The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-28
OH catalogues:
The Revised New Testament and th'
Doctrine of Hell.

English readers mind the exact meaning
of the New Testament writers, IL Is prob
able that the revised version just pub
lished Is the me-.
The large number Of religious denomi
nations Represented in the Committee on
Revision, including Clergymen OF the
Church Of England, Protestant Epikcopa'
lisns, Methodists, Baptists, Independents
WesleygAs, Presbyterisns OF Scotland and
America, LutheraBs, Friends and Uni
tsrians, renders any seCtaEian bias tmpos
sible.
This version is the result Of the com.
biDed judgment Of fifty men OF England
aud America, The revlsers are celebrated
for their great abilities, vast and Sccurate
scholarship, integrity, independentthoughi
and piety.
They have spent ten years in the work
and have received the suggestions OF hun
dreds oil scholars. Their conclusions have
been reached with a unanimity that is
almost complete. :.
In view Of all these considerations It
must be said that what confidence we can
not repose in the fidelity OF the present
version VIC should have to deny to any
which could be made. e.,
Much interest has been felt In possible
changer oil rendering which might affect
doctrines long held by C~hristendom; For
various reasons the chief solicilnde mas
been concerning the doctrine OF future
punishment. The report generally CtrGu'
lated, though 90 now seen, without flunda'
ton, that the word shell" would not ap.
near in the revision, increased among all
claeses tho interest felt In tho future status
OF that doctrine. OF course the better In
formed knew that II the word shell" were
stricken out any other word put in its
place would take the same meaning unless
the context were changed accordingly.
This was hardly TO be expected by any,
while those who could read the Greek for
themselves knew u would be impossible
II the translation was 10 be accurate.
It 10 not our purpose 10 prove ordlsprove
the doctrine OF future punishment from
the K. V. Revised Version); but to COM
pare the teachings Of the K. V, and the A.
v. (AuthoriSed VeIsion) upon this point
The word shell" II we may trust CRU
denis Concordance, occurs just tventy:one
times In the A. Y, OF the New Testament,
In tho X. V. the word BLADES" Ia used in
place OF shell" ten times, the word shell"
appearing Ia the other eleven places, Butt
is q noticeable circumstance that "hell' Is
retained IN every place that has been de-
pended upon as a proof OF future punish
ment, with n exception.
A comparison OF the proof texts for
future punishment, as found In both YER
siOns, will show whether that doctrine has
been strengthened, weakened or left In
slatu quo by the revision.
In Matt. 1923, the passage Fear Him
| which ls able to dsltroy both soul and
body 10 hell, !" Ia the same In both versions
The A. V. Of Mark 0:4S reads, "into
hell, into the fre that never shall be
quenChed."
The r. v. OF the same place is "into
hell, into the unQuenChable fire." II
there Is any difference the expression
"unquenchGble fire" Is stronger than
"hre that never shall be quenChed,"
The forty.eighth verse OF the same chap.
ter is alike In both versiong, and reads:
"WhOre their worm dieth not and the FIRE
Is not quenChed." In the A. V. this Ian.
guage forms v, A and 40, both Of which
are omitted in the Il, Y. Also the words
"into the FIRE that never shall be quench.
ed" last clause OF '. 10 OF Mark 0, A. V,
are omitted in the r. Y. But every ex.
preston found In the A. V. Is also found
in the R. Y. Except the one which is
strengthened In meaning, v. 49,, though
not 10 frequently. So that taking the
passage Mark 9:43 48, the doctrine Of FL.
ture punishment Is strengthened rather
than weakened by the K. V.
1t was stated that all the passages upon
which the proof Of the doctrine Of future
punishment depended, translated 'hell"
in the A. ", were with n exception
translated the same way Ia the II, V. We
will now look at that exception. 1t is the
celebrated parable OF the Rich Man and
Lazarus, Luke 10; 10 81 For "hell" In the
A. v. we read throughout "Hades" in the
K. V.
In '. 90 A. ", Tin hell he lifted up his
eyes, being In torment;" r. ", "in Hades
he lifted up bis eyes, being in torment"
| Since he liz sin torment" according to
both versions, The failure Of the r%evisers to
translate the Greek word blades" into
The Anglo Saxon "hell" will not be con.
sidered 90 weakening the sense.
A. ", ". "a, reads, am tormented In
this flame" r. V. reads, 81 am in an.
guish In this flame" a more vivid ex.
preston than "tormented." Again, v. "a
A. ", reads, !" Flo ID comforted and thou
art tormented." The r. Y. has "He is
comtorted and thou art In anguish" Tor.
ment has It's degrees, but, as Orabbe says,
"AngniRh is an overwhelming pain"
Verse 20, OF this chapter, speaks OF this
place Of torment" In both versions.
Then those texts which have been
thought inexplicable except upon the sup.
position that unbelievers are In imminent
peril, remain the same or are strengthened.
John 3:16 Is oneof these and reads thus:
nGod 90 loved the world that He gave His
only begotton aon that whatsoever be.
lieyeth In (R.V. on) Him Hhall not perish,
but have everlasting (R.. V. externally llfe."
With regard TO the duration Of future
! punishment NO change is made except to
render the question more nnequivocal.
The great gulf mentioned by Christ in
the parable OF the Rich Man and Lazarus
Is the same impossible gull In both yer.
sions.
Matt, 2541, A. ", reads, "Then shall
He say also unto them on the left hand,
Depart from me, ye accursed, into everlast.
ing FIRE, prepared for the devil and bis
angels" The r. V. is the same, except
che words, Unto eternal fire which is pre-
pated,h etc. And In the margin 1t reads,
hDepart- from me under q curse" q mar.
ginal rendering not found In the A. v.
In The forty.sixth verre Of the same
chapter, the A.. Y. has "And these shall
20 away into everlasting (Greek aionion)
punishment; but the righteous into life
eternal Greek aionion). The R. V.trans.
lates "aionlon" alike in both cases, and
reads: "And these shall 20 away into
eternal punishment; but therighteous into
eternal life" This translation is much
less ambiguous 10 an English reader.
The words elimination" and damned"
do not occur In any place in the r. ",
where they occurred 10 the A. "; but In