed appearance ineditions of Bomberg 1518. Three decadeslater Bomberg’s Great Bible had Hebrewnumerals affixed to every fifth verse. AriasMontanus, in the Antwerp Bible of 1571,broke the Hebrew text into chapters, withthe Hebrew numerals in the body of thetext and Arabic numerals for all the versesplaced against them in the margin.All this may seem a bit remote from ustoday, but my point is this—that the needfor helpful ‘indicators’ in the written orprinted text of Scripture has been acceptedand implemented for a very, very longtime. The arranging, distinguishing andassociating of the text of Scripture, forreference, for public and shared reading,for study or debate, has long beenaccomplished without prejudice to theintegrity of the text, or to the doctrine ofinspiration. The benefits are obvious to anyreader, including the practice of clear andeasy citation, and the opening of an avenueto comprehensive concordances. Thedownside is the development of the sadlymistaken impression that the Bible is acollection of numbered sayings rather thanthe whole interconnected record of theWord of God to us.Books of the BibleThe most familiar subdivisions of the Bibleare the books; less familiar may be thevarious Bible traditions in which thenumber and order of books aresignificantly different from each other. OurAV Bible, in the established Protestant

Issue Number: 592 – July to September 2010The Ten Commandmentsin a 1566 edition of theHebrew Bomberg Bibleshowing the sectionsmarked by the Hebrewletters p (pe) ands (samech)AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE PSALMS HAVE BEENNUMBERED DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT EDITIONStradition, is settled at thirty-ninebooks in the Old Testament; theRoman Catholic Bible, acceptingsome books from the LatinVulgate scheme—the Apocrypha—has forty-six; the Eastern OrthodoxBible, inevitably influenced by theGreek Septuagint, has fifty-three.The Hebrew Bible—the oldest OldTestament—has only twenty-fourbooks, and after Judges thesequence is quite differentfrom ours. 4There are some differentchapter divisions also:1 Chronicles 5.27–41 inHebrew Bibles is numbered as1 Chronicles 6.1–15 in Christiantranslations. We should also notethat in the Hebrew tradition, theheadings and ascriptionsoccurring in many Psalms areregarded as independent verses,giving one hundred and sixteenmore verses in the Hebrew text ofthe Psalms. 5 Christian practice isHebrew(Bomberg)Greek Septuagint(Vaticanus Old Testament)Latin Vulgate(Clementine 1715)Numbering of the first nine Psalms is the same for all three…1 to 9 1 to 9 1 to 9The next Psalm in the Hebrew is numbered as Psalm 10 but in theGreek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate the same Psalm is not numbered…10 No Number No NumberThe numbers of the next 103 Psalms are therefore out of sync by one…11 to 113 10 to 112 10 to 112In the Latin Vulgate the next two Psalms are incorporated into onewhile in the Greek Septuagint the second of the two is not numbered…114 (8 verses) 113 (8 verses)113 (26 verses)115 (18 verses) No Number (18 verses)However in the Hebrew the following Psalm incorporates all the versesof what is another Psalm in the Septuagint and Vulgate…114 (9 verses) 114 (9 verses)116 (19 verses)115 (9 verses, =115 (10 verses)Hebrew Ps.116.10-19)The numbers of the next 30 Psalms are therefore out of sync by one…117 to 146 116 to 145 116 to 145However in the Hebrew the following Psalm incorporates all the versesof what is another Psalm in the Septuagint and Vulgate…146 (11 verses) 146 (11 verses)147 (20 verses)147 (9 verses) 147 (9 verses)Numbering of the next three Psalms is therefore the same for each…148 to 150 148 to 150 148 to 150The Septuagint contains an extra unnumbered Psalmthat is not found in the Hebrew…No Number (6 verses)Protestant translations are based on the Hebrew numbering;Eastern Orthodox translations are based on the Greek numbering,as are Roman Catholic texts; but modern Roman Catholictranslations often use the Hebrew numbering.17

