Do you think there are parts of the bible that were edited?

Question

When the Bible was put together, do you think that someone might have edited it or left out chapters that they thought it didn't need?

Answer 1

well, no thought has to go into this, this is historical fact. Many books were left out of the final book. The old testament has books like The book of Enoch and there are also later books like the Maccabees I and 2 that are made about a century before christ. These are called Apocrypha. There are also many books left out of the new testament or edited in some way, there is the Gospel of Thomas and the Secret Gospel of Marc which is differently edited than the one we currently know. The problem is, a lot of these books that were taken out of the new testament at least were written many many years after christs death so when the early church created the canon they decided what was most in use and what most applied in terms of creation date.

Answer 2

Yes, parts were edited and writings were omitted. We know that other writings were written, but the early Catholic church did not cannonize them, such as the gospel of Mary and Judas. It was King James that added the "thee's and thou's", cuz you know it was the english that spoke like that, not the original authors. And Jesus isn't even the correct name. Hebrews called him Yeshua, and Jews call him Issa (not sure of correct spelling).

Over the years there have been minor changes, mostly due to translation problems, and these changes do sometimes blurr the meanings. A good minister will take the time and attempt to explain the meaning of the sermon he is preaching in the perspective of how things were during biblical times.

It is/was a small group of men that decided which books to include in the bible and which to reject. We know now that there have been many evil men in the church, and evil popes. One must consider the fact that it would have been possible to corrupt or alter the teachings. It was a pope (Gregory I think) that claimed Mary Magdaline was a prostitute, even though there is no historic or biblical evidence to prove it.

Answer 3

Absolutely. A bunch of people wrote alot of good things. It was a Roman leader (I think it was Cornelius) that put it together. he and his administration decided what to put together to make the Bible. Funny thing was he was a 'pagan'. He converted on his death bed.

You want proof. There are a few verses that are in some versions and not in others. The bibles that have it say (this verse not in some versions). Also Revelation was not in the orignal Bible, it was an afterthought.

What else was left out? We will never know as it is not talked about. It died with the ansetors. Religion is brainwashing.

Answer 4

Of course! Ever heard of the Nag Hammadi texts? Those are all the gnostic gospels that the Catholic church decided didn't need to be in the bible anymore. Google them, you can buy them if you want to read up on it. Plenty of other changes were made to the Bible as well and we'll never know exactly how many.

Answer 5

Not only edited, but entire books were deleted here and there...if it didn't suit the powers that be, it was thrown out. The bible is a book of convenience, at best, and at worst, a book of a superstitious history (the old testament).

Answer 6

If they had, other people would have included those chapters. Same goes for people adding stuff to it. You look around, and you find out there were groups doing either, but when they did, there was usually one group or another that appealed to the older manuscripts and said, "This has always been there!" Or "This hs never been there before!"

Answer 7

I know for certain that there are! I've read the bible in it's original text as well as in English (KJV, NIV, and a few other versions) AND Russian. It's VERY different from the original Coine Greek.

Answer 8

LOL lynn. You have no clue do you?

The books of the Bible have been translated from the original Assyrian, Hebrew and Greek. Some mistranslations were accidental and some were intentional.

Answer 9

No the King James Version is not supposed to have been edited. It is supposed to be the real deal.

Answer 10

I'm sure God's holy spirit had a stong influence over which chapters stayed and which ones were removed.