- Luke 9:55-56
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- Luke 9:55-56
- (KJV)
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not
what manner of spirit ye are of. {56} For the Son of man is not come
to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to
another village.
- (1611 KJV)
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know
not what maner spirit ye are of. {56} For the Sonne of man is not come to
destroy mens liues, but to saue them. And they went to another
village.
- (1587 Geneva Bible)
But Iesus turned about, & rebuked them,
and said, Ye knowe not of what spirit ye are. {56} For the Sonne of man is
not come to destroy mens liues, but to saue them. Then they went to
another towne.
- (1526 Tyndale)
Iesus turned about and rebuked them sayinge: ye
wote not what maner sprete ye are of. {56} The sonne of ma ys not come to
destroye mennes lives but to save them. And they went to another
toune.
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- Counterfeit Versions
- (CSB) But he turned and rebuked them, {56} and they went to another village.
(NIV) {55} But Jesus turned and rebuked them, {56} and they
went to another village.
(ESV) {55} But he turned and rebuked them {56} And they
went on to another village.
- (CEV) {55} But Jesus turned and corrected them for what they had said.
{56} Then they all went on to another village.
(RSV) 55: But he turned and rebuked them. {56} :And they went
on to another village.
- (1901 ASV) {55}But he turned, and rebuked them. {56} And they went to
another village.
- (CEB) {55} But Jesus turned and spoke sternly to them, {56} and they
went on to another village.
- (CEV) {55} But Jesus turned and corrected them for what they had said.
{56} Then they all went on to another village.
- (GNB) {55} Jesus turned and rebuked them. {56} Then Jesus and his
disciples went on to another village.
- (THE MESSAGE) {55} Jesus turned on them: "Of course not!" {56} And they
traveled on to another village.
- (HCSB) {55} But He turned and rebuked them, {56} and they went to
another village.
- (NLT) {55} But Jesus turned and rebuked them. {56} So they went on to
another village.
- (NCV) 55 But Jesus turned and scolded them. [And Jesus said, "You don't
know what kind of spirit you belong to. 56 The Son of Man did not come to
destroy the souls of people but to save them."] Then they went to another
town.
- (NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) {55} But he turned and rebuked them {56} So
they went to a different village
- (NAB-Roman Catholic) {55} He turned toward them to only reprimand them
{56} Then they set off for another town
- (NASB) {55} But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, "You do not know
what kind of spirit you are of; {56} for the Son of Man did not come to
destroy men's lives, but to save them."] And they went on to another
village.
- Textus Receptus -Traditional Text
- {55}
strajeiV de epetimhsen autoiV kai
eipen ouk oidate oiou pneumatoV este umeiV {56} o gar uioV tou anqrwpou ouk
hlqen yucaV anqrwpwn apolesai alla swsai kai eporeuqhsan eiV eteran
kwmhn
Hort-Westcott - Critical Text- {55}
strajeiV de epetimhsen autoiVkai
eporeuqhsan eiV eteran kwmhn
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- Corrupted Manuscripts
- These verse are corrupted in the following manuscripts:
- Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus -
Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century
- B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century
- C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century
- L 019 - Seventh century
- W 032 - Fourth/fifth century
- X 033 - Tenth century
- XI 040 - Sixth century
- P 45 - Third Century
- P 75 - Third Century
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- Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse
- Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)
- D 05 - Bezae Cantabrigiensis - Fifth century
- K 017 - Ninth century
- M 021 - Ninth century
- Gamma 036 - Ninth or Tenth century
- Theta 038 - Ninth century
- PI-041 - Ninth century
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- Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions
- Omit in Verse 55 “and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are
of.”
- Greisbach, Johann - 1805
- Lachmann, Karl - 1842
- Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
- Tregelles, Samuel - 1857
- Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871
- Westcott and Hort - 1881
- Weiss, Bernhard - 1894
- Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941
- Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition
- Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition
- United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition
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- Omit in verse 56 “For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives,
but to save them.”
- Lachmann, Karl - 1842
- Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
- Tregelles, Samuel - 1857
- Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871
- Westcott and Hort - 1881
- Weiss, Bernhard - 1894
- Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941
- Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition
- Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition
- United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition
- Von Soden, Freiherr - 1902
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- Affected Teaching
- These are two of the most destroyed verses in the New Testament of the
modern versions. Between the two verses, in the Greek 20 words have been
omitted making 28 less words in the English. Let us look at the context of
these verses.