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly Recordto include the Psalm ascription withinverse 1 or as a separate heading; the lattercauses many readers to assume that theascription is not a part of the inspired text.However, these separate headings, such asPsalm 3’s ‘A Psalm of David, when he fledfrom Absalom his son’ are, in the Hebrew,verse 1 and part of the inspired Scriptures. 6In the New Testament there are not suchmarked differences, but the order of thetwenty-seven books in those countriesinfluenced by Russian or Greek Orthodoxroots varies from the Protestant tradition,with the General Epistles (James,1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2, 3 John, and Jude)placed between Acts and Romans. Sincethe canon of the New Testament wasneither very early, nor very easily agreed,and these particular books were notreadily received in some regions, this mayaccount for these differences. 7Chapters & theOlder SubdivisionsWithin the books of the Bible the oldestand most familiar of the divisions of thetext are the chapters, and the history ofsuch lesser divisions is intriguing. Our18CanterburyCathedralwhereStephenLangton isburiedChapter & verse divisions in a 1749 AV editionaccepted division of the Bible into chaptersis thought to have been the work ofStephen Langton, 8 Archbishop ofCanterbury from 1207 to 1228 (althoughthe work was almost certainly done earlierwhen he was studying in Paris). Thesechapter divisions are often found in LatinBibles, but not in many Greek manuscripts.The heritage of the Greek manuscriptsshows us the κεϕαλια (kefalia) or majorheadings: ancient equivalent of ourchapters, and prevalent in Gospelmanuscripts from the 5th century. Theyconstitute a series of numbers, restartingwith each book, and are still to be found asitalic numerals in the margins of moderneditions of the Greek New Testament—once again we recognise Bible users’ needof ‘mapping the text’ as an aid to their useof the Bible. Alongside the κεϕαλια werethe τιτλοι (titloi)—titles or headings—short summaries of the events in a section.There were tables of titloi found at thebeginnings of the Gospels, the headingsthemselves appearing at the tops of pages

Issue Number: 592 – July to September 2010or the margins of manuscripts. These titlestook the form, in Greek, of ‘aboutsomething’, such as ‘about the Wedding atCana’, and debate continues as to whetherthe modern equivalent of such headingsshould be analytical as in this example, orinterpretative.Many forms of New Testament‘mapping’ were devised by scholars:ingenious, intriguing, and sometimes quiteenlightening. Without further burdeningthe article with definitions, here as asample is information, for the Gospelaccording to Matthew only, fromScrivener’s table of the number and extentof the various divisions of the NewTestament: 9* Divisions in Vaticanus: 10 178* Titloi: 68* Ammonian Sections: 11 355* Stichoi: 12 2,560 or 2,600Be grateful that almost from the beginningof printing we have a settled ‘map’ of thetext of Scripture, which we use easily,almost unconsciously, even assuming it tobe an inherent part of the text. 13VersesMention was made of Old Testamentverses earlier—and scholars are contentthat in our Old Testament, the verses(without numbers) are those of theHebrew Bible, probably dating back to theintroduction of accentuation and to thebeginning of that handmaid to the HebrewBible, the Masorah. 14 There is no trulyancient Hebrew manuscript testimony,Jewish custom being quickly to bury ordestroy their worn or defective Biblicalmanuscripts. However, it is accepted thatfrom ancient times, the end of the Hebrewverse was marked with the unmistakeableclosing accent, the soph pasuq ; (similar inappearance to a colon). However, eventhough thus distinctly indicated, the verseswere not numbered for a long time.Robert StephensOur New Testament verses originatedin the 1551 Greek and Latin Testament ofRobert Stephens. This contained a Greektext, a Latin Vulgate, and the Latinversion of Erasmus, in three parallelcolumns. There were also parallelreferences, Osiander’s 1537 harmony ofthe Gospels, and a thorough index.Stephens’ declared object in dividing histexts into numbered verses was to allowdirect citation of the Latin texts in exactcorrespondence to the Greek. Thisfreedom and precision of referring to the19

