The daily Cairo bulletin., 1881-03-12
THE REVISION OF THE NEW TESLA
MENT,

The forthcoming publication of the
revised edition of the New Testament
is awaited with much curiosity and in
tercst bya large element of all Christian
denominations, and possibly with
feeling of apprehension by many who
dread any change in the old Bible,
which has been their companion from
youth up. Where there has been any
disagreement, the English version has
been used, but the American is given in
the appendix
From very long list of the changes.
compiled by the New York Times, we
select the following:
Mathew, VII, Take heed that ye
do not your aims before men is made
to read, Take heed that ye do not
your Righteousness before men" which
is looked upon AS a much broader COM
mand, and more in accordance with the
whole spirit Of Christ's teachings. In
Matthew, xix, II, the entire meaning
of the text is changed, but no new doc
trine is put forta, and no old one as
sailed In the King James version the
verse reads: "Why callest thou me
good? There is none good but one; that
is God. But if thou wilt enter into life,
keep the commandments. In the new
weston the verse reads as follows:
"Why askest thou me concerning that
which is good? One there is who is good;
but if thau wOuldst enter into life, keep
the commandments. The question in
Mark, viii, 36, 81, "For what shall it
profit a man if he shall gain the
whole world and lose his own soul? Or
what shall man give in exchange for
his soul?' is rendered "For what doth
it profit a man to gain the whole world
and forfeit his life? For what should a
man give in exchange for his life2" In
Luke, tx, S5, "And there came a voice
out of the cloud, saying This is my
beloved Son; hear Him." the new
work reads, "And there came a voice
cut of the clouds, saying, This is My
Son, My chosen" Luke, xvi, 8, 8,
have also been materially changed. In
the present version they read; And the
Lord commended the unjust steward be-
cause he had done wisely; for the
children of this world are in their gen.
Grafton wiser than the children of light
And | say unto you, make to yourself
| friends the mammOn of unrighteous-
ness, that when We fail they may receive
you into everlasting habitatiOns.n In the
| revision these two verses read as follows;
"And the Lord commended the unjust
] OF, n,.l h,nnt,cn ba bnl l,nn
! For the sons of this world are, for their
own generation, wiser than the sons of
the light. And say unto you, make
to yourself friends by means OF the man.
mon of unrighteousness, ,thatwhen it shall
fail, they may receive you into the eter-
nal tabernacles,n
The story of the Pool of Bethesda, as
told in John, ", is materially changed
by taking from it that portion which re-
lates to the miraculous powers of the
water of the pool. In verse Sin
these lay great multitude OF impotent
folk, Of blind, halt, withered, waiting
for the moving of the watern-the last
seven words are stricken out, and verse
4-"For an angel went down at a certain
season INTO the pool and troubled the
water: whosoever then first after the
troubling OF the water stepped in was
made whole ofwhatever disease he had, y
is omitted altogether.
Acts, XII. AZ, "And the Lord added to
the Church daily such rs should be
saved is made to read, "And the Lord
added TO them day by day those that
were being saved In Acts, viii, 81,
"And Philip said, if thou beIieyest with
all thine heart thou mayeSt, And he
answered and said, believe that Jesus
Christ is the son of God, comprising the
eunuch's profession of faith, iseXpunged,
as is also the expression, let us not
fight against Cod in Acts, xiii, 8.
In Acts, xvii, %, For as | passed by
and beheld your dcvotions found an
altar with this inscriptions; To the un-
known God, Whom therefore We il.
noranty worship, Him declare unto
YOU the latter part is made to read,
"To an unknown God. What, therefore,
ye worship in Ignorance, that declare
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