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Translation variation

A great many translations of the New Testament exist, in English and other languages. Popular English versions include the King James Version, the New International Version, the American Standard Version, the Revised Standard Version and others.gif.

Among these translations, different interpretations have been made of many parts, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to know the original meaning. Though old manuscripts do exist, languages change over centuries and the sense of words, or use of idiom drastically affects a translation.



Matthew K Gray
Fri May 9 14:03:24 EDT 1997