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly Recordsame verse now holds true across alllanguages in which the Scripturesare printed and distributed.The ‘horseback’ story isundoubtedly correct—Stephensaccomplished the versification whilsthorse-riding between Paris andLyons. This has led to scorn andopprobrium being poured upon himand indeed on the whole versenumber apparatus. One should,however, never take the versenumbering to indicate logicaldivisions of the text, or inherentlyspiritual bites, for that was not hispurpose. It was instead a plan formapping the text for reference,cross-language reference at that; andnow as multimedia references, theverses work well. What printerssubsequently did with a versenumberedtext (such as placing a fullstop at the end of every verse!), andwhat commentators have done withsuch printed editions, confusing themap with the territory, was scarcelyRobert Stephens’ fault.Stephens’ verse-divisions cameinto English with Whittingham’sGeneva New Testament, in 1557,precursor of the 1560 Bible (but not thesame New Testament version). Chapters,you may recall, were already there, in thefirst printed English New Testament. Thefirst French Bible divided into versesappeared in 1553; a numbered Italian NewTestament was in 1555; the first such LatinBible in 1555; and the first German Biblein 1568. All of this mapping of the printedtext of the Bible was settled in usage sixty20Luke Chapter 19 in the Great Bible—1562 editionyears before the Authorised Version waspublished, and has been the ‘shape’ of thetext ever since.The ‘pre-numbering’ English Bibles—Coverdale and the Great Bible—followedTyndale’s paragraphing (though notrigorously), and then paragraphs became aminor matter as the numbered versedivision prevailed. There are no

Issue Number: 592 – July to September 2010paragraphs at all in the Bishops’ Bible,technically the reference point for the AVtranslators, and it is a well noted curiositythat the AV does not indicate with thestandard the paragraph divisions afterActs 20. This paragraph style of layout is agreat help in avoiding the misperceptionthat one verse equals one sentence, onesense-unit.As tools given into our hands by diligentworkmen seeking only to facilitate serioususe of the Bible, chapters and verses servetheir purpose. However, if viewed ashaving some mysterious authority, somelingering glow of inspiration upon them,these servants will become master.Part Two of this article, coming in a lateredition of the Quarterly Record, isplanned to explore the Marking of theText: italics, capitals, and such things.Expect a certain amount of overlap. Theoverall objective is to provide a simpleaccount of how these aspects came to be inthe Authorised Version.Endnotes1. From the Greek words of the Septuagint version,deuteronomion touto (‘this deuteronomy’), the LatinVulgate, along with all modern versions, takes thename of this book. ‘This Deuteronomy’ literallyequates to the requirement of the king.2. Ed.: It should be noted that over the centuriesmany notable Godly scholars (including the PuritanJohn Owen, the Swiss Protestant theologian FrancisTurretin and John Brown of Haddington) havebelieved in, and written extensively on, the divineorigin of the Hebrew vowel points.3. Chapter and verse numbers have no significance,strictly speaking, in the Jewish tradition, but arenoted in modern Hebrew editions so that verses maybe more easily located and cited.4. The Hebrew Bible combines 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, and Ezra-Nehemiah intojust four books, the twelve Minor Prophets into one.5. This ‘Psalm Numbering’ box is very basic, andcomparisons of Hebrew, Greek, Latin and modernlanguage Psalm-numbering and Psalm-versenumberingcan be daunting.6. These are not to be confused with theexplanatory or interpretative headings inserted inmany Bibles today.7. Discussion of the canon of Scripture—the list orrule of inspired books—is no proper part of thisarticle.8. But some have attributed them to Cardinal Hugo,constructed for use in his concordance to the LatinVulgate around 1240, first printed 1479.9. F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to theCriticism of the New Testament, 4th edition (London,England: George Bell & Sons, 1894), p. 68.10. One of the 4th century manuscripts upon whichthe modern Critical Greek Text is based.11. An early system, c. 5th century, for subdividingthe Gospels, used before the advent of chapters andverses.12. A line/word counting system.13. Someone is sure to ask about the EusebianCanons. This was a cross-referencing systemembedded on the page by a scheme of Romannumerals in the margins of the Gospels, by which thereader could find the way from an event recorded inone Gospel to the equivalent or parallel sections (ifany) in the other Gospels.14. The Masorah is the body of marginal notationsfound in editions of the Hebrew Old Testament. Thesenotations were compiled by rabbinic scholars of theearly Christian era and were produced primarily toprotect the text from alteration. Although these arenot inspired, the Hebrew text is consideredincomplete without them.21

