This is an extremely short version of the evidence. Also, these two passages, unlike the first three, are quoted by Christians as early as the second century. With the first three, no manuscript in the first six hundred years after Christ include them, whereas, some very early manuscripts (but the minority of them) include John 7:53-8:11 and Mark 16:9-20. ![]() The first three are certainly interpolations, and the last two are very likely, but not certainly interpolations. Other examples include parts of 1 John 5:7-8 and John 5:3-4, as well as John 7:53-8:11 and Mark 16:9-20. Then, a later copier included the addition into the text. An interpolation is something that was probably written originally in the margin of a manuscript by a copier or one using the manuscript to explain something in the original. So how can we trust the Bible if this is true? Without seeing and dating the originals can we trust them and what about other verses that we read in the Bible which are not present in ancient manuscripts but were added on later? Can’t these affect our faith in the reliability of the Bible? Answer:Īcts 8:37 is one of about a half dozen examples of what are called interpolations which are found in the King James version of the Bible, but which scholars now reject as interpolations. So how can we trust the other versions of the Bible because KJV is the oldest Bible which was first English translation from the Greek manuscripts? If this is wrong how can we be sure that the other versions that came later are correct? How can we be sure that the word of God was given to us without errors when the oldest version of the Bible itself is wrong? And what about the dating of Jesus birth? If he was born between 4 to 7 BC, by the time he began his ministry wouldn’t he be 23 to 27 years old and is it not a contradiction to Bible saying he was 30 yrs old?And what about john 7:53 – 8:11 where Jesus forgives a women caught in adultery? Scholars say that this was not present in ancient manuscripts. ![]() You are telling here here that the King James Version of the Bible is wrong. The King James Version is the one which got it wrong. As for Acts 8:37 none of the most ancient manuscripts include this material.
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