Have you ever wondered about the earliest translations of the Bible? Get a quick introduction to the history of biblical translations with our latest Bible Basics video. #BibleProject #Bible #BibleBasics #Shorts
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And the most Amazing thing about that? Judging by discoveries like the Dead Sea Scroll's, it's something like +94% accurate translations!! At the Least! With most of the mistranslating being in translating word concepts into different languages. Languages, that may not have those specific concepts. Most good translations make note of this in their footnotes. Otherwise, it could be literally translated verbatim (ie: Word-for-WORD), from the historical copies into our modern ones.
Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his Servant, Jesus, Isaiah 52:13 Look! My servant will act with insight. He will be raised up high, He will be elevated and greatly exalted. John 20:17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’”
Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his Son, Jesus.. John 20:17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’”
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Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his Servant, Jesus, Isaiah 52:13 Look! My servant will act with insight. He will be raised up high, He will be elevated and greatly exalted. John 20:17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’”
My tip - each time you read the bible, read it in a new translation. You will get new information each time. If something strikes you as odd or interesting, then compare those verses with other translations online or with a multi-language study bible.
@@bibleproject I'm glad to hear there will be more! I was a bit shocked at how short this video was compared to usual, so I'm excited that there is more to look forward to soon! Keep up the great work!
There are also apps and websites that allow you to read multiple translations at once, going verse by verse, for those who either do not possess the time or resources to accumulate all translations on their own.
Agreed, these (or the 3+ years of information) have been incredibly helpful for me to read/understand the Bible, especially the Torah (first five books).
@@bibleproject Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his Son, Jesus.. John 20:17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’”
For those wondering, Who translated and wrote the KJV of the bible, It was, Bishop of London Richard Bancroft, (later Archbishop of Canterbury) Bishop of Winchester Thomas Bilson Dean of Winchester George Abbot (later Archbishop of Canterbury) Dean of Westminster Lancelot Andrewes Dean of Chester William Barlow Dean of Worcester Richard Edes Dean of St. Paul’s John Overall Dean of Christ Church Thomas Ravis Dean of Windsor Giles Tomson Laurence Chaderton Dr. John Rainolds
Hi everyone! If you'd like to learn more about this subject, check out our podcast: bibleproject.com/podcast/what-is-your-bible/ and Tim's three-part series on the making of the Bible here: bibleproject.com/podcast/making-bible-part-1/
Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his Servant, Jesus, Isaiah 52:13 Look! My servant will act with insight. He will be raised up high, He will be elevated and greatly exalted. John 20:17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’”
@cynthia g all the Bibles and books of the prophets have the same message but most bibles removed the translation of the name of the Father. Our father hallowed be your name??.. John 5:24-26 John 20:17 ;)
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I use multiple translations in both Dutch and English. It’s great for getting an insight into the true meaning of the source text. Multiple translations into various Sign Languages are also in the works! No language left behind!
Hi Ana! Check out our podcast for a fuller explanation: bibleproject.com/podcast/what-is-your-bible/ and Tim's series on the making of the Bible here: bibleproject.com/podcast/making-bible-part-1/
Thank you guys so much for making these videos. I study the Bible alone, so its often overwhelming and difficult to interpret or understand the chapter in which I'm reading. I appreciate your clear and thoughtful videos and messages. God bless!
@@grandmasterlucien I'm starting off with the Gospels, then Acts, then Paul's Epistles. I'll familiarize myself with those first b4 going to the Old Testament, of which I'll read only select books that are the most significant.
@@neeltheother2342 Sounds great, enjoy it. Ive found it helpful to watch a bible project video about each book before starting so i can understand what its about.
@@grandmasterlucien Yeah, in my case I've been using "The New Testament for English Readers" by Henry Alford, which contains an introduction laying the NT out, and the book itself is an insanely thorough commentary on the entire NT.
I highly recommend Bible Nerds and Tim Mackie archives as well as all the Bible Project videos. I’ve learned so much here. Thanks guys for all your diligent work.
