The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-11-21

that Latin translation sprang ourssh@
rious English translations-the Douay
or Catholic edition. published in 1909
A. d., and the King James Bible, or
Common Version, published. In 1911 A.
d. The latter was merely a revised
translation, to assist In which re-
vision other previous translations were
used. and we are assured that the text
was diligently compared with the
were no ancient Greek manuscripts
with which TO compare It. The Greek
manuscripts with which Il was com
pared numbered only eight, none OF
which dated earlier than the Tenth
Century. Today, however. we have
three very old Greek manuscripts of
the New Testament, namely. the Alex
andrian MS. the Vatican MS. and the
Sinaltic Ms. OF these. the Vatican
MS. was the first TO come to the at
tention of modern scholarship. II is
In the Vatican Library. appearing on
its catalogue as far back as 1415 A. d..
which manuscript scholarship accred
its with having been written In the
fourth century. Next came the Alex.
andriar MS, which is supposed to
have been written about the middle of
the fifth century. 1t Is now on ex-
hibition in the British Museum. Final
ly we have the Sinaitlc MS, which is
in possession Of the Russian Govern
ment 1t was found by Constantine
Tischendorf in a Mt. Sinai Convent.
from which 1t takes its name. 1t is
accredited with a date OF about $50
A. ID. OF these three Oldest MSS. of
the New Testament known In the
world, the Vatican and Sinaitic are
the older.
Assuredly nothing should be consid-
cred as part of the original Scriptures
that is not found In any Of these three
oldest MSS. Why should we not tell
this to the people? Why should we
not inform them that some of the
most confusing texts Of the Bible are
not found In these old manuscripts?
Is II not a sin TO preach doctrines as
from God which have no part In these
early MSS? This Is our thought.
From time to time it will be our pleas.
ure. as well as our duty. to teach the
common people what the clergy al
ready know on this subject. More
over. the Bible Students Association
of Brooklyn has arranged for the i'm
portation of copies Of the New Testa.
ment bound In cloth showing the varl-
ations between the readings Of these
old Greek MSS. and our Common Yer
sion. The usual price Of these Is S1.00;
but, importing them In large qunnti.
ties, they are able to supply them post
paid at soc. each.
Consider Now Our Text
go ye into all the world. and preach
the gospel TO every creature. He that be-
lleveth and is baptized. shall be saved;
but he that believeth not, shall be
damned. MARK xvi, 10. l6
One of the most important Of these
interpretations or poisonous additions
engrafted upon the Word of God Is In
the sixteenth chapter Of Mark, all Of
which, from the ninth verse to the end
Of the chapter, is spurious-fraudulent.
1t is additional to anything that st
Mark wrote, as evidenced by the fact
that these verses are not found In any
of the three oldest Greek MSS.
OF course some of the items of
these verses are found In other Cos
pels. 1t would never do to add a lie
without a certain amount Of covering
Of Truth to sugarcoat It'll But notice
our text and what a wrong thought 1t
glves-inconslstent with the remainder
of the Scrintures. Its intimation Is
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