D. A. Waite

From Textus Receptus

Donald A. (D. A.) Waite is pastor of Bible For Today, an Independent Baptist Church in Collingswood, New Jersey, a leading spokesman for the authority of the King James Version of the Bible, and author of numerous books explaining this position. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in classical Greek and Latin from the University of Michigan in 1948, a Master of Theology in New Testament Greek Literature and Exegesis from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1952, an M.A. in Speech from Southern Methodist University in 1953, a Doctor of Theology in Bible Exposition from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1955, and a Ph.D. in Speech from Purdue University in 1961.

He has been a teacher in the areas of Greek, Hebrew, Bible, Speech, and English for over thirty-five years in nine schools, including one junior high, one senior high, three Bible institutes, two colleges, two universities, and one seminary. He served his country as a Navy Chaplain for five years on active duty; pastored two churches; was Chairman and Director of the Radio and Audio-Film Commission of the American Council of Christian Churches; since 1971, has been Founder, President, and Director of The Bible For Today; since 1978, has been President of the Dean Burgon Society; has produced over 700 other studies, booklets, cassettes, or VCR's on various topics; and is heard on both a five-minute daily and thirty-minute weekly radio program in defense of traditional Bible texts, presently on 25 stations. Dr. and Mrs. Waite have been married since 1948; they have four sons, one daughter, and (at present) eight grandchildren.

Defense of Textus Receptus

During the first 100 years after the New Testament was written, the greatest corruptions took place to the Received Text used by the early church. The Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus and 43 another manuscripts are the result of such corruptions. Some of the heretics operated in this period.^[1] Westcott and Hort used these corrupted manuscript to his New Testament. They made 5 604 changes to the Textus Receptus, 1 952 of these Waite found to be omissions, 467 to be additions, and 3 185 to be changes.^[2]

Historical evidences for the priority of the Textus Receptus:^[3]

All of the Apostolic Churches used the Textus Receptus
Peshitta (150 A.D.) was based on the Textus Receptus
Papyrus 66 used the Textus Receptus
The Italic Church in the Northern Italy (157 A.D) used the Textus Receptus
The Gallic Church of Southern France (177 A.D.) used the Textus Receptus
The Celtic Church used the Textus Receptus
The Waldensians used the Textus Receptus
The Gothic Version of the 4th or 5th century used the Textus Receptus
Curetonian Syriac is basically the Textus Receptus
Vetus Itala is from Textus Receptus
Codex Washingtonianus of Matthew used the Textus Receptus
Codex Alexandrinus in the Gospels used the Textus Receptus
The vast majority of extant New Testament manuscripts all used the Textus Receptus (99% of them)
The Greek Orthodox Church used the Textus Receptus.

Manuscript evidences:^[4]

85% of papyri used Textus Receptus, only 13 represent text of Westcott-Hort
97% of uncial manuscripts used Textus Receptus, only 9 manuscripts used text of WH
99% of minuscule manuscripts used Textus Receptus, only 23 used text WH
100% of lectionaries used Textus Receptus.

Personal Conviction and Belief

“It is my own personal conviction and belief, after studying this subject since 1971, that the words of the Received Greek and Masoretic Hebrew texts that underlie the King James Bible are the very words which God has preserved down through the centuries, being the exact words of the originals themselves. As such, I believe they are inspired words.” D. A. Waite. - (Defending the King James Bible, pp. 48–49.)

Dr. D.A. Waite stated:

“In 1881, two theological heretics (posing as conservatives) from the Anglican Church (Church of England), Westcott and Hort, published their Greek text that rejected the Textus Receptus in 5,604 places by my actual count. This included 9,970 Greek words that were either added, subtracted, or changed from the Textus Receptus. This involves, on the average, 15.4 words per page of the Greek New Testament, or a total of 45.9 pages in all. It is 7% of the total of 140,521 words in the Textus Receptus Greek New Testament.” D. A. Waite. - (Defending the King James Bible, p 41.)

Waite and BJU

Waite's son, D. A. Waite, Jr., is a graduate of Bob Jones University.

Waite, Sr has recently begun expressing his views about how BJU does not uphold the King James Only position, and does not subscribe to his views on the textual history of the Bible. See, for example, an open letter to the school's president. Waite also authored BJU's Errors on Bible Preservation.

Publications

Waite both writes original material, and republishes hard-to-find, out-of-print material, especially from the 19th century figure Dean Burgon.

Notable publications:

The Four-Fold Superiority of The King James Version is a presentation of his basic position, also available online.

Defined King James Bible was produced by Waite's ministry to aid modern English speakers understand the text. (This Bible is similar to Liberty University's The King James Study Bible from 1988, which has center-column definitions of difficult words, but Waite's Bible does not include general study notes.)

Defending the King James Bible

References

1. D. A. Waite, Defending the King James Bible (New Jersey, 2004), p. 45.
2. D. A. Waite, Defending the King James Bible (New Jersey, 2004), p. 41.
3. D. A. Waite, Defending the King James Bible (New Jersey, 2004), pp. 45-46, 56
4. D. A. Waite, Defending the King James Bible (New Jersey, 2004), pp. 54-56.

External links

Bible For Today website
Dean Burgon society headed by Waite.
Calvin's Error of Limited Atonement
"At home at church: Baptist pastor preaches from his living room and over the Web", Courier Post (Cherry Hill, New Jersey), September 4, 2004

The King James Version 2023 Edition New Testament is now complete and in print format here.

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