The KJV of the Bible?

Question

this is a picture of the index of the King James Version of the bible, written in 1615

http://www.thelostbooks.com/kjvtoc1615.jpg

Do you notice anything different from our current version of the King James Version?

RedQueen - Why was it removed? Shouldn't gods word remain unchanged?

Answer 1

The original KJV includes the Apocrypha.

***Off the top of my head, I think these books were removed because they were of questionable value to the Church and their writers weren't known for certain. Also, they are said to be "uninspired."

I've read them on-line, they're quite interesting. But are they the word of God? I can't agree with that, I'm an atheist.

Personally, I think they should remain but that's just my opinion.

Answer 2

The original KJV also translated the Apocrypha.

But it did not include those books which were not considered part of the Holy Scriptures mixed in with the other books, but it set them apart into a separate section, so that no one would be confused and think they were part of God's Word.

Prior to 1546 no Christian group on earth considered these books part of God's Word.

These same books were included with the Greek translation of the Old Testament a couple of hundred years before Jesus was born. However two things most people don't seem to be aware of:

1. Shortly after Jesus died and rose again the Jewish leaders of the first century formally rejected these extra books as part of the Canon of Holy Scripture.

2. Jesus quoted from nearly all 39 books of what Protestants call the Old Testament, but He never quotes from the book of the Apocrypha.

Pastor Art

Answer 3

Because it's a version of what King James wanted in the Bible. Here's an anology for you - If you saw an accident, the officer taking the report would ask you for your version of what happened. You could only tell him what you knew about, or make something up that you thought he should know, or leave something out that you thought was unimportant. A version is not the same as a Translation, which is word-for-word.

Answer 4

There was either a dispute among authorities or KJ himself had problems with it.

Technically speaking there should be a Christian Bible that contains ALL the historical writings, maybe with different color paper to distinguish different editions.

I would favor this. The "lost books" the "banned books" the "in doubt books" and the extended Hebrew text versions (I am told in the ORIGINAL HEBREW TORAH Genesis and Exodus are LARGER that the current Christian texts) should be put in, in the best order possible, with different color pages or ink so that people will know what they are reading.

Then everyone gets to pick and choose for themselves.

Answer 5

Yes that was before Martin Luther came around and removed 7 books. I use an NAB and a KJV

Answer 6

The Authorized 1611 is what I read. There are several versions of "The KIng."[KJV]

Answer 7

No, the 'Catholic' version contains the apocrypha. It's the 'Protestant' versions that have declared those books not including.

Warning: the history of the bible is like sausage making. (figure that one out... )

Answer 8

The Apocrypha - however it was noted that they were not inspired. It was commonly included until the 19th century for historical reference only

Answer 9

ill say this till i am blue in the face.............and many wont get it still................dead is dead, any language and age........
live is live, any language and any age.............
the greater the Act of GOD, the better recorded by man they become.......................

Answer 10

I find it extremely annoying when religious people give long answers with Bible quotes, so here is Ezekiel 44 from The Message: 1 Then the man brought me back to the outside gate complex of the Sanctuary that faces east. But it was shut.

2-3 God spoke to me: "This gate is shut and it's to stay shut. No one is to go through it because God, the God of Israel, has gone through it. It stays shut. Only the prince, because he's the prince, may sit there to eat in the presence of God. He is to enter the gate complex through the porch and leave by the same way." 4 The man led me through the north gate to the front of the Temple. I looked, and—oh!—the bright Glory of God filling the Temple of God! I fell on my face in worship.

5 God said to me, "Son of man, get a grip on yourself. Use your eyes, use your ears, pay careful attention to everything I tell you about the ordinances of this Temple of God, the way all the laws work, instructions regarding it and all the entrances and exits of the Sanctuary.

6-9 "Tell this bunch of rebels, this family Israel, 'Message of God, the Master: No more of these vile obscenities, Israel, dragging irreverent and unrepentant outsiders, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, into my Sanctuary, feeding them the sacrificial offerings as if it were the food for a neighborhood picnic. With all your vile obscenities, you've broken trust with me, the solemn covenant I made with you. You haven't taken care of my holy things. You've hired out the work to foreigners who care nothing for this place, my Sanctuary. No irreverent and unrepentant aliens, uncircumcised in heart or flesh, not even the ones who live among Israelites, are to enter my Sanctuary.'

10-14 "The Levites who walked off and left me, along with everyone else— all Israel—who took up with all the no-god idols, will pay for everything they did wrong. From now on they'll do only the menial work in the Sanctuary: guard the gates and help out with the Temple chores—and also kill the sacrificial animals for the people and serve them. Because they acted as priests to the no-god idols and made my people Israel stumble and fall, I've taken an oath to punish them. Decree of God, the Master. Yes, they'll pay for what they've done. They're fired from the priesthood. No longer will they come into my presence and take care of my holy things. No more access to The Holy Place! They'll have to live with what they've done, carry the shame of their vile and obscene lives. From now on, their job is to sweep up and run errands. That's it.

15-16 "But the Levitical priests who descend from Zadok, who faithfully took care of my Sanctuary when everyone else went off and left me, are going to come into my presence and serve me. They are going to carry out the priestly work of offering the solemn sacrifices of worship. Decree of God, the Master. They're the only ones permitted to enter my Sanctuary. They're the only ones to approach my table and serve me, accompanying me in my work.

17-19 "When they enter the gate complex of the inside courtyard, they are to dress in linen. No woolens are to be worn while serving at the gate complex of the inside courtyard or inside the Temple itself. They're to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen underclothes—nothing that makes them sweat. When they go out into the outside courtyard where the people gather, they must first change out of the clothes they have been serving in, leaving them in the sacred rooms where they change to their everyday clothes, so that they don't trivialize their holy work by the way they dress.

20 "They are to neither shave their heads nor let their hair become unkempt, but must keep their hair trimmed and neat.

21 "No priest is to drink on the job—no wine while in the inside courtyard.

22 "Priests are not to marry widows or divorcees, but only Israelite virgins or widows of priests.

23 "Their job is to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, to show them how to discern between unclean and clean.

24 "When there's a difference of opinion, the priests will arbitrate. They'll decide on the basis of my judgments, laws, and statutes. They are in charge of making sure the appointed feasts are honored and my Sabbaths kept holy in the ways I've commanded.

25-27 "A priest must not contaminate himself by going near a corpse. But when the dead person is his father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister, he can approach the dead. But after he has been purified, he must wait another seven days. Then, when he returns to the inside courtyard of the Sanctuary to do his priestly work in the Sanctuary, he must first offer a sin offering for himself. Decree of God, the Master.

28-30 "As to priests owning land, I am their inheritance. Don't give any land in Israel to them. I am their 'land,' their inheritance. They'll take their meals from the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel offered to God in worship is theirs. The best of everything grown, plus all special gifts, comes to the priests. All that is given in worship to God goes to them. Serve them first. Serve from your best and your home will be blessed.

31 "Priests are not to eat any meat from bird or animal unfit for ordinary human consumption, such as carcasses found dead on the road or in the field."