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There are 3 that bear witness in heaven9/12/2023 Eventually, in the nineteenth century, that whole line of editions became known as the “Textus Receptus,” or “Received Text.” Over the years he continued to make changes based on new manuscripts found, and after he died, others continued building on what he started. He started with five or six Greek manuscripts and tried to compile them into one. ![]() One of these people was a scholar named Erasmus. The result was that thousands of handwritten copies existed, many of them with variations.īy the sixteenth century, people were beginning to collect Greek manuscripts so they could put them together to try to figure out where the discrepancies were and make an edition that they hoped would be close to the original. Maybe someone would accidentally leave out a few lines, or they would write a note in the margin that the next guy would think was supposed to be part of the text. After 1,500 years of this, handwritten copies existed all over the known world, and, as you might expect, lots of them had mistakes. Those copies were in turned duplicated by others. If someone wanted to duplicate the Scriptures, he had to copy it by hand. When the New Testament manuscripts were written, there were no copy machines in fact, the printing press had not yet been invented. But why does it not exist in some Bible translations? If you read the passage without the Comma Johanneum, you can see that John’s thought process still flows. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit the water, and the blood and these three agree as one. Here is the passage with the Comma Johanneum in caps.įor there are three that bear witness in heaven the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit and these three are one. The term is Comma Johanneum, which simply refers to a short statement ( comma) given by John ( Johanneum). So, should these verses be in the Bible, and why do many versions exclude them?Īs we might expect, theologians have a name for the disputed section, and unsurprisingly, it is in Latin. But if you’re a serious student of the Bible, have a curious nature, or just like to engage in complicated controversies, you want answers for these things. If we just read through the whole passage without getting bogged down in the technicalities, it makes sense. He who has the Son has life he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. John sums it up a few sentences later:Īnd this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. God the Father is testifying that Jesus is His Son. (1 John 5:5-9)īefore we get too deep into this, remember one thing: regardless of the controversy, this overall meaning of this passage is clear. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood and these three agree as one. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit and these three are one. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. ![]() Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is He who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ not only by water, but by water and blood. Let’s start by looking at the whole passage in the New King James Version. Where did it go? It seems rather unlikely for part of the Bible to just disappear. However, as we were introduced to other Bible versions, we found out that a section comprising most of verse seven and some of verse eight seems to have disappeared. Many of us grew up simply accepting those verses as part of John’s letter. Let’s begin with the first question: should this passage actually be in the Bible? Okay, that could be a bit presumptuous, but maybe we can at least consider some possible answers. Let’s take these questions in order and see if we can settle the controversy once and for all. Question 2: What does it mean? Specifically, what in the world did John mean by the water and the blood? Question 1: Should it even be in the Bible? This passage has generated more than its fair share of controversy, based on two questions. That, I think, is a fitting description for the infamous section of Scripture that we call I John 5:7-8. One short passage two huge controversies.
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