Men From The Past Who Used Other Versions

Spurgeon had 12 years in which he could have used the RV, from 1881-1893. That's plenty of time to be able to say 'Spurgeon used the RV'.

 

But "could have" and "saying it" doesn't make it fact. I believe that was his point. It was stated as a fact, when it's really just Rippon's assumption.

 

Example:

That's Psalm 68:11, English Revised Version, that Spurgeon is quoting in his 1891 sermon about Lydia of Thyatira.:thumbs:

 

Then I stand corrected. My apologies.:thumbs:

 

Well, I'm working hard on trying to be polite, but "young man" might be a stretch! :laugh:

 

More on Spurgeon's estimation of the Revised Version:

"For that Revised Version I have but little care, as a general rule, holding it to be by no means an improvement upon our common Authorized Version. It is a useful thing to have it for private reference, but I trust it will never be regarded as the standard English translation of the New Testament. The Revised Version of the Old Testament is so excellent that I am half afraid it may carry the Revised New Testament upon its shoulders into general use. I sincerely hope that this may not be the case, for the result would be a decided loss." —Charles Spurgeon

"The Revised Version we venture to assert is not accepted by the church at large as the successor of the Authorized Version, nor will it ever be. It is a good version, and in some respects the best yet produced; but it must be made far better before it can be compared in all respects with the Bible of our youth, and it will even then be long before it supplants it." —Sword and the Trowel, review of Matthew's Many Versions But One Bible

"On the whole, I am glad to find that there is so little alteration made in the Old Testament; and it is my opinion that if the Old testament revision had been issued first, it would have met with almost universal acceptance, and would have prepared the way for a heartier welcome for the Revised New Testament. The English of the New Testament is so wretchedly bad, compared with the simple yet stately rhythm of the Authorized Version, that it prevents the revision as a whole from being considered satisfactory." —Sword and the Trowel, Charles Spurgeon answering a student's inquiry

 

Mrs. Charles Cowman is another man from the past who used another version.
(PBV in Streams in the Desert)

 

What does that have to do with the original topic?

 

If he were alive today, he would use the English Standard Version- after all, he WAS English, not American! :laugh:

 

"MAN" ??

 

Excellent research - thank you

 

One also runs across the PBV in Oswald Chambers's My Utmost for His Highest.

 

Another man from the past who used another version was Amy Carmichael (Weymouth NT).