Which translations?
How about the NASB and the KJV for two of the most popular versions.
"How can we expect to understand clearly a language 2000 years old which hasn't been spoken in its ancient form for well over a thousand years, and which contained concepts which we simply don't have?"
The answer lies in the fact that Biblical study has been engaged in from the very beginning. Although biblical Greek ceased from common usage, it was never abandoned by scholars. Indeed, it has been the intense focus of study for two thousand years. That's not to say there are no hurdles where language is involved even as we speak here there is room for misunderstanding, however the plain things are the main things and the main things are the plain things. Which part of these translations are you having trouble with?
"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." NIV
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." NASB
"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." KJV"
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me." RSV |