And the Bible is the best selling book of all time, with an approximation of five billion copies sold around the world. Your content is gorgeously animated, as always. I wish I could see a video about the apocrypha/deuterocanonical books very well animated and brilliantly produced by you guys. Keep on with the good work!
Whoa! So glad to see this new video discussing translation. But feels like it cuts off too early. I really hope to see more about translation and the differences between the newer versions of the Bible; such as translations versus paraphrases.
@@bibleproject I love your work BP! But this did seem a little bit unfinished. What was the application? Could you do 2 minute videos? Then you could have time to be more holistic. Soli Deo Gloria!
I appreciated this video - a helpful topic. I wish it mentioned the many languages that still don't have the Bible, since that's a big need that a lot of people don't know about.
I would highly recommend all Christians Protestants and catholics, to get a copy of a septuagint Bible. There are many more prophecies and corrections that was altered and changed in the Hebrew Masoretic from which our modern English protestant bibles were translated from.
@BalkinDry Actually, Brother, the Books which you judge and pontificate (i.e. as self-proclaimed Pope) as "not inspired", per your implied pontifical-infallibility, has - long long ago, when there was no False Church - been Infallibly declared as Divine Revelation, Holy Writ, by the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, established by our Lord God Christ Jesus, Who gave Holy Mother Church (only One) the Keys to the Kingdom, the Authority to Bind and Loose on Earth and in Heaven, Protects always from the prevailing of the Gates of Hell, Holy Ghost-Promised to be led to all Truth, established His Authority in Apostolic Succession and Whom Jesus, King of Kings and Lord of Lords Promised to be with until the end of the Age. Each of these essences of The Church Which Christ Established is clearly conveyed in the same Verbum Dei. The New Testament, Christ's own words, those of the Apostles, Evangelists, and Disciples quote from the Septuagint, including its Deuterocanon. It is all on the web and in Scripture Scholarship everywhere. BTW the way, please remember all Scripture regarding false prophets and false teachers. Unchanging is our Lord God and His Church. Jer 6:16-17; Mal 3:6; Heb 13:7-9; James 1:17 Pax Christi
@BalkinDry It is bro. It was declared scripture by the first three church councils and no councils ever rejected them as scripture. I'll drop some facts so my fellow Christians can understand since rarely do we Protestants study the history of our faith. 1. The apocrypha books were actually always in the bible and considered holy scripture. There was no apocrypha section until Martin Luther came along. 2. Martin Luther had an opinion that these books were deuterocanon meaning it was scripture, but not to be used to create doctrine. 3. It was also his opinion that there should be an apocrypha section for the New testament. He didn't like Jude James Hebrews and revelations and wanted them to be deuterocanon as well. He was quite opinionated. He hated Esther and wished it never existed, loved 1 Maccabees but hated 2 Maccabees. 4. The apocrypha was only dropped from our protestant bibles in the early 19th century. Yep thats right, only 200 years ago and it was because the British printing press didn't want to spend the money to print them anymore. 5. The books don't change any of our doctrines. The Jews only dropped those books because it was too close to the New testament in which they reject whole heartedly. Their 39 book Jewish canon which the protestant canon is based off of was created after Christ and meant to preserve Jewish way of life and prevent their own from converting to Christianity. 6. Maccabees is important for understanding Daniels prophecy so if you're not gonna read any of them, at least read Maccabees so you understand what happened.
@@followersofyeshuahamashiac462 I have a copy of the orthodox study Bible which I use as my main bible. Orthodox bibles are great as their church decided to remain true to the LXX over the masoretic. It gets it right in most of the places besides having the corrupted version of Tobit. The CEB has the right version of Tobit. No bible is perfect so all different translations are good.
As always, great video! I get a little nervous when you tackle topics that could be used to bash certain denominations (mostly Catholics) but it’s always a clean game that any Christian can enjoy. Keep fighting the good fight!
