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Hi and appreciate your reply Free! Not sure what you mean in the first sentence. Concerning a determination of scriptural originality, it's obvious that the text containing the majority of extant manuscripts is the most accurate. Three manuscript copies (Vaticanus, Sinaiticus...

Most Bible studies will not involve one of the most significant issues of the times, which has to do with modern Bible translations. This issue of course cannot effect one’s salvation, but will effect one’s spiritual growth, not receiving all of God’s Word and being exposed to misleading...

Most of the commentators agree that the Lord Jesus wanted Mary to go ahead and inform His Apostles. The homage Mary was wanting to give Him would have required too much time.

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Just thought I'd share this John Gill- "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit:" by "water," is not meant material water, or baptismal water; for water baptism is never expressed by water only, without some additional word, which shows, that the ordinance of water baptism is intended...

I sure do appreciate your replies, but I think we do not need to progress with the issue of false translations, and thanks for your concern. God bless!

I'm tying to say that the oldest Greek manuscripts are corrupt, the four I mentioned, and that's usually the farthest I go with this issue because most do not understand the problems involved. In his book "Which Bible," David Otis Fuller, a renowned scholar and writer repeated a truth learned...

Erasmus was the one who introduced the "Johannine Comma" (1Jn 5:7), which came from a few Greek manuscripts he discovered: "Erasmus primarily used a small number of relatively late Byzantine Greek manuscripts for his Textus Receptus. The Johannine Comma, found in 1 John 5:7-8, is a...

Most Christians aren't interested from what manuscript copies translations come from but I do. If you check a translation at 1Jn 5:7, the briefed translations omitted the verse, and if so, many other passages and partial passages are omitted. You can also check 2Sam 21:19, and it says "Elhanan...

Hi Groovy, and appreciate your replies! I'm aware that only traditional Bible translations, i.e. KJV, NKJV, Webster, Youngs Literal Translation, are to be considered the entire Word of God; and Mark is an authentic inclusion in them.

Just wanted to mention that doing either of these things was never an apostles desire, but is intended to show that if they did these things accidentally they would not be hurt. One example is when Paul was bitten by a viper (Act 28:3-6); another concerns the incident of one accidentally...

True and well put. Though water baptism is not essential for salvation it will always stand as a command of Christ, which as all other commands of Christ should be obeyed! John Gill (1697-1771): "Water baptism has no casual influence upon salvation; it is not essential to it; the thief on the...

Hi and thanks for your comment! What part does Barnes present that seems like guessing?

Not conjecturing beyond what Scripture says is the first rule, but there are a few gifted classic teachers that can give a good opinion: John Gill, Baptist theologian (1697-1771) first Baptist preacher to write a commentary on the entire Bible - John 20:17 - "for I am not yet ascended to my...

Dr. Kenneth Wuest stated that “the Greek word for ‘baptism’ speaks of the introduction or placing of a person or thing into a new environment or into union with something else, so as to alter its condition or its relationship to its previous environment or condition.” When we believed, the Holy...