Thomas Newberry Favored the Critical Greek Text
Some Bible teachers and preachers are moving away from
upholding the King
James translation as the best translation of the Holy Bible in English
(the real Bible in English) and are urging Christians to depend upon an
interlinear, such as the George Ricker Berry
Interlinear as an authoritative tool to verify whether the Textus Receptus
(Received Text) is
accurately translated into English in the Authorized Version (KJV).
Some preachers and
teachers
regard the English words chosen by Thomas Newberry— author of the George Ricker
Berry Greek to English Interlinear—as being more authoritative than the KJV.
Read on to learn why this is not the case.
The
reason it is wrong to use the
Interlinear KJV Parallel
Greek-English New Testament
by George Ricker Berry to try to assure yourself the KJV is properly
translated is because the REAL AUTHOR OF THIS INTERLINEAR —Thomas
Newberry—regarded the Received Text as "faulty" and represented the KJV as
having many inaccuracies, errors, and
obscurities in renderings:
The Revised Version.— This is the result of
repeated expressions of dissatisfaction with the Authorised Version,
repeated attempts to amend it, and repeated calls for its revision, on
account of the faulty state of the original text it proceeded upon, the
comparatively defective knowledge of the original languages on the part
of the translators, and the proved presence of many inaccuracies,
errors, and obscurities in the renderings. [Bold emphasis added]
(Quoted from
The Newberry Reference Bible, Portable
Edition, pg. 944)
The author of the George Ricker Berry Greek to
English Interlinear boldly exalted the Revised Version over the KJV:
This Revised Version gives evidence of
being the work of men well qualified as scholars for their task, and
animated with an equally tender regard for both the original Scripture and
the Authorised Version. It is certainly much more accurate in text and
translation than the older version, but less pure and musical in its
English. [Bold emphasis added]
(Quoted from
The Newberry Reference Bible, Portable
Edition, pg. 945)
Why would Thomas Newberry, a Plymouth Brethren
leader, who like John Darby, regarded
the Textus Receptus to be inferior to the critical
Greek Text, translate the Received Text into English? The answer is obvious: to
attempt to discredit the King James 1611!
It is no longer a mystery
why the George Ricker Berry Interlinear reads like a MODERN VERSION in
many places].
Note:
The text the Authorized Version (KJV1611)
proceeded from is the Textus Receptus (Received Text).
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