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Excerpt from The Revelation Given to St. John the Divine: An Original Translation, With Critical and Expository Comments
The Bishop of Durham (b. F. Westcott, speak ing at newcastle-ou-tyne, in March, 1895, said The first great master of Biblical criticism has stated that in every syllable of the Bible there is a mystery. The con stant work of fifty years had satisfied him that there was no exaggeration even in that striking phrase. He never compared the Authorized Version, the Revised Version, and the Greek text together Without feeling that he had learned something fresh, when he went back to the primal roots, and carefully weighed the differences of the terms.
The Original Translation Which is given in this Com mentary is intended to preserve the precise English equivalents of the Greek text. The author has purposely avoided reshaping the sentences according to the laws of English composition, in the hope that the comparison of his literal renderings With those of the Authorized and Revised Versions will be specially suggestive to his readers.
Another remark of the Bishop was that when they came to render What they believed to be living words, they Should not be satisfied merely with solemn music.
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