The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-08

what superstitious" by the Revisers.
means literally inclined to superstition, :"
and this would be the best translation.
The correct rendering, we think, would
be about this: II perceive that in all
things we are inclined to run into super
stition." "Objects of your worship" is
correct, rather than devotions." can
unknown god" is correct; there. is no
article in the Greek. ANONYMOUS affairs
existed among the Greeks They erected
them to that unknown spirit which they
supposed on some occasion (whoever he
might be) to have helped them in any
matter.
Acts Xxx; %. 1t is necessary here for
the reader to refer back to verse II.
where it is said that Paul "called the
elders presbyters in the Greek of the
church He then proceeded to address
them, and at verse %, he says according
to our present version: "Take heed there
fore unto yourselves, and to all the flock,
over the which the Holy Ghost hath made
you overSee'S.' Now in the Greek this
word overseers'' is bishops" and what
Paul said to the "elders" is more cor
rectly rendered in the Revised Version
as follows: Take heed unto yourselves,
and to all the flock, in the which the
Holy Ghost hath made you bishops" This
is an instance of the fidelity of the Eng
lish Revisers; the text proves beyond
peradventure that the elders were bishops,
and yet the Church of England Revisers,
faithful to the Greek, bring it out.
Acts XVI: %. Almost thou per-
suadest me to be Christian" The Re-
visers here adopt a new translation, but
some Of the best Greek scholars prefer
the old translation, and we doubt very
much if any change ought to have been
made. In any case, the translation given
by the Revisers is hardly the proper one.
Rom. vi: 19. He considered not his
own body now dead" All the best
manuscripts omit here the word not,
and it is accordingly omitted in the Re
vision. So also Shedd on Romans.
Rom. V: /. The Revision reads "Let
us have peace, in which it is supported
by all the best manuscripts and versions.
Rom viii L. The clause "who walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit
is omitted in the Vatican, Sinaitic,
Ephraem, and Beza manuscripts.
Cor. iv: 4. "For know nothing by
myself in the authorised version; but
the meaning is, 81 know nothing against
myself In old English the proposition
by was u'ed in the sense of against. "
Cranmer says to Henry VIII, ~ am ex-
ceedingly sorry that such faults can be
proved By the queen: that is "against
her."
l Cor. x: "a. "Let no man, says our
present version, "seek his own, but every
man another's aOeahh.' The word
wealth" here means welfare" No
plain reader can understand the text as
it stands.
l Cor. xi; 90. The Revision properly
substitutes Judgment" for " damnation. +"
Phil. Tvs. The word "honest" here is
correctly changed into honorable. -
And so at Rom. xii: II.
Col. ii: 2. We doubt if the changes
made here should have been made
Col. ii : Is and ii 8. Our printer here
has made mistake. Where he has put
IL, he should have put s, and for 8, read
Is.
l Thes. iv: Is. The Revisers properly
change here prevent" into "precede.
There was no occasion to drop the ex-
preston "remain" and substitute care
left"
2 Thes. ii: l. The meaning here is not,
"6y the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
but Gas regards the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ"
Thes. ii 7. Here there is decided
improvement in the new translation. We
do not now use the word "let" in the old
sense of "to hinder" The whole trans
lation as given in the revision is more
accurate; only we see no occasion to have
substituted the mystery of lawlessness"
for the equally correct and more familiar
expression, the mystery of ininuitv