The question whether the New Testament manuscripts are reliable is hugely important, and is on the frontal lobe of all sorts of people today, including those who read Bart Ehrman’s ‘Misquoting Jesus’, Muslim apologists, and …
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Are the New Testament Manuscripts Reliable? (II)
One of the things most New Testament scholars are convinced of is that we do not have to come up with conjectural emendation anywhere in the New Testament, or if we do, it is only …
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What are some passages you interpret differently than Dr. Ehrman? (Matthew 24:36)
In Matthew 24:36 we have in our printed Bibles today “No one knows the day or the hour, neither the angels, nor the Son, except the Father alone.” This is Jesus speaking. But “nor the …
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What are Some Passages You Interpret Differently than Dr. Ehrman? (1 John 5:7-8)
In 1 John 5:7-8, the King James Bible speaks of three that bear witness in heaven – the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost) – and these three are one. On …
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What are Some Passages You Interpret Differently than Dr. Ehrman? ( Mark 16:9-20)
Mark 16:9-20, the last twelve verses of Mark’s gospel, are found in the vast majority of manuscripts – something like 98% of our manuscripts. But our two oldest Greek manuscripts lack the twelve verses. It …
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How do you Explain the High Number of Variants Found in the New Testament? (I)
How do you Explain the High Number of Variants Found in the New Testament? (II)
