When a translator presented their KJV bible to King James, he said, I am confident your majesty will approve as the word tyrant does NOT appear in it.
King James said, Jesus had his John and I have my Buckingham. He would kiss men on the lips making some so disgusted, they would spit on the ground.
Info is from one of Joe Morecraft's History of the Reformation sermons. They are available for free download on Sermon Audio: especially the one James I, Pervert & Tyrant http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=629041512
The KJV is mostly Geneva Bible worked over and was the best around for some time, however it is restrictive to require that everyone reverence the KJV as the archaic language we have to read.
KJV has a beautiful poetic flow.
The Bible should be translated into the common language. KJV helps to understand old literature, but just isn't our language.
It is strange to think it is the perfect translation when that would make all other language translations inferior.
One problem is that they translate aeon as world rather than age, so people think Matt. 24 refers to the end of the world rather than the end of the age.
Paul Jehle said King James had a reformed head and a pagan heart. James was educated by Scottish reformers, but his heart was never surrendered to the Lord.
Otto Scott minced no words in a dramatic piece of history, "James I, the Fool is King."
2 comments:
When we first heard this we were appalled! Having been "raised on the KJV" it was very disconcerting. It is still of course God's Holy Word, but it is nice to have the Geneva to reference as well.
When we read the bible, we look for what we need to obey, so it sometimes helps to consult more than one translation. I have purchased everyone one translation so we can all follow along more readily.
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