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly RecordThe Word of GodAmong All NationsAlthough certain phrases and expressions used in these letters may not be doctrinallyaccurate or in correct English, we reproduce the letters essentially as received, knowingthat the Lord is using His Word to the glory of His Name and the furtherance of HisKingdom as the Scriptures are distributed among the nations of the world.EuropeFrom a prison in Hungary:I hope you are well, I’m sending aphotograph of a prison officer distributingTBS calendars to inmates during a service inthe prison. The calendars were very welcomeand give the prisoners something to thinkabout while inside. May the Lord continuewith you.Calendars for Hungarian prisonersFrom a prison in Suffolk, England:I would just like to thank you very much forthe lovely calendars which you have kindlysent to me. The prisoners very muchappreciate such gifts. They will be given tothe men when they are first seen bymembers of the chaplaincy, which isnormally within 24 hours of their arrival.From London, England:We gave a New Testament to a man puttingleaflets in letterboxes. He stopped, took aTestament and said, ‘Thank you—this isgood!’ Then he chatted to us for a while. Hetold us he is from Mauritius and that he is aHindu. ‘But I come from a group in Mauritiuswho believe that all religions are good andthat it is wrong to say that one religion isbetter than another’. He was obviously aseeker. He took out his mobile and showedus a photo of a painting of Jesus Christ on it.‘I went to a Roman Catholic school inMauritius’, he said. He told us that he founda little statue of the Virgin Mary behind a22

Issue Number: 592 – July to September 2010radiator in the school and he still had it andhe prayed to Mary! We thought that it waswiser not to say his religion was wrong butlistened to him. And as he spoke we couldsee that he was seeking God. He then said,‘And I also have a Koran too you know!’ Wesmiled and said gently, ‘Well no one couldcall you prejudiced!’ He laughed. But laterwe prayed earnestly for him. Please do prayfor this man. He was very sincere and wecould sense his spiritual hunger for thereality of God to be in his life.TBS poster in Potters BarFrom Luton, Beds., England:The Bedford Auxiliary of the TBS arranged atwo week poster campaign at Luton andPotters Bar in December. They had sixresponses for free Bibles and it was awitness to many who passed by. May theLord continue to bless His Word.Scripture celebration party when each childwill be presented with their Bible. In ourgroup we have five toddlers too, so in duecourse they will be learning the Scripturestoo. They already know Genesis 1.1! MayGod bless you all for this generous venturein spreading God’s Word and planting it inchildren’s heart.From Glasgow, Scotland:As you know originally we had hoped to funddisplays of posters at the National Rail stationon two occasions this year but, on receipt ofyour letter, we felt led to be responsible for thecost of all six months. We have been a verytiny congregation for some time now, thereforewe could not guarantee to be able to repeatthis in 2011. However, we earnestly pray thatthe Lord will richly bless the proclamation ofHis precious Word to the many who will be inthe vicinity of the station day by day. Thecurrent poster is in a most effectiveposition—it is the only commercial poster siteoutside the station entrance. The Scripturechosen (‘…Thou God seest me’) standsTBS poster in a Glasgow stationFrom Newton Stewart, Scotland:Thank you for the Bibles. We have learnedthese Scriptures at home with our childrenand practised them each fortnight in ourhome education group. We plan to have a23

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly Recordout boldly for all to see. It is striking thatthe Society was led to use this verse. Youare probably not aware that the stationentrance is at the beginning of a shortcomplex that can only be reached by foot.Within that complex is a large adultentertainment establishment which can onlybe accessed by two ways, one of which isby the station entrance!From Piatra Neamt, Romania:We thank you very much for your greatsupport in the mission of spreading theWord of God through Words of LifeCalendars, here in the north-east area ofRomania. We have safely received 3,200calendars. The church members distributedthe WLC when they went to visit their friendsand relatives, and on any occasion whenthey had opportunity in the street, or inofficial/public places. We gave out many inthe seniors’ centres in the villages.ElderlyRomaniansreceive Wordsof LifeCalendarsAfricaFrom Bulawayo, Zimbabwe:The good news here is that the grant of theShona Golden Thoughts Calendars havearrived in Zimbabwe, and that the grant ofScriptures has arrived too. We’d like tothank you for all the donations thus given. Itwill be an exciting moment for our Shonabrothers and sisters who will now for the firsttime in their lives see Golden ThoughtsCalendars in their own language, much likethe people of the various countries andlanguages who heard the apostles speak thegreat work of God in their own language onthe day of Pentecost. History is repeatingitself, although at a much smaller scale.Since the God who was doing this at the dayof Pentecost is still the same, and has notchanged, we may safely expect the samepower of His Spirit working in this area too.From Harare, Zimbabwe:Only eternity will reveal what those Bibleshave meant to the people who do not havethe Word of God. May God bless you forthem. Please send more for Zimbabwe. Wedo need the Word of God, so that each onemay have a Bible in their hands. TheMuslims went and bought all the Bibles atsome bookshops and burnt all of them. Butwe are glad that Bibles are coming forGod’s people.From Togo:24The young people went to houses, inservices and public places to evangelise anddistribute calendars. The photograph which

