Some things I didn't know. Interesting. I knew that it was written in Greek, but not the form of the Greek. Though Jesus is often referred to as Jesus Christ, Christ isn't a surname. It comes from the Greek word Christos (as I recall) and means 'annointed one' which points to the Messiah of course because the Messiah would be the annointed one i.e. the King. I've never read the Bible in the original language (I don't know how to read anything but English), but the history behind it is interesting.
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Originally Posted by osnova
The New Testament in the Original Greek, Byzantine Textform 2005 (with Direct Verse Jump) is now available from the OSNOVA Store. It should also appear on Amazon as soon as it is approved.
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THE NEW TESTAMENT was written in Koine Greek during the first century AD. From the time of its original revelation, handwritten copies continually were prepared in order tomaintain and preserve that original text into the modern era. All copies made prior to the invention of movable-type printing were made by hand, resulting in various scribal alterations, most of these being of a minor nature. Although the autographs no longer exist and no two manuscript copies are completely identical, sufficient evidence exists by which one can produce an accurate representation of the original text by comparing and evaluating the overall manuscript consensus. Robinson and Pierpont have taken the utmost care in preparing that text for this edition. |