I was reading a JW article, and they quoted the KJV..
I was quite surprised because so much of their bible is so different from all of ours..
Anyone know anything about that?
Are JW's NWT only?
Discussion in '2004 Archive' started by Emily, Jan 7, 2004.
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JW's will quote anyones Bible to attract that users attention. After you begin to study with them, they will let you continue to use your Bible, while they use their's. They will point out the "correct" translation, if they don't agree with your Bible, though.
The funny thing is, they will also use the line that theirs has been translated from the "older and better text", if you use the KJV. They even have their own Greek interlinear to prove their translation is accurate.
They will not condemn the use of your Bible. They will state that all Bibles are pretty much the same. -
Before the Jehovah's witnesses did their own translation they were big fans of the KJV. It was their default English Bible back in the day.
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i've also noticed some of the JWs carrying Interlinear Bibles as well. they seem to be able to impress the simple w their apparent mastery of the Greek language, n whipping out the Interlinear is one of their known tactics. -
In my 'hood, the JWs use whatever BV they think will accomplish their goal of the moment, much as many of us do. Their MAIN BV, however, is the NWT.
The Kingdom Interlinear they sometimes use is quite accurate, I've been told. I don't wanna get off topic too much, but I will say that when I see a JW 'missionary' carrying the KI, I ask him/her how familiar he/she is with it,& then ask, "If the correct reading of John 1:1 is 'a god', then where's the Greek article for 'a' in your own Greek edition of that verse?"
Another thing I ask them is, "Who made the NWT translation?" I get a variety of answers, but seldom the correct one. The answer is, "a committee led by Fred Franz(WT prez 1977-1992) and George Gangas, neither of whom could read much Hebrew, nor was comfortable with Koine Greek. They finished their work in 1950." -
But when you bring them to I John 5:7, and Revelation 1:11, both direct references to Christs diety in the KJV, they will quickly tell you that those verses were added, according to the older and better manuscripts, as you will not find in all MV's. -
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Titus 2:13 "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (KJV)
Titus 2:13 "looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ" (NKJV).
The KJV could be read either way, we are either waiting for both God and our savior, or God (who is our savior). The NKJV makes it more explicit that it is one and the same by moving the 'our' in front of God, making it sound in more natural english that the two are the same. The NASB, makes things even more explicit by the use of a comma,
"Looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus" (NASB).
Satan, not only being powerful and evil, is also a complete idiot, for when he altered the NASB he accidently made Titus 2:3 explicit that Christ and God are the same while it could be argued, and even seems more natural, that they are being refered to us to different people in the KJV. Stupid stupid Satan.