Do I have the wrong bible ?

[rizen1]

I have a women's devotional bible NIV,
Acts 8:37 is missing, it skips from verse 36 to 38.
This was copied and pasted from biblegateway

New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society
Acts 8: 35-38

35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be baptized? 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him.


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In King James Version, Acts 8:37 reads

37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.[/COLOR]
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Why such an important verse be omitted.

With some more research, I've found a bible Version Test, created by Rex L. Cobb.
That you can take on the Trivia Thread. ( this is mainly for NIV, but feel free to try other versions )

http://www.talkjesus.com/trivia/13351-bible-version-test.html

Does your bible have Acts 8:37 ?

 

[Chad]

Please post the link here to the bible test. That would be appreciated.

It seems that some do have issues with the NIV and we SHOULD research this so that we are not lacking in the full Word of GOD. This is critical and important of an issue.

For one thing, it is also important for people to refrain from the "KJV is the only valid translation" mentality. This, is wrong.

Currently I have the New King James Version study bible which I love. It is straightforward, precise and the study notes are amazing.

 

[rizen1]

Jesus Saves.

Thank you, ladylovesJesus for editing my post.

Your right Chad, about not relying on the King James as our " only " Translation.

Thanks for your wisdom.

 

[Ronda]

I have a MacArthur study bible which is NKJV, an Open Bible which NASV, I use a parallel bible which is the Amplified and NKJV. If I still want more I go to biblegateway.com and look at the translations there. I also use esword from time to time.

 

[hopeforall]

NIV bible

I use both the NIV bible and the New King James Bible and I find that there is a difference in many passages. The NKJV seems to elaborate on certain passages more than the NIV on several instances.

 

[Chad]

Please read this thread about the NIV
http://www.talkjesus.com/bible-chat/13795-niv.html

 

[willb]

The NIV is based on a different set of manuscripts than the KJV and the NKJV, it has many manuscripts missing. You will find this with ALL modern versions. They remove quite a few verses stating that they do not believe that these verses were in the originial.

I dont think this makes the new verses dangerous or evil but i do think its important we are all aware of these changes and have a N/KJV bible so we can read both.

There is a lot of solid evidence that certian verses should not be in the bible (the 'comma' in 1 John for instance) others im not so sure about and some are just plain wrong (doubting the end of mark when early church letters mention those verses for instance meaning they were always there).

The big problem is that the new versions are based mainly on two manuscripts whilst these are older and perhaps more accurate (?) they were also poorly copied and much is missing....it seems our academics assume just because it isnt in those manuscripts means it shouldnt have been in the bible.

The two manuscripts -
Codex Vaticanus - The extant New Testament of Vaticanus contains the Gospels, Acts, the General Epistles, the Pauline Epistles and the Epistle to the Hebrews (up to Heb 9:14, καθα[ριει); thus it lacks 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon and Revelation. These missing pages were replaced by a 15th century minuscule supplement (no. 1957).

Codex Sinaiticus - The entire codex consists of 346½ folios, written in four columns. Of these, 199 belong to the Old Testament and 147½ belong to the New Testament, along with two other books, the Epistle of Barnabas and part of The Shepherd of Hermas. The books of the New Testament are arranged in this order: the four Gospels, the epistles of Paul, the Acts of the Apostles, the General Epistles, and the Book of Revelation.

Please note: be careful googling the above names because it can take you to fundamentalist king james only site.