1001 Errors in the Christian Bible

Acts -- Errors 726-730

#726

Acts 13: (KJV)

42 “And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.”

Regarding “the Gentiles besought” the manuscript evidence is “they were begging” (no subject for the verb). Translation variation here, “people”, “Gentiles”, etc. is a sure sign of scribal change.

# 727

Acts 13: (KJV)

44 “And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.”

Regarding “the word of God.” which a majority of moderns use the manuscript evidence is “the word of the Lord.”

# 728

Acts 13: (KJV)

47 “For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.”

13:47 is an acceptable quote of Isaiah but “salvation” in Isaiah is explained as the prospering of a people through Natural means, through the natural life cycle. The descendents of the Nation will prosper. “Eternal life” to an individual is a Christian concept and is not supported by the context of Isaiah.

# 729

Acts 13: (KJV)

52 “And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.”

No “the” before holy spirit here in the Greek which almost all moderns use. The, the, the, thet’s theology folks!

# 730

Acts 14: (KJV)

2 “But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.”

The underlying Greek word that KJV has mistranslated as “evil” above is probably best translated as “irritated”. Check out how the Evil and Wicked modern Christian translations have also mistranslated in order to blasphemy the Good and Righteous “Jews”: (Mel Gibson would be proud)

Acts 14:2 :: New International Version (NIV)
2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

Acts 14:2 :: New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2 But (1) the Jews who (2) disbelieved stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against (3) the brethren.

Acts 14:2 :: The Message (MSG)
2 But the unbelieving Jews worked up a whispering campaign against Paul and
Barnabas, sowing mistrust and suspicion in the minds of the people in the street.

Acts 14:2 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)
2 But the unbelieving Jews [who rejected their message] aroused the Gentiles and embittered their minds against the brethren.

Acts 14:2 :: New Living Translation (NLT)
2 But the Jews who spurned God's message stirred up distrust among the Gentiles against Paul and Barnabas, saying all sorts of evil things about them.

Acts 14:2 :: King James Version (KJV)
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.

Acts 14:2 :: New Life Version (NLV)
2 But the Jews who did not want to believe worked against those who were not Jews. They made them turn against the Christians.

Acts 14:2 :: English Standard Version (ESV)
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

Acts 14:2 :: Contemporary English Version (CEV)
2 But the Jews who did not have faith in him made the other Gentiles angry and turned them against the Lord's followers.

Acts 14:2 :: New King James Version (NKJV)
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.

Acts 14:2 :: 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and planted evil in their minds against the brethren.

Acts 14:2 :: American Standard Version (ASV)
2 But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil affected against the brethren.

Acts 14:2 :: Worldwide English (New Testament) (WE)
2 But the Jews who did not believe said wrong things about them. They spoiled the minds of those who were not Jews so that they hated the Christians.

Acts 14:2 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
2 and the unbelieving Jews did stir up and made evil the souls of the nations against the brethren;

Acts 14:2 :: Darby Translation (DARBY)
2 But the Jews who did not believe stirred up the minds of [those of] the nations and made [them] evil-affected against the brethren.

Acts 14:2 :: Wycliffe New Testament (WYC)
2 But the Jews that were unbelieveful, raised persecution, and stirred to wrath the souls of heathen men against the brethren [raised persecution, and to wrath stirred the souls of heathen men against the brethren]; but the Lord gave soon peace.

Acts 14:2 :: New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up those who weren't Jews. They poisoned their minds against the two men and the new believers.

Acts 14:2 :: New International Version - UK (NIV-UK)
2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

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