Is The Bible Accurate?

1.     How do we know the Bible is accurate and true?

There are three manuscripts from which all Bibles in all languages are translated. The Bible was written in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic.  You’ve got the “Textus Receptus”, which means “Received Text” in Latin. 

The word “Holy Bible” or “Santa Biblia” means “Holy Book” – the word “Bible” means “Book”. Martin Luther felt that it was the most dependable text, and the King James Version and the New King James Version in English are translated from the Textus Receptus.

There are two other manuscripts that have been questioned by many. That’s the Vaticanus, which was found in the Vatican library.  It’s an old manuscript which have some inconsistencies with the Vaticanus manuscript.  Martin Luther said in his words it’s ‘a bastardized version.

The other was one called the Sinaiticus.  The Sinaiticus was found on St. Catherine’s monastery. They found it in a dump which would make it suspicious! So the Sinaiticus had some of the same inconsistencies as the Vaticanus manuscript. They did use all of those manuscripts in creating the New International Version (NIV) Bible.  For instance in the NIV Bible, the story where the woman is caught in the act of adultery in the book of John, That story wasn’t in the Vaticanus version, and so there are some very beautiful stories that just are missing from these other manuscripts. When we talk about the manuscripts this only applies to the New Testament, because the Old Testament is much more dependable.  The Jews have kept it very secure and up-to-date, and there are very few inconsistencies, which are also proven by the Dead Sea Scrolls.  The questionable manuscripts are the ones that pertain to the New Testament.

Some Deleted Verses in the New Testament that are not found in the NIV Bible

Matthew 17:21

Mark 7:16, 9:44, 9:46, 11:26, 15:28, 16:9-20

Luke 17:36, 23:17

John 5:4

Acts 8:37, 15:34, 24:7, 28:29