My friend Dr. Mark Ward and I recently discussed English Bible translations and he made a good observation: “everyone who has ever read the Bible has done so without the knowledge of a native speaker in its major languages… everyone since the New Testament has come out has had to encounter God’s Word in translation, and that’s OK.” Watch the full interview here https://youtu.be/O9DUWXorbI4?si=CLvBi51vY2SyX90w | Wes Huff
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My friend Dr. Mark Ward and I recently discussed English Bible translations and he made a good observation: “everyone who has ever read the Bible has done so without the knowledge of a native speaker in its major languages… everyone since the New Testament has come out has had to encounter God’s Word in translation, and that’s OK.” Watch the full interview here https://youtu.be/O9DUWXorbI4?si=CLvBi51vY2SyX90w | Wes Huff
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I was recently got a first hand look at P39, a late 2nd or early 3rd century copy of John’s Gospel. In particular this manuscript preserves for us the earliest surviving section of John 8. Giving us a glimpse how this passage from John read 1800/1900 years ago. If you’re curious how it reads and compares I’d encourage you to open up to your modern English translation to John 8:14-21. Having had the privilege to stand in front of and read its text, P39 reads virtually identical to what you would
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I was recently got a first hand look at P39, a late 2nd or early 3rd century copy of John’s Gospel. In particular this manuscript preserves for us the earliest surviving section of John 8. Giving us a glimpse how this passage from John read 1800/1900 years ago. If you’re curious how it reads and compares I’d encourage you to open up to your modern English translation to John 8:14-21. Having had the privilege to stand in front of and read its text, P39 reads virtually identical to what you would
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The message and meaning of scripture is *so* important that the early Christians were eager to translate it as quickly and as widely as possible. Greek and Hebrew are not magic. Yes, the originals were inspired in these languages and understanding their meaning and nuance is important. But it is the message of the gospel that matters. In this clip of a conversation I had with my colleague Andy, we discussed some examples — like that of a Muslim Indonesian man I once knew — that truly sets Christ
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The message and meaning of scripture is *so* important that the early Christians were eager to translate it as quickly and as widely as possible. Greek and Hebrew are not magic. Yes, the originals were inspired in these languages and understanding their meaning and nuance is important. But it is the message of the gospel that matters. In this clip of a conversation I had with my colleague Andy, we discussed some examples — like that of a Muslim Indonesian man I once knew — that truly sets Christ
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The King James Bible is a great translation! But it’s not the *best* translation, and one of the reasons for that are its inclusion or “false friends.” False friends are words that are still in common use today but have changed meaning in ways that modern readers are highly unlikely to recognize. This is not the fault of the KJV translators, they could not have known that a word like “incontinent” (which meant “lacking self control” in the 17th century) would over the next 500 years come to mean
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The King James Bible is a great translation! But it’s not the *best* translation, and one of the reasons for that are its inclusion or “false friends.” False friends are words that are still in common use today but have changed meaning in ways that modern readers are highly unlikely to recognize. This is not the fault of the KJV translators, they could not have known that a word like “incontinent” (which meant “lacking self control” in the 17th century) would over the next 500 years come to mean
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When we look at how we actually go from ancient papyrus to modern day print, the history of the Bible is not some sort of layered web of translations. In reality, what we find ourselves with is a single step, going from the original Hebrew and Greek directly into our Bibles today. The translation of the Bible takes into consideration an amazing collection of archaeological evidence: from discoveries in Israel like the Dead Sea Scrolls, to papyri dug up in places like Oxyrhynchus. Over time as we
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When we look at how we actually go from ancient papyrus to modern day print, the history of the Bible is not some sort of layered web of translations. In reality, what we find ourselves with is a single step, going from the original Hebrew and Greek directly into our Bibles today. The translation of the Bible takes into consideration an amazing collection of archaeological evidence: from discoveries in Israel like the Dead Sea Scrolls, to papyri dug up in places like Oxyrhynchus. Over time as we
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There’s a common misconception that the Bible is nothing more than a translation of a translation of a translation. This mistaken idea assumes that as the languages the biblical books were originally written in were no longer being used, the older copies were then translated into more contemporary ones, which in turn were translated into others, each building on the last. This theory proposes that the older copies became obsolete and were either being lost or destroyed as they were reproduced in
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There’s a common misconception that the Bible is nothing more than a translation of a translation of a translation. This mistaken idea assumes that as the languages the biblical books were originally written in were no longer being used, the older copies were then translated into more contemporary ones, which in turn were translated into others, each building on the last. This theory proposes that the older copies became obsolete and were either being lost or destroyed as they were reproduced in
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Wes Huff shares his thoughts on one of the most common questions Christians ask: Which Bible translation is the best? Wes explains why the “best” Bible is the one you’ll actually read, and how understanding the language and context behind Scripture matters more than the version itself. Which translation do you read? #Bible #Christianity #WesHuff #Faith #scripture Full podcast @officialflagrant | Bible Alive
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Wes Huff shares his thoughts on one of the most common questions Christians ask: Which Bible translation is the best? Wes explains why the “best” Bible is the one you’ll actually read, and how understanding the language and context behind Scripture matters more than the version itself. Which translation do you read? #Bible #Christianity #WesHuff #Faith #scripture Full podcast @officialflagrant | Bible Alive
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There are lots of benefits to literal translations of the Bible. There are also lots of benefits to less literal more thought-for-thought translations. But can trying to render the text *exactly* like it says in the original language lead you to not actually understand it? Does the opposite philosophy have equally problematic downsides? At this year’s @apologeticscanada conference I chatted with my friend, Old Testament scholar Dr. Mark Francois, about that question. | Wes Huff
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Ever heard of the Gospel of Thomas? This document doesn’t just disqualifies itself from being in the Bible because it was written decades after Thomas, Jesus, or anyone else mentioned in it were long dead, but its content reflects not the teachings of a 1st century Jewish travelling Rabbi (like Jesus) but of the proto-Gnostic pagan anti-female sentiments of 2nd century Hellenistic Egypt. | Wes Huff
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Wes Huff explains one of the most overlooked arguments for Jesus’ resurrection: the explosive survival of the Christian movement itself. Unlike every other failed messianic leader of the ancient world, Jesus’ following didn’t collapse after His death because His earliest disciples believed they encountered Him alive again. This moment changed history. And we’re still talking about it today. Full Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGZRIeFVns4 @100huntley @wesley_huff ​⁠ #Jesus #Christianit
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Getting to sit down with near two thousand year-old copies of the Bible is always the highlight of my job and academic career. I’m always reminded that though we sit thousands of years downstream from the events recorded in these ancient documents, there are good reasons to believe that you can trust the Bible. The fact that we have the books that get us to within close proximity to Jesus’ life, that they are the most faithfully copied books in all of antiquity, and record reliable eyewitness ac
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