Thanks for the response.
Since this is one of your only questions back to me: I believe God did what He did at Pentecost, and He did it as He so desired.
I believe it is consistent with the character of God that if He translated perfectly back in the past, He continues to do so in recent history (with the bringing in of a perfect Bible).
You said:
No, I don't believe we have a purified English translation.
If you don’t have a perfect Bible, then how do you decide if you have the correct doctrines or not?
What makes you decide what is true or false in God’s Word?
I believe without a perfect Bible: We will always be questioning what is in the Bible vs. Just believing in the Bible.
You said:
I will say that I do not use the 1900 Cambridge but will look to see if I have it in any of the digital libraries I have.
The King James Bible listed at
Biblehub.com is the 1900 Cambridge Edition KJB provided by
BibleProtector.com. The author of
BibleProtector.com came up with the teaching that there are seven KJB Editions as a part of the seven purifications of the words of the Lord in Psalms 12:6-7.
www.bibleprotector.com/forum • View topic - Seven major purifications of the KJB
You said:
It looks like BlueLetter uses the public domain 1611, 1769 version, so you're searching the same version I'm searching. I don't know if you've compared your search results to the 1900. My comments will be based upon the search version of the KJV (1611, 1769):
- To see all the places "gospel" (good news) is found it's necessary to also search: good tidings; glad tidings; preach(ed)(ing); declared. These are some different ways the KJV translates the same word that it also translates as "gospel."
I was tired last night, and I did a fast search at BlueLetterBible, and not a deep one and so I missed that there were other different Strong Numbers for the word “gospel.” I looked them up this morning. Thank you for catching the other Strong numbers.
Anyways, the most noteworthy one on Strong’s G2097 is Acts of the Apostles 13:32-33 in that it refers to the resurrection which simply points us back to 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (Which I believe is the gospel clearly defined in the Bible).
Acts of the Apostles 13:32-33
“And we declare unto you
glad tidings [
G2097], how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that
he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.”
You said:
- In your search, did you see "gospel" in Acts 5:42? Here's the KJV and the NET translations. The NET is more consistent and accurate:
KJV Acts 5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
NET Acts 5:42 And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ. (Acts 5:42 NET)
I believe the gospel in it’s most simplistic form is Jesus being the Savior or the Messiah (i.e. a proto-gospel). This is the gospel preached before the cross and after the cross, we know that Paul revealed a more fuller version of the gospel
for us in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (even though this gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 was preached in some form in Acts 2, Acts 5, and Acts 10. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 does not disconnect or not include Jesus as the Savior. It is still Jesus as the Savior but it is giving us more fuller details.
Now, I agree that the NET Translation is more clear on this particular instance in the Bible (i.e. Acts of the Apostles 5:42). However, while Modern bibles can be helpful in clearing up what the KJB says at times, at the end of the day, the NET Bible cannot be our final word of authority because the NET has shown to be corrupt by way of comparison to the more trustworthy KJB in many places.
In the NET: The word “Godhead” (a.k.a. Trinity) is changed to divine nature, or deity, etcetera in Romans 1:20, Acts of the Apostles 17:29, Colossians 2:9 (Which makes one more sympathetic to New Age Christianity that is wrongfully being taught in the churches today).
In the NET: 1 Timothy 3:16 removes
God from “
God was manifest in the flesh” and changes it to “
He was revealed in the flesh.” This is an subtle watering down of the deity of Christ in our bibles and when we are out witnessing putting the Word into action against folks like the JW’s, the more ammunition you have with the Word in having more witnesses in Scripture to teach them that Jesus is God… the better.
In the NET: John 3:16 says that Jesus is the one and only Son of God the Father. This is false. God the Father has many sons, for we are called the sons of God. The KJB more accurately renders the most beloved verse by Christians and tells us that Jesus is the only BEGOTTEN Son. This is also important because it more clearly uplifts the Incarnation.
In fact, the NET bible dilutes the truth of the virgin birth by attacking Isaiah 7:14. It says young woman instead of virgin (Which is one of the top most popular Messianic prophecies).
The NET also makes Jesus who was in the fire with Daniels’ three friends as being described like a pagan god instead of the Son of God in Daniel 3:25.
In the NET: Most Modern bibles (that use the Corrupt Critical Text) removes the one and only verse on the Trinity (i.e. 1 John 5:7). So if I was on an island (and had no clue about the Trinity), and had a NET Bible, I would not know about the Trinity. But if I had a KJB, my chances of knowing about the Trinity would be greater seeing I had an actual clear verse explaining it.
In the NET: Micah 5:2 is altered to make the Messiah (i.e. Jesus) to have an origin or beginning (Supporting the false demi-god Jesus viewpoint or the false idea that Jesus is a second created God). It says this by saying the Messiah is from the distant past. However, the KJB says that the Messiah (Bethlehem Ephratah) is from everlasting.
Anyways, I will have to address the rest of what you wrote later (Seeing this post has grown rather lengthy at this point).
May God bless you in the meantime.