who gave the authority to change the bible? scientists?

Answer 1

How did they change the Bible? It's still the same book I read in elementary school.

Answer 2

Perhaps this will help your confusion.

Hasn't the Bible been rewritten so many times that we can't trust it anymore?

This is a common misconception. Some people think that the Bible was written in one language, translated to another language, then translated into yet another and so on until it was finally translated into the English. The complaint is that since it was rewritten so many times in different languages throughout history, it must have become corrupted. The "telephone" analogy is often used as an illustration. It goes like this. One person tells another person a sentence who then tells another person, who tells yet another, and so on and so on until the last person hears a sentence that has little or nothing to do with the original one. The only problem with this analogy is that it doesn't fit the Bible at all.
The fact is that the Bible has not been rewritten. Take the New Testament, for example. The disciples of Jesus wrote the New Testament in Greek and though we do not have the original documents, we do have around 6,000 copies of the Greek manuscripts that were made very close to the time of the originals. These various manuscripts, or copies, agree with each other to almost 100 percent accuracy. Statistically, the New Testament is 99.5% textually pure. That means that there is only 1/2 of 1% of of all the copies that do not agree with each other 100%. But, if you take that 1/2 of 1% and examine it, you find that the majority of the "problems" are nothing more than spelling errors and very minor word alterations. For example, instead of saying Jesus, a variation might be "Jesus Christ." So the actually amount of textual variation of any concern at all is extremely low. Therefore, we can say that we have an extremely accurate compilation of the original documents.
So when we translate the Bible, we do not translate from a translation of a translation of a translation. We translate from the original language into our language. It is one step, not a series of steps that leads to corruption. It is one translation step from the original to the English or to whatever language a person needs to read it in. So we translate into Spanish from the same Greek manuscripts. Likewise we translate into the German from those same Greek manuscripts as well. This is how it is done for each and every language we translate the Bible into. We do not translate from the Greek to the English, to the Spanish, and then to the German. It is from the Greek to the English. It is from the Greek into the Spanish. It is from the Greek into the German. Therefore, the translations are very accurate and trustworthy in regards to what the Bible originally said.

Answer 3

No one can "give the authority" to change the Bible, but since no one currently speaks the languages in which the Bible was written, translation to modern languages (including modern Hebrew and Greek) is a continuing task. Unlike the Koran which is only authoritative in the original 7th century Arabic, the Bible has been translated into thousands of languages. Biblical scholarship does its best to recover the most authoritative manuscripts and properly translate them. As language shifts new translation is required. It is up to those who can read the original Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic to test these new translations. Since the Bible speaks mostly in stories, it is also important to understand ordinary life at the time of the original story to understand the point being made. This is a tremendous challenge.

Answer 4

Though the Jews already had done that for the Old Testament,.the Christians and Councils about the time of Constantine determined which books/scrolls were authentic Scripture and theologically consistent ... and rejected many of the later gnostic "gospels", etc. They determined that largely by the nearly three hundred years of testimony of the disciples, their students such as Polycarp, etc., and on down to abut 325 AD.

No, Constantine did not change the Bible; and he did not leave a lot out. The Christians and Councils decided what belonged in; what had been generally accepted by the previous generations of Christians.

Answer 5

I believe the Bible to be the work of man that has been corrupted many hundreds of times over the years to fit in with the ideology of the times. Many of you choose to read and take all the Bibles writings as being true and accurate without question. I am more open minded and willing to question the facts. I do not want to attack anybody, but below are a list of contradictions in the Holy Bible and I would be interested in hearing from people and how such mistakes and errors can be possible in the book of God?

Answer 6

These people who claim that the bible has never been changed obvious do not know the history of the very book they base their faith upon. Maybe they do not wish to know the history for it would undoubtably change the way the think of this holy book and as a result it would put into question their very faith. The fact is the bible has been changed, re-written, editted, translated many times, chapters left out, new ones added, over and over again throughout it's history.

Answer 7

No one. If a Scripture is not translated in a disciplic succession then it is not considered authentic. The bible has mistranslated and misconstrued in many parts. Much has been deleted by King Constantine. Read You mean that's in the Bible by Satyaraja dasa get at www.krishnaculture.com

Answer 8

Who changed the Bible? Do you mean making a new translation?

Answer 9

No one has the authority and ...it has NOT been changed.

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Answer 10

If you are referring to the New Testament, then it is the Catholic Church who received their authority directly from Jesus.