, 1875-05-16
Origin and Progress Of the
Bible-W Work in Chicago.
Expressions OF Methodist Presiding
= Observation-Disclosures Of
:. Jesus.
Notes and Personals at Home
and Abroad.


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ta1oA1o' aay Ao.-FelnAps tae Hoss 1ena1Aar
bic case OF Interpolation IN the Common Version
Ut tho New Testament occurs in I. John r., Z, 5.
These verses read thus: "For there are three
+1ot ho.r ra,,,I,. ~: +ta,vo, +ha F,thor ~.
"oro' ana Inc hols' 1noss; anu 'ness 'nreo arc
one- And there are three that bear Wltness IN
earth, the Splrit, and the water, and tha blood
and thcee three ae1ee in one." =
,r. <r,,o1a ~ t,,eso r.rsas h.+7raar, ~. x,ora
record in tho seventh 1erse, and the words
NJ the spirit in the eghth Verne are unquestion-
ably spurious, and should be- rejected. Ills
being The fact. thsse verses should resd thus
.tre~ tt... -. .h..o.,hot ~, +a,o.a ". or;-;+
aud the water and the blood: and these three
agree in one" Tho said omitted words are not con
t2ined 10 tho 6inaitlc, Vatican and A!sxandnan
manuscripts, and Tiachendorf, Tteze1es1 Afford,
and all other critical scholars OF tho Greek New
nrenaut day will attempt to defend their eouu-
inercse. Tho vay IN which these spurious
Words BECAME part. Of certain editions
OF the Greek New Testament and thence t1aus-
lated into tue common English version, may in-
te, est rour numerous readers who may not
hhnpen to be already familiar Herewith. The
frar outire printed Greek New Testament was
comploted Jan, 10. 4. D., 1914. It is known
as tho Couplpsopsian Polyglot. It was printed
inf n
Cornu1nt;no, the Latin name Of Ajcaia in Spaiu.
wbare it waa printed. 1t ras not pub1isheG aud
cir,.na,e1 ti}i about A. D. l52d. It was edited
.n7 nr7ntad n,dar I'm ansnjcAa of a celahrated
Snen;.rd named Francis S1menes de- CisnEraa
51c;.h;sI,nn of ToIedo. II vsa editad by four
Ia,rn.[ S,7 ,7o;aris chef nf wIom was T,onez do
S,,t,;~o IEs i,,nsrrinns natfon died Nov. & A.
3. 1SI7 At The IKE Of 81 o few months after It's
comrle.lon. ITS editors had no manuscripts,
eitaer Gresx Or Latin, Of IN early date. Il never
re..S,1a3 eTe.t n3thnrtr. Il containad the sruri-
ous v:,7ds aha%a nnoied. Erasnaua pubished
Tia .irst p1nted {adiioa Of the entire Greek New
freshmen: in 4. D:.-151G. It was done With
racNio.. 1asta III order to anticinate the Complu-
tons;,n Polrciot. Several editions thereof were
nnnI.ahed el'he ranuscri::ts used by Erasmus
aTa nearly ali stlI praserycd st .Rasel in
SxieZe,1.nd where lis edition was. printed By
tho eaterp:iains SHiss printer, named Froben.
Erssnn. reHed manly upop the Greek MANU-
scr1s.s titsn kuovn, bat often 1esozted to the
lain ynI@ate. Ua did not bavo access to any
ecrlv Creek mauuscripts. ;.
H.a nrat ed1uon did not contain the disputed
words above quoted For that omission he WAS
bitterly 1ssaiiad. especially BY Stuncs, the chief
otitor OF tho Compiutonsian Polygiot. Ha re-
Piled that it was hot a~case Of omission by him,
.butsinply uon-addtion. In order, however;
to appcaee his sssailants he promised, as he
said. " to avoid calunng," to lnaers the disputed
verbs whenever q Greek manuscript was found
vh1ch contained them. He published second
edition in a. D. 1919. with tho abore disputed
wo.ds omitted. Ho published third edition ID
L. D. 1922, which contained the disputed words
in a ce tain form, bat not just 1ike them astbey
appear in the Comrnun Version. Between A. D:
l5i9 and 1523, Greek manuscript was produced
from England which contained these words in
certain form. It was called and is known By
Id N1-$f1 no uy7T11 and d