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Comparing Bibles – “In the Gates,” An idiom with many meanings

Posted on July 7, 2017 by rmd Posted in MB

See the difference between Myles Coverdale’s translation approach in the Matthew Bible, and that of the Geneva Puritans who revised his work.

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Changes to Psalm 23 from the Matthew Bible to the Geneva Bible

Posted on June 29, 2017 by rmd Posted in Geneva 1 Comment

The Geneva Bible did it again: changed the Matthew Bible to remove all reference to the word of God, this time at Psalm 23. They also removed the reference to eternal life.

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Comparing Bibles: 1 Peter 1:13, Grace Now or a Future Hope?

Posted on June 20, 2017 by rmd Posted in Compare 1 Comment

Tyndale understood 1 Peter 1:13 to teach that Jesus Christ is ‘declared’ or revealed through the preaching of the word. Beginning with the Geneva Bible, this teaching was slowly altered to deal with revelation of Christ at the second coming.

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Comparing Bible Versions: Revelation 10:6 – When Jesus Returns

Posted on June 12, 2017 by rmd Posted in MB

  The Reformers – every single one of them – believed that when the Lord returns at the close of this age, he will usher in the end of time and of the world. The earth will burn with a fervent heat (2 Peter), the Great Judgment will follow, and then there will be a

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Ascension Day Poem – Comfort

Posted on May 28, 2017 by rmd Posted in MB

Ascension Day Poem by Worsley: Only by a chosen few was He seen ascending into heaven that day. Their vision encourages us too.

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Reckoned Among the Wicked: He Bestowed Paradise

Posted on March 11, 2017 by rmd Posted in MB

The Creator of all things was nailed by worms of men to planks of wood, where he triumphed over all powers, and over death and hell, on their behalf.

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Martin Luther on Bible Translation and the Literal Approach

Posted on February 27, 2017 by rmd Posted in MB

  I love Martin Luther. He was an original thinker, fearlessly independent, brilliant in depth and simplicity. He was devout and Christ-centered. And he gave the German people a wonderful bible. So I turned to him when I was wondering about literalism in bible translation. It seemed to me that sometimes the scholars overused it.

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On Ploughboy Bibles

Posted on January 25, 2017 by rmd Posted in MB

  Since the 14th century, English Protestant bibles can be divided into four periods: 1380 – c1500 – Lollard bibles (John Wycliffe) During this period, Church leaders were violently opposed to having an English bible. They wanted it in Latin, and people to trust the clergy to tell them what the bible means. Translators worked

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The Matthew Bible and the Millennium

Posted on July 20, 2016 by rmd Posted in MB

The Matthew Bible teaches many doctrines that have been eclipsed or lost. One is amillennialism (as it is called). The Matthew men – William Tyndale, Myles Coverdale, and John Rogers – believed that we are now in the thousand-year reign of Christ, which is a spiritual reign in the hearts and consciences of his people, his nation. The 1,000 years is symbolic of a long period of time, the end whereof is only in the knowledge of God the Father, though certain events are foretold that will be harbingers of the end… [more]

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Why does The October Testament say ‘so that’ instead of ‘that’ in many bible verses?

Posted on July 20, 2016 by rmd Posted in MB

An observant reader noticed this. There is a good explanation, having to do with the grammar of what are called “that-clauses,” and especially “purpose and result clauses.” The grammatical rules have changed since the early 16th century. Therefore in purpose and result clauses I updated the simple conjunction ‘that’ to the compound conjunction “so that.”

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