Volume 26, No.4, Nov. 2015
Mary, the Mother of Jesus
“When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the holy Spirit” (Matthew 1:18). We all know the emotional connection we have with our mothers. They have more influence in our lives than our fathers for we all imprint on our mother’s voice and chemical signature from the time late in the first trimester [...]
The Return of Judah and Ephraim
The following is from Charles Burton (minister of All- Saints, Manchester), “Lectures on the Millennium, the New Heavens and New Earth,” London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1841, pages 61-62. As to the historic fact of the return of some of the Ten Tribes, along with some of Judah and Benjamin, there is very scanty information. It was unnecessary that any particular mention should be [...]
Out of the Tomb(s)
“And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many” (Matthew 27:52, 53). The expressions “out of the graves [tombs]” and “out of the tomb” are used occasionally in the New Testament, but apparently with a different shade of meaning. The [...]
King James Version
King James Translators on the King James Version The preface to the original 1611 King James Version (KJV) says: “Some peradventure would have no variety of senses to be set in the margin, lest the authority of the Scriptures for deciding of controversies by that show of uncertainty, should somewhat be shaken. But we hold their judgment not to be sound in this point.” [...]
Revised Version 1881
From the Preface of the Revised Version New Testament (1881) “We know full well that defects must have their place in a work so long and so arduous as this which has now come to an end. Blemishes and imperfections there are in the noble Translation (KJV) which we have been called upon to revise; blemishes and imperfections will assuredly be found in our [...]