Bible Translations

Inspired Writings

39 OT books completed (Hebrew/Aramaic) ~500

BC

27 Greek NT books completed

10 Commandments (Hebrew) ~1400 BC

Greek Septuagint 39 OT + 14 ~200 BC

Un-Inspired Events

Original manuscripts copied. Copies were copied and re-copied.Manuscripts dispersed and translated.

Manuscripts deteriorate - many destroyed.

Manuscripts translated into 500 languages by 500 AD

27 NT books recognized as canon

~315 ADJerome’s Latin Vulgate

~38280 books w/Apocrypha

Latin – only language allowed for scripture ~600

AD

Dark Ages

Anglo-Saxon (Early Roots of English Language) New Testament ~995 AD

Renaissance  Period Wycliffe - First (hand written) English Bible (Latin to English) ~1384 AD

Gutenberg press & Latin Bible ~1485

AD

Erasmus produces a Greek/Latin parallel New Testament ~1516 ADMartin Luther’s

German NT ~1522 AD

English Bible Translation History

Tyndale’s New Testament (Hebrew and Greek to English) ~1526

Coverdale Bible (80 books) ~1535The Great Bible (80 books)

~1539

King James (KJV) -1611

American Standard (ASV) -1901

Geneva Bible (80 books) ~1560

New American Standard (NASB) -1971New International

Version (NIV) -1973 New King James (NKJV) -1982

Modern Bibles

English Standard Version (ESV) -2001

Earliest Texts

500 AD (Byzantine )

Erasmus Textus

Receptus1517 AD

NKJV 198

2

ASV 190

1

KJV 161

1

WesternItaly, Gaul, North Africa, EgyptKnown for paraphrase. Acts 10% Longer

ByzantineRoman EmpireHas the most manuscripts but

not as old. 5th to 12th century AD. Typically

Has more text than Alexandrian.

Major text for older versions.Also called Majority Text, Textus Receptus,  Syrian Text,

M-Text

AlexandrianEgyptOldest manuscripts. Possibly 2nd century. Shorter and more abrupt endings. Major text for most newer versions.NU-Text

Earliest Alexandrian

Texts200 AD

Earliest Byzantine

Texts500 AD

Westcott/Hort 1881

Nestle Aland 1898

Erasmus Textus

Receptus1517 AD

NA-27th

UBS-4th

TEXT1993 AD

NIV197

8

RSV195

2

NASB1971

ESV200

1

NKJV 198

2

ASV 190

1

KJV 161

1

Older English versions before the ASV Contain the verse. (KJV, Tyndale, Wycliffe)

ASV Includes the verse, but in italics NKJV includes verse with footnote:

NU-Text and M-Text omit this verse. It is found in Western texts, including the Latin tradition.

NASB has it in [brackets] with footnote:Early mss do not contain this v

NIV omits verse and has the footnote:Some late manuscripts..

ESV omits verse and has the footnote:Some Manuscripts add all or most of verse 37

Underlying text (M-Text/NU-Text) Dates of Translation

Translation Philosophies

Word-for-word

Thought-for-thought

Paraphrase

1) New International Version 2) King James Version 3) New King James Version 4) New Living Translation 5) English Standard Version 6) Holman Christian Standard Bible 7) The Message 8) Other Translations 9) Reina Valera 1960 (Spanish) 10) New International Readers Version

Peter said, "Change your life. Turn to God and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, so your sins are forgiven. Receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

(The Message)