Chapter 16
THE BIBLE BABEL
FALSE CLAIM: "ALL VERSIONS ARE GOOD."
FALSE CLAIM: "ALL VERSIONS ARE-GOOD." PS.22:16 "They pierced my hands and my feet." (Luke 24:40 "He showed them His hands and feet.")
Good News - "They tear at my hands and feet."
New English Bible - "They hacked off my hands and feet."
ZECH.13:6 "What are these wounds in thine hands?"
Good News - "What are these wounds on your chest?"
N.I.V. - "What are these wounds on your body?"
R.S.V. - "What are these wounds on your back?"
Living Bible - Ken Taylor - "What are these scars on your chest? These are the scars I received when I was in a brawl with my friend."
Moffats Translation - "When He is asked ‘Then what are these scars on your hands?’ He will answer ‘I got these in my harlot’s house.’"
Smith and Goodspeed - "In the house of my lovers."
New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses) - "And when someone says to him, ‘What mean these scars on your back?’ He will say, "I was wounded in the house of my lovers."’
Christians should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise, and this preparation they should make by diligently studying the word of God and striving to conform their lives to its precepts. The tremendous issues of eternity demand of us something besides an imaginary religion, a religion of words and forms, where truth is kept in the outer court. God calls for a revival and a reformation. The words of the Bible, and the Bible alone, should be heard from the pulpit. But the Bible has been robbed of its power, and the result is seen in a lowering of the tone of spiritual life. PK. 626.
But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms. The opinions of learned men, the deductions of science, the creeds or decisions of ecclesiastical councils, as numerous and discordant as are the churches which they represent, the voice of the majority-not one nor all of these should be regarded as evidence for or against any point of religious faith. Before accepting any doctrine or precept, we should demand a plain "Thus saith the Lord" in its support. Satan is constantly endeavoring to attract attention to man in the place of God. He leads the people to look to bishops, to pastors. GC 59E