In the last six verses of Revelation, Erasmus had no Greek manuscript (=MS) (he only used half a dozen, very late MSS for the whole New Testament any way). Consequently, his edition has been called the most poorly edited volume in all of literature! It is filled with hundreds of typographical errors which even Erasmus would acknowledge. He was under pressure to get it to the press as soon as possible since (a) no edition of the Greek New Testament had yet been published, and (b) he had heard that some monks were just about to publish their edition of the Greek New Testament and he was in a race to beat them. The man who edited the text was a humanist named Erasmus. Second, the Greek text which stands behind the King James Bible is demonstrably inferior in certain places. The arguments must proceed on other bases. There is no verse that tells me how God will preserve his word, so I can have no scriptural warrant for arguing that the King James has exclusive rights to the throne. No where am I told that the King James Bible is the best or only 'holy' Bible. However, no where in the Bible am I told that only one translation of it is the correct one.
Why I Do Not Think the King James Bible Is the Best Translation Available Todayįirst, I want to affirm with all evangelical Christians that the Bible is the Word of God, inerrant, inspired, and our final authority for faith and life. His email address is available at And now his article on the KJV: He is the senior New Testament editor of the NET Bible.
His Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament (Zondervan, 1996) has become a standard textbook in colleges and seminaries.
from Dallas Theological Seminary, and is currently professor of New Testament Studies at his alma mater. Wallace has taught Greek and New Testament courses on a graduate school level since 1979. Wallace and I are not in agreement regarding some matters pertaining to the Greek New Testament, I am including in this post an article of his on the KJV but first a further note about Dr.
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