Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23
The Revised New Testament.

appOLubeu loE niSttIput4hS III 1Ae1!'r
the Revised Tersion OF the New Tes-
lamont prepared by the Anglo-Ames'
ican Commission. By Saturday night
it is said, at least two million copies
varying in price from fifteen cents te
ten dollars es we're dispensed tc
different pub ling houses ana in
dividuals, an! :..o rush is still rrodi
,gious. Nothing in the sale Of books
can equal it. ths demand being IN
spired not only ty devotion hut by
curiosity to see ~hat changes have
been mede. The secret waa closely
kept, and not COPY vas secured il.
advance Ct the gems ralissue, although
as much az a thoua..pd dollars was Of
fsred for a single c-py. The SO call
ed advance aheets, published by aome
papers, were :orgeriss, though a few
of the changes were correctly given.
1t may not be uninterestins to give
some history Of Bible translation.
The first English copy was the WORK
| Of Wicklitfe five hundred years ago.
Several othe. translations were Icade
in turn, the Geneva Bible for while
holding the first place. King James
version, !, ow generally authorized,
was pub::.4:.ed in l6ll, but only came
into general use, simply from its su,
periority. about FORTY years after. it
was the reauls lot OF one mans work
but Of three generations Of scholars.
ct is indebted TO William Lindale
for it's idicm and vocabulary, and
the Genaya translation for its accn.
racy.'
During the past two centuries much
light has been thrown on the Bible
Many old manuscripts nave been Ills
covered, Il comparison Of which re-
vealed many inaccuracies and inter-
polatious in the "Authori2ed Yer
sion.' Theae manuscripts are OF two
kinds, :;le Unciala and the Cursives,
the former being written IN capital
letters without punctuation or divi-
sion Of sertences, and the latter are
written Il running characters as in
ordinary Greek.
The ca iala ar the oider. the
scarccr a!.d the more authentic, da-
ting betwaer the fourth and sixth
centuries. The Vatican manuscript
is the eldest and most interesting OF
all. The Alexandrian, the Beza, the
Ephraem and the Aleph liound in
the Convent of St. Catherine On Mt.
Sinai are the next important. The
Crraives are ton nnmcrors--ta mcn-
! tion. Pesid. these texts are the
syriac, L.:til. Gothic. arminian,
Egyptian sni irhiopic, al % which
throw light or ne New Testament ,
When Erasmus compiled lhator!ai
frols which our present Bill "as
taken, none Of the four earliest nan.
uscripta were known. Besides al!
this the knowledge ot the Greek IAN
/ guage bas vastly increased IN the
present generation and this Is an.
other canse for da!nandins q revised
version.
In 1870 the Cor.ooatior o' tan,
terbnrv decided to attempt q rev'-
son, and appointed 8 commission
! which last year numbered att,y-t"o
! scholars and divines, about rwo-thlrds
belonging to the Church o. England
These ara divided equally between
the Old and the New Testament
Thirty Americans representing ali de-
/ nominations, were added 10 The COM
mission. The labors ha7e extended
for eigh, .,.cars, and no change made
except after Independent research and
general conference. Four years more
will be required .or the Old Teata-
ment. The Americans desired most
change, but British conservatisn has
generally prevailed, and no word is
altered except when necessary. The
folio ing are aaid BY ,he New iork
Herald to oe some Of the emenda-
tions
In Matthews Gospel w., 22) THE
words "without cause are omitted
The rsply Of Christ to the young
man" in Matthew (xiS.. l7), why
calleat mon me good?" is changed te
"Why askest thou me Of that which
is good . In Marks Gospel (vi., 20,
we read that che (Herodl was much
nerplsxe,l' instead Of "he did many
things IN Luke's Gospel xvi, Q.
we have -" substituted for ''ye IN
the say:::.. MAKE to yourae!ve:
friends 0, the mammon OF unrlghte'
BUSINESS, shat when ye fail, &c. II
the Acts of the Apostles jxv., 23) VT
Gno the apostles and the elder breth
ren" instead OF "the apostles, the ell
ders and the brethren" In Romans
Cv., l9) we find very remarkable
change-"he (Abraham) considered
his own body now become dead, III
stead OF "ha nsidered not his owl
body now aey. " In the /. Epistl
. to the Corutu.ans interesting change
. have been made in Paul'a account O
the institution u; the Lords Supper
} In chapter i, verse "a, the word