The New Versions of the Bible are based primarily upon two manuscripts, the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus. The notations in the NIV (NewInternationalVersion) usually refer to these two manuscripts as being correct or more authoritative.
These two documents were pivotal in the creation of the Revised Version of 1881. The Revised Version of 1881 is the mother of all new versions.
The Aleph and B manuscripts (Aleph/Sinaiticus and B/Vaticanus) are considered by many modern scholars to be older than the Textus Receptus. These two manuscripts delete many words, sentences, and even paragraphs from the New Testament. The assertion that these omissions are correct and that the Textus Receptus is wrong is flatly contradicted by the many quotations of the offending and removed portions of scripture in the Aleph & B. The letters of the early church fathers, sent one to another, show that they accepted those portions of scripture as Canon. (Take for example the last paragraph of Marks Gospel)
The Vaticanus omits Geneses 1:1-46:28, Psalm 106-138, Matthew 16:2-3, Rom. 16:24, I Timothy through Titus, the entire book of Revelation, and it ends the book of Hebrews at Hebrews 9:14.
The Sinaiticus omits John 5:4, 8:1-11, Matthew 16:2-3, Romans 16:24, Mark 16:9-20, Acts 8:37, and I John 5:7. The Sinaiticus is a wreck. On it are the corrections of as many as ten ancient scholars. This probably explains why it was found in a trash can, in an abandoned room of the monastery at Mt Sinai.
The Two men who popularized the Aleph and B are Westcott and Hort. These two men had a dominating influence on the revision committee of 1871-1881. These men were not Born-Again, Bible believing Christians;
Westcott believed in Mary worship but did not believe in the Second Coming of Christ, the Millennium, or a literal Heaven. He was a communist by nature. Twelve years after the Revised Version was published, Westcott was a spokesman for a brewery.
Hort believed in the Roman Catholic sacraments, while rejecting the infallibility of Scripture. He was very interested in the works of Charles Darwin, and rejected Biblical creation. He also believed that prayers for the dead in purgatory were efficacious. He rejected the doctrine of Hell.
Several scholars have collected the letters of these men, and they reveal that both Wescott & Hort became involved in the spiritualism of their day- that is they held seances to communicate with the dead.
A great man of the Bible in those days was Dean Burgon, who wrote extensively about the Revised Version, revealed to the readers of his day that the Revision Committee for the Revised Version had not released to the public the the texts of the Aleph & B manuscripts until a few days before the Revised Version came out. Dean Burgon wrote extensively on the topic of the Aleph & B manuscripts, and much of what he wrote is found in a book by Les Garrett, Which Bible Can We Trust?
The New International Version (NIV) , the Revised Standard Version (RSV) and the New American Standard Bible (NASB) stand in opposition to the King James Version (KJV), the New King James Version (NKJV) and the Amplified Bible. This is because of three (primarily two) documents that became popularized around the time of Darwin, in the mid to late 1800s.
Two texts, known as the Aleph (codex alexandria) and B (codex vaticanus),both show signs of the influence of gnostic heresies prevalent in the area of Alexandria, Egypt. It is thought that these two texts came from there.
One was found discarded in an ancient and unused room of a monastery.
Based upon the idea that these two texts were older than others,
the men who promoted them and their own careers began using
the penknife of Jehudi (Jer 36:23) to remove 64,098 words!
Many words have been changed, some catastrophically.
Isaiah 14:12
KJV
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
NIV
How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
How tragic to call Lucifer the morning star,
because that is a title Jesus calls himself
Rev 22:16
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. (KJV)
This is just one of thousands of examples...
These two documents were pivotal in the creation of the Revised Version of 1881. The Revised Version of 1881 is the mother of all new versions.
The Aleph and B manuscripts (Aleph/Sinaiticus and B/Vaticanus) are considered by many modern scholars to be older than the Textus Receptus. These two manuscripts delete many words, sentences, and even paragraphs from the New Testament. The assertion that these omissions are correct and that the Textus Receptus is wrong is flatly contradicted by the many quotations of the offending and removed portions of scripture in the Aleph & B. The letters of the early church fathers, sent one to another, show that they accepted those portions of scripture as Canon. (Take for example the last paragraph of Marks Gospel)
The Vaticanus omits Geneses 1:1-46:28, Psalm 106-138, Matthew 16:2-3, Rom. 16:24, I Timothy through Titus, the entire book of Revelation, and it ends the book of Hebrews at Hebrews 9:14.
The Sinaiticus omits John 5:4, 8:1-11, Matthew 16:2-3, Romans 16:24, Mark 16:9-20, Acts 8:37, and I John 5:7. The Sinaiticus is a wreck. On it are the corrections of as many as ten ancient scholars. This probably explains why it was found in a trash can, in an abandoned room of the monastery at Mt Sinai.
The Two men who popularized the Aleph and B are Westcott and Hort. These two men had a dominating influence on the revision committee of 1871-1881. These men were not Born-Again, Bible believing Christians;
Westcott believed in Mary worship but did not believe in the Second Coming of Christ, the Millennium, or a literal Heaven. He was a communist by nature. Twelve years after the Revised Version was published, Westcott was a spokesman for a brewery.
Hort believed in the Roman Catholic sacraments, while rejecting the infallibility of Scripture. He was very interested in the works of Charles Darwin, and rejected Biblical creation. He also believed that prayers for the dead in purgatory were efficacious. He rejected the doctrine of Hell.
Several scholars have collected the letters of these men, and they reveal that both Wescott & Hort became involved in the spiritualism of their day- that is they held seances to communicate with the dead.
A great man of the Bible in those days was Dean Burgon, who wrote extensively about the Revised Version, revealed to the readers of his day that the Revision Committee for the Revised Version had not released to the public the the texts of the Aleph & B manuscripts until a few days before the Revised Version came out. Dean Burgon wrote extensively on the topic of the Aleph & B manuscripts, and much of what he wrote is found in a book by Les Garrett, Which Bible Can We Trust?
The New International Version (NIV) , the Revised Standard Version (RSV) and the New American Standard Bible (NASB) stand in opposition to the King James Version (KJV), the New King James Version (NKJV) and the Amplified Bible. This is because of three (primarily two) documents that became popularized around the time of Darwin, in the mid to late 1800s.
Two texts, known as the Aleph (codex alexandria) and B (codex vaticanus),both show signs of the influence of gnostic heresies prevalent in the area of Alexandria, Egypt. It is thought that these two texts came from there.
One was found discarded in an ancient and unused room of a monastery.
Based upon the idea that these two texts were older than others,
the men who promoted them and their own careers began using
the penknife of Jehudi (Jer 36:23) to remove 64,098 words!
Many words have been changed, some catastrophically.
Isaiah 14:12
KJV
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
NIV
How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
How tragic to call Lucifer the morning star,
because that is a title Jesus calls himself
Rev 22:16
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. (KJV)
This is just one of thousands of examples...