For sure, the Christian world is so hateful and close-minded about other denominations that it’s scary to speak on your denomination because someone’s bound to say something disrespectful.
@@KairuHakubi We do have to talk about the issues that divide Christians, I agree! But in the right place and time. I just respect that a Protestant run channel can talk about Bible translations without making it a “the Catholics are evil” video as I’ve seen before.
@@bibleproject I was hoping for something a little more in depth. Like does the KJV change things to the point where they are inaccurate to the original texts? And how about the NIV? Is that a translation from the KJV? How accurate can we say modern bibles are?
@BibleProject I was also hoping for something with a little more depth-- but more just on the history side of where we get our English translation today and whatnot. Not so much into all the super controversial KJV vs Nestle Aland tussle (I remember 2 Tim 2:14).
So amazing that the Bible is able to communicate the Word of God through so many languages. PRAISE GOD, PRAISE THE LORD AND PRAISE THE HOLY SPIRIT, FOR THEY ARE SO AMAZINGLY GOOD, HALLELUJAH, AMEN!!! ✝️💖🙌🏼🙏🏼🕊☺️
Great video. I only have one correction: The KJV was a 17th century translation and not a 16th century translation as stated in the graphic. It was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611. Both these dates are part of the *17th century* and not the 16th. The Geneva Bible, not mentioned in the video, but relied on heavily by KJV version translators, was a 16th century translation.
Even though some English translated Bible such as Wessex Gospels (West Saxon Old English) and Lindisfarne Gospels (Northumbrian Old English) has been earlier than the Wycliffe's Bible (East Midland Middle English), however, Wycliffe's Bible was regarded as the earliest English translation bible since Wycliffe's Bible has translated completely with Tanakh the Old Testament, Diatiqihedata the New Testament, and Deuteronomical the Apocrypha. Also, even the Wessex and Lindisfarne Gospels is the earlier attested English translation bibles (in Old English before Middle and Modern English), however these bibles isn't translate from original languages like Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek but Latin Vulgate (same as Douay-Rheims and Knox) as before the Protestant Reformation were the Latin Vulgate Bible is the main sources to translate in the several languages in Europe.
There is no contest or debate on the New Testament. For the Old Testament the Septuigant is the most authentic version we know of so far or might ever know.
Hello! I am doing an important Bible research project and was wondering if you'd be willing to provide me sources for the information in this video to use in it, or (if this is based on personal study) the names of the researches who contributed to writing the video? If you can, it'd mean a lot. Thanks! ^_^
Johannes Gutenberg is famous for having designed and built the first printing press to incorporate movable type and mechanized inking and for using his invention to produce the Gutenberg Bible.
I really like what the Bible Project does, but this video is missing the “so what” statement. Yes, the Bible was translated many times, but what does this mean to the reader? This video is random facts about biblical translations without much substance on a readers relevance. Cool video, but because it lacks substance it almost feels incomplete.
This video does a lot and I appreciate that they did not give a "so what." It glorifies God that this is the most translated book of all time. For those who argue over different Bible versions being better, this shows that there are tons of translations in different languages and how only english speakers seem to hold KJV as the supreme Bible when other languages don't even have a KJV because they don't speak english. It also shows that besides the Bible being inspired by God, that it was also written as evidence of prophecy so that no other religion could claim the miracles of Jesus as their own. And so many more things...
I learn so much from you, thank you so much for your time and effort. The knowledge I‘m able to aquire through these videos have a great impact on me. They help me change and grow and they correct any false narrative that I have made in my mind (by accident or by taught false doctrine).
i'm curious why Tim didn't mention the Geneva Bible? that was the first Bible translation to add verse numbering and commentaries explaining the culture of events in Scripture as notes on the sides and/or bottom, IIRC
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I love The Bible so much... this video answers my very question on how much people really care about it. The truth is : I didn't love the bible that much, compared to this amazing facts shown by your video :) Thank you so much for this video Hallelujah
