BOB'S
REPLY:
The Original Bible Correctors were the King James
Translators. I quote from their treatise by Dr. Miles Smith, one of
the translators, published by Peter S. Ruckman:
"For by this means
it cometh to pass, that whatsoever is sound already (and all is sound for
substance, in one or other of our [English] editions, and the worst of ours far
better than their [Roman Catholic] authentic vulgar) the same will shine as gold
more brightly, being rubbed and polished; also, if anything be halting, or
superfluous, or not so agreeable to the original, the same may be
CORRECTED, and the truth set in place. And what can
the King command to be done, that will bring him more true honour than this?"
(The Translators to the Readers, page 16, Ruckman edition).
Please
note that KJV translators were "CORRECTORS," and their "final
authority" was their own judgment as to what was "agreeable to the
original."
There were some good English Bibles available then,
the Translators themselves being the witnesses. But the King did not like the
Geneva Bible, for it had been the Bible of the English-speaking Puritan
reformers -- contrary to Ruckman's palabber about the KJV. The King hated the
Calvinism in the marginal notes, and he wanted a new version which would exclude
those marginal notes. (See An Introduction to the Geneva Bible at this website:
>http://www.apuritansmind.com/PuritanWorship/BrownMichaelIntroductionGenevaBible.htm<
These
are your ORIGINAL BIBLE CORRECTORS -- The King James Translators
themselves. They set out to "correct" the English versions then in
use.
Also notice, they were concerned to bring "honour" to King James,
whose "rules" they carefully followed in not translating "baptize" and
"ekklesia" properly. After all, he was the HEAD of the state Church of
England, and the "DEFENDER OF THE FAITH," and if anybody didn't think so, they
might be sent to the stake for High Treason! He sent two men to stake about the
same time the KJV first appeared, and for no other reasons than their religious
differences with the King and the Church of England.
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