- Acts 15:18
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- Acts 15:18
- (KJV)
Known unto God are all his works from the
beginning of the world.
- (1611 KJV)
Knowen vnto God are all his workes fro the
beginning of the world.
- (1568 Bishops Bible)
Knowen vnto God are all his workes
from the begynnyng of the worlde.
- (1526 Tyndale)
knowne vnto God are all his workes from
the begynninge of the worlde.
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- Counterfeit Versions
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(CSB) known from long ago.
- (NIV) that have been known for ages.
- (NASV) SAYS THE LORD, WHO MAKES THESE THINGS KNOWN FROM LONG AGO.
- (NLT) he who made these things known long ago
- (ESV) known from of old.'
- (CEV) I promised it long ago."
- (HCSB) which have been known from long ago.
- (NCV) And these things have been known for a long time.'
- (RSV) says the Lord, who has made these things known from of old.'
(NAB-Roman catholic) known from of old.'
- (NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) known from of old.’
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- Textus Receptus - Traditional Text
- gnwsta ap aiwnoV estin tw qew panta ta erga autou
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- Hort-Westcott - Critical Text
- gnwsta ap aiwnoV
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- Corrupted Manuscripts
- This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:
- Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century
- C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century
- 33 - Ninth century
- Psi 044 - Ninth/Tenth century
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- Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse
- Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)
- A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century
- D 05 - Bezae Cantabrigiensis - Fifth century
- E 08 - Sixth century
- L 020 - Ninth century
- P 025 - Ninth century
- 1241 - (Minuscule) - Twelfth century
- P 74 - Seventh Century
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- Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions
- Omits “unto God are all his works”
- Greisbach, Johann - 1805
- Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
- Tregelles, Samuel - 1857
- 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
- This verse has been corrupted in two ways in the modern versions as we
have seen. In some versions it states that God has made known all His works
and in others it just states the works were known from old. When we read the
verse in the King James Version, we read the correct rendering where the
verse states that all the works of the Lord are known unto Him. This does
not mean that He has revealed all His works to us.
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- (Deu 29:29 KJV) The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but
those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever,
that we may do all the words of this law.
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- The verse gives us an assurance that even though we do not know the
reason for things which are happening in our lives or in the world does not
mean that events are not under God’s control. God is under no obligation to
reveal to us everything that He does. Since God’s ways are not our ways and
His thoughts are not our thoughts, we would be hard pressed to understand
what God is doing. God does choose to reveal some of His works to us but not
every one, for we would be unable to fathom the depths of His wisdom. Once
again we see the modern versions giving confusion rather than a proper
interpretation.
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