How do we know for sure that the bible doesn't have at least 2 words extra?

Question

One story goes from person 1 to person no. 20. The story changes, yeah?

Has any one ever proven that the bible has never changed from the first day it has been written? and how do we know, it is exactly what happend? We live today, we havn't met with a person who lived then

Answer 1

Go see the Dead Sea Scrolls and understand the significances of them. The text they had then is what we have today.
Nicholas H reminds me of his picture. We have thousands upon thousands of copies of the New Testament writings, and all agree 95% accurately. The differences are spelling and syntax (meaning peter and mary went the store vs. mary and peter went to the store).

Please, do the research and find out for yourself!!

Are you going to let this excuse keep you from entering Heaven?

Answer 2

Can there be more than one interpretation of the Bible? No. The word "truth" is used several times in the New Testament. However, the plural version of the word "truth" never appears in Scripture. Therefore, there can only be one Truth. So how can there be over 20,000 non-Catholic Christian denominations all claiming to have the "Truth" (i.e., the correct interpretation of the Bible)? For that matter, aren't ALL non-Catholic Christians as individuals claiming "infallibility" when it comes to interpreting the Bible? Catholics only believe in the infallibility of the Papacy as an office. Which is more believable - one office holding infallibility or 400 million non-Catholic Christians who can't agree on the interpretation of Scripture all claiming "infallibility?" When it comes to interpreting Scripture, individual non-Catholic Christians claim the same infallibility as the Papacy. If one were to put two persons of the "same" non-Catholic Christian denomination (i.e., two Presybterians, two Lutherans, two Baptists, etc.) in separate rooms with a Bible and a notepad and ask them to write down their "interpretation" of the Bible, passage for passage, shouldn't they then produce the exact same interpretation? If guided by the Holy Spirit as Scripture states, the answer should be "Yes." But would that really happen? History has shown that the answer is "No." Now, in the case of Catholics, the Church which Christ founded and is with forever (Matthew 28:20) interprets the Bible, as guided by the Holy Spirit, (Mark 13:11) for the "sheep" (the faithful). The Church (not individuals) interpret Scripture. In Catholicism, Scripture is there for meditation, prayer and inspiration, not for individual interpretation to formulate doctrine or dogma.

Answer 3

Most Christians believe that the original documents were inspired by God and were without error. Although there are minor differences between existing ancient manuscripts, the text you read today in English in most bibles is very consistent with the most ancient documents.

Are there difficulties? Yes.

contradictions? Very very few that cannot be explained and resolved. and none of those contradictions deal with the fundamental doctrines of sin, redemption, atonement, etc.

different editions, translations, etc.? Multitudes! But the message is clear.

How about all the different books in the Catholic bible? and what about all the ancient manuscripts not included? The history of the formation of the bible is a fascinating study. And it does not diminish the bible's authority and preeminience in this world's literature.

god bless

Answer 4

it's not a matter of accuracy of the words, it's the message. Does the Bible as a while have a consistent message or not? The whole Bible is about God's character, humanitys fall and God's plan for their return. It's on every page adn every line. As far as changes, oral people are not like us modern folk. They heard these stories all their lives just the same way. It's not like you heard a story yesterday once and next year you try to tell it to someone.

Answer 5

the truth is that you can really ask this of any thing. here's a few examples:

1) Perhaps we're living in some kind of matrix

2) how can we trust any history book

3)how can we even trust our basic moral values

the answer is that we can't 100% trust anything but we can be fairly certain enough to not be afraid that a plane might drop from the sky onto our heads.Along similar lines, chances are the history books are true, we're living in the reality, and our basic moral values are correct.
Regarding the BIBLE, the jews (who we're the gaurdians over it from b4 anyone else) have strict laws when it comes to writing a new Bible scroll. For example, nothing can be copied from memory; everything must be copied word by word even if the scribe is exceptionally fluent in all of the bible.

Answer 6

we HAVE proven that the Bible has been changed....many times over a few centuries. Please ignore Ana's response (above). She obviously has NO idea what she is talking about. The Bible was written by many different people over a long period of time and NONE of it was written by Jesus. Many things were changed and many things (entire sections) were left out over centuries......(THIS IS WHY I LAUGH REALLY HARD WHEN SOMEONE SAYS IT IS THE WORD OF GOD!)

Start with this FACT: The Bible was not written in English at the beginning, it was translated much later. That act ALONE changes the context of the Bible.

Answer 7

So, ±1 is your standard for perfection?

There were numerous changes in the Bible. The King James Authorized Bible went through 5 editions.

Answer 8

the bible was translated into thousands of languages. but they all translated from the original scripts.

the bible is not a story goes from one person to another.
it is hand copied from one script to another.
that is why it can be preserved in a word for word state.

Answer 9

It's far worse than that. Some were selling information to make a quick buck!

Answer 10

the bible was written down, not told