Issue Number: 592 – July to September 2010accompanies this letter was taken in ahospital ward. A brother and a sister weredistributing calendars and tracts. Thecalendars are always appreciated by thereaders. It allows them to read the Bible.They especially like the verses which givethem confidence at the beginning of theyear. Our prayer is that the Lord will supplyall the needs of the TBS, that He will touchthe hearts of givers, managers and workers,that the Gospel may reach the ends of theearth. Amen!College students was killed near the collegethis afternoon and another student also losthis life. Our former house helper and longterm friend and her family had their housenear the Theological College burned today,narrowly escaping with their lives. We andour missionary colleagues are safe; but ourhearts are heavy for the city we love. Manyare suffering and the work of God ishindered. Much prayer is needed for God’speace to reign in a local situation that is stillvolatile, and in Nigeria as a country wherethe prolonged absence of the president(dead or alive?) is causing uncertainty.From D.R. Congo:Calendar distribution inTogolese hospitalFrom Jos, Nigeria:[Ed.: Our correspondent has been working inNigeria for at least 25 years. He hasestablished a huge network of Christianbookshops and has a great vision forChristian literature in West Africa. LastOctober we sent 3,000 Hausa GoldenThoughts Calendars for his ministry there.]This Sunday (January 17), several churchesin Jos were attacked and lives lost. Aftersome relief on Monday, the violence eruptedagain today (Tuesday) and the governmentintroduced a 24-hour curfew. Security forceshave been stretched trying to contain theviolence while they wait for reinforcementsfrom other states. One of our TheologicalI want you to know how grateful the studentsare to have their Hebrew-Greek Bibles. Ihave given out 100 of them so far with 100left. We gave out more this year since noone had received an original language textfor many years. Some of our previousgraduates have come to get one. I amattaching a photograph of our seniorundergraduate class and the Master’s levelstudents with their Bibles.Congolese students receiveOriginal Languages Bibles25

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly RecordFrom Kenya:A few days ago we took our small cars topick as many Bibles of the 2,000 Bibles yousent as we could. Tomorrow I go to BibleCollege of East Africa to get my classroomas I want it, and start distributing Bibles tothose impatient students there (they havebeen asking and waiting for a year and ahalf). The Bibles are lovely. I gave a box toMission Aviation Fellowship: the gatemanwas ecstatic to get one. They may be too bigto put in aeroplane pockets, but fine in theirwaiting lounge.Let us pray that God will send anotherpastor to preach there. The pastor who isthere has no rest, he starts at 5 a.m. andfinishes at 11 p.m.From Chokwe, Mozambique:We greet you in the wonderful name of theLord Jesus Christ. We went to Mabalane forour campaign. We worked with pastors fromMabalane District, Gaza province. We sawthe hand of God at work. One lady, adrunkard who passed us and heard theWord of God taught, gave her life to theLord. We had house visitation every day aswell as personal evangelism in the marketplace, inviting people to the eveningmeetings. We discovered that the place isdominated by cultic churches. But we thankGod that there is a real change made as aresult of the campaign. We then went toMapai, where we met different women whowere coming from different places of Gazaprovince, including women carrying waterwho had waited for five hours in the queueto fetch water. The borehole pump wasdonated in the year 2007, and we thoughtthe tank would be used by two villages butnow we see it is used by sixteen villages! Wenow have preachers to preach to the peoplewho come to fetch water four times per day.26Bibles for Mozambique ChristiansFrom Guinea, West Africa:We wholeheartedly greet you in the Name ofour Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to Whombe glory forever and ever. We received threeheavy cartons containing 1,300 French and400 Arabic calendars. It is a very meaningfulcontribution to our mission work. In ouroutreach to the people among whom welive—who are all more or less devotedMuslims—the annual arrival and subsequentdistribution of the TBS calendars is a wellappreciatedevent. Many boys pass only anumber of years in Qu’ranic schools in whichthey come to a basic understanding of theArabic language. So the Arabic version ofthe calendar is well appreciated even amongthe younger generation. The French version

