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What is the King James Version?

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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Is the King James Bible a Better Translation of the Greek New Testament?

Since the King James Bible was put together, scholars understanding of Kuanay Greek and biblical Hebrew has improved. So the way something would have been translated for the King James version is most likely not how we would understand it today. We know what Greek words mean because you get used to a billion times in other contexts. And with the Greek line, we know a lot more now than they knew in the 17th century.

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