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Our Authorized Bible Vindicated - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

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Chapter 5<br />

The King James <strong>Bible</strong> born<br />

amid the great struggles over<br />

the Jesuit version<br />

The hour had arrived, and from the human<br />

point of view, conditions were perfect, for God to<br />

bring forth a translation of the <strong>Bible</strong> which would<br />

sum up in itself the best of the ages. The heavenly<br />

Father foresaw the opportunity of giving His Word<br />

to the inhabitants of earth by the coming of the<br />

British Empire with its dominions scattered<br />

throughout the world, and by the great American<br />

Republic, both speaking the English language. Not<br />

only was the English language by 1611 in a more<br />

opportune condition than it had ever been before or<br />

ever would be again, but the Hebrew and the Greek<br />

likewise had been brought up with the accumulated<br />

treasures of their materials to a splendid working<br />

point. The age was not distracted by the rush of<br />

mechanical and industrial achievements. Moreover<br />

linguistic scholarship was at its peak. Men of giant<br />

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