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- (Luke 9:51-56 KJV) And it came to pass, when the time was come that
he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
{52} And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a
village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. {53} And they did not
receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. {54}
And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou
that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as
Elias did? {55} But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what
manner of spirit ye are of. {56} For the Son of man is not come to destroy
men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
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- Look at the context of these verses and we will see that the deletion of
those 28 words are an important part which gives us understanding of two
vital biblical truths. The nature of the Holy Spirit and the mission of the
Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus had sent some messengers before him as He was ready
to go to Jerusalem but since the Samaritans were not accepted by the Jews,
the Samaritans did not accept Jesus so the disciples, in hopeful
retribution, had remembered what Elijah did to the prophets of Baal on Mt.
Carmel and to the two companies of men who were messengers of the King of
Samaria, whom Elijah destroyed by bringing fire down from Heaven on them (2
Kings 1). They wanted to repeat that action by calling fire down from Heaven
to destroy these Samaritans. As usual the Disciples did not understand what
was happening. They were looking at vengeance on the Samaritans but Jesus
had corrected their attitude for three major reasons.
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- 1) All sin will be judged at the last day and not now.
(Mat
13:30 KJV) Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of
harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and
bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
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- 2) The Holy Spirit was not a vengeful spirit. He was going to guide them
into a new way of thinking. No longer would they think vengeance, instead
they were to think mercy, truth, and love.
(John 16:13 KJV)
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all
truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that
shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
This is why the Lord was emphasizing the fact that they did not know what
Spirit they were of. Satan is the destroyer, the Holy Spirit is the life
giver.
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- 3) The mission of the Lord Jesus was to save the souls of His Elect.
(Mat 1:21 KJV) And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt
call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their
sins. Some of those Elect were probably among the
Samaritans and Jesus did not come to destroy them, but to save them. The
Disciples did not understand this yet. They had to be made aware that their
primary responsibility was to be witnesses for the Lord Jesus Christ and not
to return evil for evil.
- The modern versions hold a consistency in their attacks on the Lord
Jesus. Matthew 18:11 is omitted in the modern versions:
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- (Mat 18:11 KJV) For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
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- In this verse we see the mission of the Lord Jesus. If you notice, the
teaching is parallel to that of Luke 9:56, of which, that part is omitted
from the text. Gnosticism attacked the idea of Christ being God in the flesh
and the idea of Him being the Savior, so it follows that they would destroy
whatever teachings there were concerning the salvation mission of the Lord
Jesus Christ. It is a shame that the editors and writers of the modern
versions agree wholeheartedly with the Gnostics. A major principle emerges
here. In Genesis 1 we see a principle of creation.
(Gen 1:24-25
KJV) And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and
it was so. {25} And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and
cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after
his kind: and God saw that it was good. When we look
at these verses, we see that like begets like. Cattle do not bring forth
baby monkeys, and vice versa. That principle is important when we look at
Bible versions. True Christians brought forth true bible versions.
Unbelievers brought forth false versions. This means that those who bring
forth these corrupted versions are unsaved people. Why would a true
Christian choose to deceive another true Christian, unless the one deceiving
is a Christian in name only.
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- There were two manuscript lines. You can look at these on line at
www.scionofzion.com/translations.htm
Just click on KJV Lineage and Modern Version Lineage. Truth can never
produce false, and false can never produce truth. You will see two lines of
manuscripts. The bottom line, is that both cannot be correct.
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- Luke 9:55-56 are mutilated in the Sinaiticus manuscript and the
Alexandrinus manuscript. The first part of verse 56 is also missing in the
Vaticanus manuscript. All the other manuscripts which contain the Gospel of
Luke include these verses in its entirety. It is found in the Old Latin
Vulgate (c. 150 AD) and the Peschito (c. 150 AD) plus the Armenian Coptic,
Georgian, Slavonic, and Ethiopic versions plus many church fathers such as
Tertullian. The Eastern Church reads this portion of Scripture after the day
of Pentecost. Westcott and Hort relegated these two verses to their pile of
“rejected readings.” Westcott and Hort were two closet Catholics but Hort
came out as early as 1847 in hatred of the Textus Receptus and his adoration
of Mary. Today, Protestant scholars laud these two men as great Christians.
It is obvious that they do not know of what spirit they were of! As true
Christians we must choose this day whom we will serve, either the dedicated
Roman Catholic deceivers who continue to give us these false versions or the
true Christians who literally bathed the lineage of the King James Bible in
blood to keep the words of God for subsequent generations. I guess there
must be some reason that the Vatican hates the King James Bible but has no
opposition to the modern versions. Think about it!
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