Acts 8:37
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The [[New International Version|NIV]] totally omits this verse. | The [[New International Version|NIV]] totally omits this verse. | ||
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| + | So half of modern scholarship want it and hald don't? Isn't that utter confusion over what is the word of God? who can we trust on these issues? | ||
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| + | (NIV) Omitted | ||
| + | (ESV) Omitted | ||
| + | (RSV) Omitted | ||
| + | (NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) - Omitted | ||
| + | (NAB-Roman Catholic) - Omitted - “Look, there is some water right there. What is to keep me from being baptized?” (This verse is half of verse 36) | ||
| + | (NASB) [And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."] (NASB adds footnote stating “Early mss do not contain this verse” | ||
| + | (NKJV) Then Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." (NKJV adds the following center footnote (“8:37 NU-Text and M-Text omit this verse. It is found in Western texts, including the Latin tradition”) | ||
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| + | ==Patristic Quotations== | ||
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| + | "Philip declared that this was Jesus, and that the Scripture was fulfilled in Him; as did also the believing eunuch himself: and, immediately requesting to be baptized, he said, I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God." Irenaeus (115-202 AD), Against Heresies 3.12 | ||
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| + | "In the Acts of the Apostles: Lo, here is water; what is there which hinders me from being baptized? Then said Philip, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest." Cyprian (200-258 AD), Treatise 12. 3 | ||
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| + | "The eunuch believed on Christ, and said when they came unto a certain water, See water, who doth hinder me to be baptized? Philip said to him, Dost thou believe on Jesus Christ? He answered, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Immediately he went down with him into the water." Augustine (354-430 AD), Sermon 49 | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [[Article: Acts 8:37 - "If thou believest with all thine heart" - completely omitted in many modern versions by Will Kinney|Acts 8:37 - "If thou believest with all thine heart" - completely omitted in many modern versions by Will Kinney]] Article by [[Will Kinney]] | * [[Article: Acts 8:37 - "If thou believest with all thine heart" - completely omitted in many modern versions by Will Kinney|Acts 8:37 - "If thou believest with all thine heart" - completely omitted in many modern versions by Will Kinney]] Article by [[Will Kinney]] | ||
Revision as of 05:55, 20 January 2011
Acts 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
The NIV totally omits this verse.
So half of modern scholarship want it and hald don't? Isn't that utter confusion over what is the word of God? who can we trust on these issues?
(NIV) Omitted (ESV) Omitted (RSV) Omitted (NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) - Omitted (NAB-Roman Catholic) - Omitted - “Look, there is some water right there. What is to keep me from being baptized?” (This verse is half of verse 36) (NASB) [And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."] (NASB adds footnote stating “Early mss do not contain this verse” (NKJV) Then Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." (NKJV adds the following center footnote (“8:37 NU-Text and M-Text omit this verse. It is found in Western texts, including the Latin tradition”)
Patristic Quotations
"Philip declared that this was Jesus, and that the Scripture was fulfilled in Him; as did also the believing eunuch himself: and, immediately requesting to be baptized, he said, I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God." Irenaeus (115-202 AD), Against Heresies 3.12
"In the Acts of the Apostles: Lo, here is water; what is there which hinders me from being baptized? Then said Philip, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest." Cyprian (200-258 AD), Treatise 12. 3
"The eunuch believed on Christ, and said when they came unto a certain water, See water, who doth hinder me to be baptized? Philip said to him, Dost thou believe on Jesus Christ? He answered, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Immediately he went down with him into the water." Augustine (354-430 AD), Sermon 49
