1001 Errors in the Christian Bible

Acts -- Errors 698-704

#698

Acts 8: (KJV)

39 “And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.”

Regarding “the Spirit of the Lord”, there is no “the” anywhere in the Greek but a majority of moderns have the same mistranslation as the KJV.

# 699

Acts 9: (KJV)

1 “And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.”

The Christian’s own earliest writings indicate the disciples weren’t slaughtered but anyway, the High Priest had authority to have people expedited from Damascus? Yea, right, sure, uh-huh. Israel was occupied. The High Priest wouldn’t have authority to even have people expedited from Israel to Israel.

# 700

Acts 9: (KJV)

5 “And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.”

Regarding “And the Lord said, I am Jesus” the manuscript evidence indicates that
“And, I am Jesus” is original. A majority of modern translations use later Greek manuscripts that fill in missing words.

# 701

Acts 9: (KJV)

12 “And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.”

The manuscript evidence indicates that “in a vision” is an addition to the text which a majority of moderns have.

# 702

Acts 9: (KJV)

14 “And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.”

Compare to Acts 9: (KJV)

1 “And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,”

The Greek word for “chief priests” and “high priest” above is the same except for the difference in number (singular vs. plural). There was only one high or chief priest at this time so there would have been no authority from “the high priests” and it doesn’t even agree to what was written 13 sentences earlier.

# 703

Acts 9: (KJV)

17 “And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.”

Regarding “the Holy Ghost.” No “the” in the Greek which a majority of moderns have.

# 704

Acts 9: (KJV)

34 “Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.”

This sounds like the Jesus of the Synoptics. What counts are works. Contradicted by “John’s” Jesus though who says what counts is believing in Jesus. Apparently Simon was talking through peter here.

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