Did he come down to earth,send an "Angel" or did they hear voices or were they asked to translate by some King?
2007-10-24 00:35:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
does it matter how God picked them.
He preserved his word perfect.
He loves you enough to die for you and to keep his word for you to live by
2007-10-24 00:45:51 · answer #1 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first lot were picked by King James of England, and had strict instructions to ensure the translation concorded with the teaching of the Divine Right of Kings.
Religion owes far more to politics than ancient texts,
PS James also controlled the patents for the newly invented printing press, and used these to ensure that the ONLY translations that were allowed to be printed were the ones he had commissioned.
2007-10-24 07:42:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many English translations of the Bible; which one are you referring to?
No translation is as good as the original, but some translations are better than others. Does that mean you have to learn Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic in order to understand what God is saying to us in the Bible? I don't think so (but it wouldn't hurt). There are many books written by Bible scholars that help us to understand the original text.
2007-10-24 08:02:46 · answer #3 · answered by David S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a very good question, because if God did select the translator, God must be quite unsure of what he wants to say!
Go to any big bookstore and you will find multiple translations of the same book. I think that in itself is good evidence that it is man who is in charge of translation, not God.
2007-10-24 07:48:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The story I've heard is that God asked them to translate the Bible from Latin into English to spite the AntiChrist (whoever was Pope at the time).
2007-10-24 07:43:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, they were not told by some special messenger. They were a part of God's master plan for the world for all time.
2007-10-24 07:42:31 · answer #6 · answered by Kiibigsis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people who originaly wrote the bible where picked by God...
2007-10-24 07:51:19 · answer #7 · answered by sxanthop 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe, maybe not. in the lutheran church, we hold the original texts to be divinely inspired, but not necessarily the translations.
2007-10-24 07:46:10 · answer #8 · answered by That Guy Drew 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know. He never said. i assumed that was just man. there were mistakes made.
2007-10-24 08:08:29 · answer #9 · answered by debbri48 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is by me
2007-10-27 11:06:41 · answer #10 · answered by John 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