The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-17

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said, as recorded in Luke, X, Is, 16
of the accepted version: "And thoI
: Capernaum, which art exalted t
heaven, shall be thrust down to hell
He that heareth you (speaking to hil
dlsciples) heareth me, and he thai
despiseth you, despiseth Me, and he
that despiseth Me despiseth Him
:, that sent Me-" The committees
have changed this passage very ma.
terlally. 1t reads: "And thou, Ca.
pernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto
heaven? thou shalt be brought down
INTO Hades. He that hearteh Won
heareth Me, and he that reiectetb
you rejecteth Me, and he that re.
Jecteth Me rejecteth Him that
sent me-" Luke xvi, g, 9, have 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
generation wiser than the children
OF light. And l say unto you, make
to.yourselves friends of the mamma n
OF righteousness, that when We falt
they may receive you into everiast
ing habltations.' In the revision
these two verses read as follows /:
"And the Lord commended the I'M
just steward because he had done
wisely. For the SONS of this world
are. for their own generation, wiser
than the sons of the light And I
say unto you, make to yourselves
friends by means of the mammon of
unrighteousness, that when it shall
fall they may receive you into the
eternal tabernacles." In the para
Bile of Lazarus and the rich man, as
told in Luke, the word 'EhelT' is
changed to Hades, so that the verse
reads, "And in Hades he lifted up
his eyes, being in torrents" With
out having the entire revision to ex-
anime, il is impossible to say
whether the word "hell" is expunged
in every instance where il occurs,
and the members of the committee
in this city refuse to give any infor-
nation on the subject, but here are
two cases in which il is striken out,
and the presumption appears TO be
that the old hell of our fathers has
been abolished by the committee on
revision,
The story of the pool of Bethesda,
as told in John ", is materially
changed by taking from ii that por-
ton which relates to the miraculous
powers of the water of the pool. In
verse Sin these lay a great multi
tude of impotent folk, of blind, halt,
withered, waiting for the moving of
the water"-the last seven words are
stricken out, and verse 4-"For an
angel went down at certain season
into the pool and troubled the water;
whatsoever, then first after the troub-
ling of the water stepped in he was
made whole of whatsoever disease
he bad" is omitted altogether Acts
XII; AZ, "Ahd the Lord added TO the
church daily such as should be
saved" is made to read, .EAnd the
Lord added to them day by day
those that were being saved" In
Acts viii. 81. "And Phillip said, if
thou believest with all thine heart
thou mayest. And he answered and
said, believe that Jesus Christ is
the son of God," comprising the
church's profession of faith, IS ex-
plunged, as is also the expression,
LET us not fight against God" in
Acts xiii, 9. In Acts XVI, %,
"For as 1 passed by and behold your
devotions l found an altar with this
inscription: To the unknowpafi |
Whom. therefore, we INTO you,S |
:. fs me.s to read, ATo
an unknown God. What, therefore. |
ye worship, n ignorance, that de- I
IN THE TRIAL OF PAUL. |
before Agrippa, recorded in Acts |
xviii, some rather important |
changes are made in verses 81 and |
29 inclusive, and the impression that |
Agrippa was almost persuaded to |
become a Christian by Paurs elo-
quence is dispelled.' The verses in
the present version are as follows:
"1And as he thus spoke for himself
Festus with a loud voice: faul
thou art beside myself; much leafa-
ing doth make thee mad. But he
said, 1 am not mad, most noble Fes-
tus, but speak forth the words OF /
truth and soberness. For the king
knoweth Of these things before
whom l also speak freely; for [ am
persuaded that none of these things
are hidden from him; for this thing
was not done in a corner. King
Agrippa, believest thou the proph-
cts? know that thou believest.
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, AL
most thou persuadest me to be
Christian. And Paul said, / would
to God that not only thou, but also 1
all that hear me this day, were both
almost and altogether such as l am,
except these bonds" In the revised
version this scene is described thus.
"And as he thus made his defence,
Festus said with a loud voice, Paul. 4
thou art mad; thy much learning
doth turn thee to madness. BH
Paul said, | am not, most excellent
Festus, but speak words of truth
and soberhcss, For the king know
eth Of these. things, unto whom also
! speak freely,.for am persuaded
that none on. these things is hidden
from him; for this hath not Been
done in corner. King Agrippa,
beiicvest thou' the prophets? And
Agrippa said unto Paul. With but
little pcrsuation thou woUids't tain
make me a Christian. And 'Pnnl
saiu. wotild 10 God, that whrfhef
With lniIc or with much, not thop
only; but also all that hear me tits
day, might become such asI am, cx-
cept these bonds "t
Pho above examples of the text
Of the revised New Testament, 1
which have been given TO the pub
lie in advance Of the meeting of the
convention of Canterbury, give q
fir idea OF the character and scope of
the ten years work which have beer
done by the two committees in En-
gland and America. The book viii
ptobably be published within the
next month. and it is said that q
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