The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-04
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
terest by a large element of ali Christian
denominations, and possibly with a
feeling OF apprehension by many who
dread any change in the old Bible,
which has been their companion from
youth up Where there hiss been any
disagreement, the English version has
been used, but the American is given in
the appendix.
From a very long list of the changes.
compiled by the New York Times. we
select the following:
Mathew. vi. Take heed that We
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 forth, and no old one as
sailed. In the King James version the
verse reads: why callest thou me
goodp There is none good but one; that
is God. But if thou wilt enter into life,
keep the commandments" In the new
version the verse reads as follows:
why askest thou M concerning hat
which is good? One there is who is good;
but if thau wouldst enter into life, keep
the commandments" The question in
Mark, viii, Sc, 81. For what shall it
profit a man If he shall gain the
whole world and lose his own soulP Or
what shall a man give in exchange for
his soulP' is rendered: .'For what doth
1t profit a man to gain the whole world
and forfeit his lifeP For what should a
man give in exchange for his lifeP" In
Luke, tx, IS, ''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
out OF the clouds, saying, This is My
Son. My chosen" Luke, xvi, 8, 9,
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 o flight.
And / say unto you, make to yourself
friends ofthe mammon of unrighteous-
ness. that when ye fail they may receive
you into everlasting habitations." In the
revision these two verses read as follows,
s.And the Lord commended the unjust
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 l say unto you, make
t. yourself friends by means Of the nam.
mon Of unrighteousness ,thatwhen it shall
fail, they may receive you into the eter-
nal tabernacles."
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 a great multitude 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 1t a certain
season into the pool and troubled the
water: whatsoever then first after the
troubling Of the water stepped in was
made whole Of whatever disease he had"
Is omitted altogether.
Acts, xi.. AZ, ..And the Lord added to
the Church daily such as should be
saved" is made to read, "And the Lord
added to them day by day those that
we're being saved" In Acts, viii, 81,
'And Philip said. il thou believest with
all thine heart thou mayest. And he
answered and said, i believe that Jesus
Christ is the son Of God, comprising the
punuch's profession of faith, is expunged,
rs is also the expression, "Let US not
light against God" in Acts, xiii, 8.
In Acts, xvii, 23, .For as / passed by
md beheld your devotions I found an
altar with this inscription: To the I'M
xnown God. Whom therefore 70 ig-
norantly worship. Him declare I unto
tou," the latter part is made to read,
ITO an unknown God. What, therefore,
re- worship in ignorance, that declare
I unto you"