Issue Number: 592 – July to September 2010goes to those who have obtained somedegree of formal education. Year after yearwe organize literacy classes to create aconstituency that will be able to read thetranslated Scriptures. The attendants tothese classes receive a calendar as anencouragement. While visiting villages onemay be surprised to find TBS calendars ofthe last 4 years nicely pasted on the fourwalls of the parlours of the people.Depending on the time of year these may be‘dry season craggy’ or ‘rainy season mouldy’,slowly turning tobacco brownish andgradually reduced by hungry termites orother unwelcome by-passers. It may not besurprising that the ‘outward appearance’ ofthings may sooner or later fade away in theharsh conditions of coastal West Africa. Butwhat happens to the ‘inward qualities’ ofthese ‘calendric missionaries’?Once, while studying the local languagewith one of my teachers, another friendentered our study room. He saw us busyreading and glanced through the room. Hegot attracted to the French TBS calendar andCalendars distributed in Guineastarted reading the text: ‘Now then, we areambassadors for Christ, as though God didbeseech you by us; we pray you in Christ’sstead, be ye reconciled to God’. The lastportion caused him some trouble: ‘soyezréconcilés avec Dieu’. He queried me: ‘whatdoes “réconcilier” mean?’ ‘Well’, I answered,‘suppose someone intentionally ill-treatedyou. So you are rightfully annoyed with him.African wisdom is now telling him that hemust search for a mediator to get theproblem solved between you two, isn’t it?Now that is the case, the other personneeds to be reconciled with you but notwithout the help of a mediator. Because ifhe dares to come straight to you he mayonly meet your angry face and by no meanswill he be able to reach your heart (or liver,as the saying goes in our local language).Now with this understanding, read the textonce more, will you?’ He remained silent fora while before he whispered: ‘Ah, sotherefore “Isa al Masih” needed to bewithout sin. Because if He is our Mediator,He must be able to speak with God and thatwould be impossible if He was a sinnerHimself. Now I understand’.From Imo State, Nigeria:Greetings from West Africa. Four weeks agowe received a shipment of your Bibles,pamphlets and tracts. After praying overthem we felt God’s call to distribute them inHindu villages in spite of the risk of beingarrested and sentenced to prison as well asthe risk of severe persecution in the Hinduvillages. So we started to go from home tohome giving out your Bibles to each family,and trying to explain the Christian faith. Thishas not been easy, because most families27

Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly Recordare not interested, and many are evenhostile against the Christian faith. But byGod’s grace, after two weeks of distributingyour Bibles in these isolated Hindu villages,35 families have turned to Jesus Christ, andwe are holding regular Bible meetings forthese new dedicated but poor families whohave received Jesus Christ through yourBibles. We have never before seen suchgood results in such Hindu villages, becauseit is very difficult for these Hindu people toconvert to another faith. But the Bible goeson speaking to them after we have left. Withmore Bibles, we can see more resultsbecause thousands of the Hindu people arethirsty for the Word of God. Could you pleasesend us more English Bibles. You may asksome churches in the UK to help donatetheir used Bibles for these poor and needyconverts who do not have a copy of theBible and may never have a copy in theirlives unless someone like you give to them.his words I was moved to receive Christ asmy personal Saviour. I am studying at BibleCollege the M.Div. programme.From Nepal:We would like to express our gratitude to theTrinitarian Bible Society for the NepaliScriptures sent to us. There were six adultsto be baptised; as they each came upfrom being baptised they were presentedwith a Bible.Nepali New Testament for anewly-baptised believerAsiaFrom Orissa, East India:I greet you in the precious Name of my Lordand Saviour Jesus Christ. I earnestly wantyour help in order to get some Scriptures,the Old Testament Hebrew and the NewTestament Greek. I was born in a HinduBrahmin family. I was persecuting Christiansand I killed one pastor. Then after killing thepastor, I could not get peace in my life. Iwas wandering all over India, andunexpectedly one pastor came to me andsaid ‘you don’t have a peaceful life. In orderto get peace in your life you have to receivethe personal Saviour, Jesus Christ’. Through28The CaribbeanFrom Haiti:Prior to the devastating earthquake, the TBSsent in July 2009, 20,000 French GoldenThoughts Calendars and 1,000 EnglishGolden Thoughts Calendars. Over the yearswe have sent thousands of these intoHaiti; e.g., in September 2004 we sent44,000 French copies. May the Lord useHis Word among the Haiti people.

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