As the result of a careful examination of the entire Scriptures in the originals, noticing and marking where necessary every variation of tense, preposition, and the signification of words, the impression left upon my mind is this: not the difficulty of believing the entire inspiration of the Bible, but the impossibility of doubting it....The godliness of the translators, their reverence, the superiority of their scholarship, and the manifest assistance and control afforded to them by the Holy Spirit in their work, is such that the ordinary reader can rely upon the whole as the Word of God." - Thomas Newberry [2] Edmond Charles Gruss, Apostles of Denial, (no place: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing CO, 1970) [Apostles]

To conclude this section it may be appropriate to quote from two biblical scholars of unquestionable credentials from whom Bowman has quoted in Understanding (pp. 137-8). Firstly Bruce Metzger, already mentioned, who has written articles on Jehovah’s Witnesses and the NWT in which he argues that “the Jehovah’s Witnesses have incorporated in their translation of the New Testament several quite erroneous renderings of the Greek” [9] . . Secondly H H Rowley, Old Testament Hebrew scholar of Manchester University, England said, of the NWT (Genesis-Ruth, Volume 1 of the original Hebrew Scriptures series) It is a great thing to claim that the NWT, “with its clear and accurate Bible text,” was provided by God himself [Inspired p. 326]. It is a substantial claim to say that your translation “faithfully presented what is in the original inspired writings” [ The Watchtower 15 Nov. 2001, p. 7]. It is a smaller though no less ethically dishonest claim to assert one’s organisation as being competent to translate ancient languages, such as Hebrew and New Testament Greek into readable modern English and still preserve the truths that they were originally intended to convey; and to embody the latest scholarly findings gleaned from newly discovered manuscripts [Ibid.]. It is hardly right for those who loudly proclaim themselves to be God’s visible organisation to present only one side of an argument. Yet, as we shall see from the references below, the Watchtower Society has done all these things. The translators have their own views on Hebrew tenses…They profess to offer a rendering into modern English which is as faithful as possible. In fact, the jargon which they use is often scarcely English at all…the translation is marked by a wooden literalism which will only exasperate an intelligent reader…it is an insult to the Word of God…From beginning to end this volume is a shining example of how the Bible should not be translated” [10]. . Signs indicating Greek and Hebrew participles, articles, numbers, emphatic prepositions, tenses and moods

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Thomson may have been versed in Hebrew and Greek to some extent, but so far as anyone has been able to determine he was not a scholar in these languages in any sense… he appears not to have had any formal credentials; not to have taught the languages in an academic setting; and not to have written anything of a scholarly nature dealing with the languages. According to Cetnar, Thomson denied the deity of Christ and was a ‘Universal Restitutionist,’ that is, he believed all men would eventually be saved [6]. … The Differentiator appears to have been a privately published journal without any scholarly reputation at all” [Understanding p. 130]. Robert M Bowman Jr, Understanding Jehovah’s Witnesses, (Grand Rapids MI: Baker Book House, 1992) [Understanding]

Dr Bruce M Metzger: – A frightful mistranslation. Erroneous, pernicious, reprehensible. If the Jehovah’s Witnesses take this translation seriously, they are polytheists.” Robert M Bowman Jr, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jesus Christ, and the Gospel of John, (Grand Rapids MI: Baker Book House, 1991) Finally, if anyone should find themselves in conversation with a Witness and they begin to use or openly refer to the NWT, the question: “Can you please tell me the names of the translation committee of your Bible?” may be asked. They, of course, will say that the committee asked to remain anonymous so that all the glory for the translation goes to Jehovah and not to themselves. To this the reply could be: While sitting in a local assembly’s regular weekly Bible study, it is not uncommon to hear a brother say, “Mr. Newberry says …”. The reason it is not uncommon is that Thomas Newberry produced a masterful work which many continue to profit from, more than 125 years following its publication. Actually, the New World Translation contains hundreds of verses that have been altered to fit Watchtower doctrine” [How to Rescue Your Loved One From the Watchtower p. 45].

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The Expected One: or the Coming of the Son of God from Heaven, and his Manifestation as Son of Man to Earth (97 pp) It is not possible to store OneNote date file in Apple Icloud storage. Microsoft offers both OneNote and OneDrive (5GB cloud storage) for free. ii) that the Society leads its readers to believe that it presents “all the evidence, all the possibilities” so that they may make an informed decision. Often overlooked is the bottom section of notes in the New Testament, where Newberry points out minor differences in readings amongst the various Greek manuscripts. [1] Newberry maintained a preference for the Textus Receptus, but his Bible is a testimony to the consideration of older Greek manuscripts. Recall that his study Bible project was triggered by his reading the ancient Codex Sinaiticus. Details about his family life and upbringing are scarce, but it is clear that his godly mother and his older sister taught him the Holy Scriptures from his earliest years. He was saved in his youth, but it was as a mature man of about fifty that he came into assembly fellowship in the English coastal town of Weston-super-Mare. The path he took to arrive there is interesting.