CC>JJ> In John 5:2 there is another test that you might like to make. It is 
the
CC>JJ> little word "Bethesda."  If your Bible has spelled it differently, for
CC>JJ> example, "Bethsaida" or "Bethsatha," either in the test or in the
CC>JJ> margin, or as a footnote; you can know that your Bible is tyranslated
CC>JJ> from corrupted manuscripts.  (Please note: I am referring to the pool 
in
CC>JJ> John 5:2 and not the cities referred to in other passages, which are
CC>JJ> spelled correctly.)  Joachin Jeremias in "Rediscovery of Bethesda"
CC>JJ> states that a copper scroll found in Qumram Cave III, dating from 35 
o
CC>JJ> 65 A.D. shows the correct spelling which was "Bethesda."  The
CC>JJ> evangelical test is the test of the apostles.  God bless.
CC>JJ> I can type more, if anyone is interested.
CC>I am if you got the time.  On your 2nd example, how does a
CC>simple misspelling corrupt the whole translation?
Ok...I'll type a little at a type.
According to Eldred Thomas, the misspelling is a small example of the
corruption, and it continues on throughout the translation.
From Bible Versions...To Test the True Character of Your Bible by
Eldred Thomas.
Chapter IV
        The Revised Version of 1881 was the first attempted English
revision of the Bible since the Authorized or King James Version
of 1611.  The incorrectly called Revised Version of 1881
was based on Westcott and Hort's Greek Text based on the corrupted
manuscript, the "Vaticanus" or "B".  Thbis Greek Text, like the "B"
manuscript it was based on, had more than 7,000 changes. Unfortaunately,
ALL MODERN VERSIONS         are based on this Greek Text , as of
December 1978.
Page: 19
Some of the following deletions will be found in your Bible if it is
based on a bad manuscript. In some Bibles based on bad manuscripts, all
of the following deletions will be found.
(Mostly left out of NIV/NAS Bibles)
Scripture                Deletion
Matthew 1:25        firstborn
Matthew 6:33        of GOD
Matthew 8:29        Jesus
Matthew 9:13        repentance
Matthew 12:35        of the heart
Matthew 13:51        Jesus saith unto them
Matthew 16:3        O ye hypocrites
Matthew 16:20        Jesus
Matthew 17:21        Whole verse is out
Matthew 18:11        Whole verse is out
Matthew 19:9        Last ten words are out
Matthew 19:17        GOD
Matthew 20:7        and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive
Matthew 20:16        for many be called, but few chosen
Matthew 20:22        and to be baptized with the baptism that I am
                        baptized with?
Matthew 23:14        Whose verse is out
Matthew 25:13        wherein the Son of Man commeth
Matthew 27:35        that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
                        by the prophet
Matthew 28:2        from the door
Matthew 28:9        And as they went to tell his disciplels
Mark 1:1        the Son of God
Mark 1:154        of the kingdom
Mark 2:17        to repentance
Mark 6:11        Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable
                   for Sodom and Gommorraha in the day of judgement,
                   than for that city.
Mark 7:16        Whole verse out
Mark 9:24        Lord
Mark 9:42        in me
Mark 9:44,46        Both verses are out
Mark 10:21        take up thy cross
Mark 11:10        in the name of the Lord
Mark 11:26        Whole verse in out
Mark 12:29        of all the commandments is...this is the
                        first commandment.
Mark 13:14        spoken of by Daniel the prophet
Mark 14:68        and the cock crew
Mark 15:28        Whole verse is out
Mark 16:9-20        All 12 verses are out
Luke 1:28        blessed art thou among women
Luke 2:33        Joseph is changed to father
Luke 2:43        Joseph and his mother are changed to parents
Luke 4:4        but by every word of God
Luke 4:8        Get thee behind me Satan
Luke 4:41        Christ
Luke 7:31        And the Lord said
Luke 9:54        even as Elias did?
Luke 11:29        the prophet
Luke 22:31        And the Lord said,
Luke 23:17        Whole verse if out
Luke 23:34        Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know
                not what they do
Luke 23:38        in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew
Luke 23:42        Lord
Luke 24:12        Whole verse is out
Luke 24:40        Whole verse is out
Luke 24:49        Jerusalem
Luke 24:51        and crried up into heaven
John 1:14        begotten
John 1:18        begotten
John 1:27        preferred before me
John 3:13        which is in heaven
John 3:15        should not perish
John 3:16        begotten
John 3:18        begotten
John 4:42        the Christi
John 5:3        waiting for the moving of the water
John 5:4        Whole verse is out
John 6:47        on me
John 7:53 - 8:11        all 12 verses are out
John 8:16        Father
John 9:35        Son of God is changed to Son of man
John 11:41        where the dead was laid
John 16:16        BECAUSE i GO TO THE FATHER
jOHN 17:12        IN THE WORLD
jOHN 20:29        tHOMAS
aCTS 2:30        According to the flesh, he would raise
                up Christ.
Acts 7:30        of the Lord
Acts 7:37        him shall ye hear
Acts 8:37        Whole verse is out
Acts 9:5-6        Most of the verse is out
Acts 10:6        he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do
Acts 16:31        Christ
Acts 17:26        `blood
Acts 20:25        of God
Acts 20:32        brethren
Acts 23:9        let us not fight against God
Acts 24:6,7,8        End of 6 throught the beginning of 8
                is out.
Acts 24:15        of the dead
Acts 28:16        the centurion delivered th eprisoners to the captain
                        of the guard
Acts 28:29        Whole verse if out
Romans 1:16        of Christ
Romans 9:28        in rightousness
Romans 11:6         Most of verse is out
Romans 13:9        Thou shat not bear false witness
Romans 14:9        both and rose
Romans 14:21        or is offended, or is made weak
Romans 15:29        of the gospel
Romans 16:24        Whole verse is out
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