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  2. What sets the most common Bible translations apart? Take a ...

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    The King James Version of the Bible came by its name because it was published in 1611 under the auspices of King James I of England. Richard Bancroft, who was archbishop of Canterbury at the time ...

  3. Bible version debate - Wikipedia

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    The Geneva Bible (1557) became the "Bible of the Puritans" and made an enormous impression on English Bible translation, second only to Tyndale. Part of this was due to its issue as a small book, an octavo size; part due to the extensive commentary; and part due to the work and endorsement of John Calvin and Theodore Beza , two of the most ...

  4. New International Version - Wikipedia

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    The New International Version (NIV) is a translation of the Bible into contemporary English. Published by Biblica, the complete NIV was released on October 27, 1978 [6] with a minor revision in 1984 and a major revision in 2011. The NIV relies on recently-published critical editions of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. [1] [2]

  5. List of New Testament verses not included in modern English ...

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    KJV: "(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)" (The Good News Bible, as a footnote, gave this as: "At every Passover Festival Pilate had to set free one prisoner for them.") Reasons: The same verse or a very similar verse appears (and is preserved) as Matthew 27:15 and as Mark 15:6. This verse is suspected of having been ...

  6. Bible quiz - Wikipedia

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    The film is a coming-of-age story of an Assemblies of God teen Bible Quizzer on her quest to win the 2008 National Bible Quiz Championship which took place in Green Bay, Wisconsin that year. The film premiered at the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary [ 8 ] and was picked up for distribution.

  7. Modern English Bible translations - Wikipedia

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    Like Phillips' version, the Living Bible was a dramatic departure from the King James Version. Despite widespread criticism due to being a paraphrase rather than a translation, the popularity of The Living Bible created a demand for a new approach to translating the Bible into contemporary English called dynamic equivalence , which attempts to ...

  8. Book of Mormon and the King James Bible - Wikipedia

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    King James Bible (1611) all pleasant pictures: satyrs shall dance there shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the L ORD: Book of Mormon (1830) all pleasant pictures (2 Nephi 12:16) satyrs shall dance there (2 Nephi 23:21) shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord (2 Nephi 21:3) Webster's Revision (1833) all ...

  9. Revised Version - Wikipedia

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    The 1885 Revised Version was the first post–King James Version modern English Bible to gain popular acceptance. [4] It was used and quoted favorably by ministers, authors, and theologians in the late 1800s and throughout the 1900s, such as Andrew Murray, T. Austin-Sparks, Watchman Nee, H.L. Ellison, F.F. Bruce, and Clarence Larkin, in their ...