KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

[T]he scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him. Luke 20:19 Because he was "rejected of the. . .scribes," (Mark 8:31)

Comfort reports:

[T]he early manuscripts exhibit some very significant differences. . .pertaining to the title of the Lord Jesus. . . [M]ost scribes felt free to express their individuality. . . [regarding] divine titles.2

New versions rely on these one or two dissenting manuscripts

and disregard the vast majority.

EVIDENCE

1COR. 5:4,5

P46& B Aleph Majority

Lord (NIV)

Lord Jesus (NASB) Lord Jesus Christ (KJV)

A Princeton scholar concludes:

Very probably it represents an attempt on the part of some scribes to lower Christ's claim to deity.3

We are warned, "Beware of the scribes which desire. . .the highest seats in the synagogues." (Luke 20:46) Evidently from that elevated vantage point 'JESUS' is diminished, as are all of his titles in the new versions.

KJV

NIV, NASB et al.

JESUS JESUS JESUS

Luke 2:21 Matt. 1:25 Luke 1:31

Jesus Jesus Jesus

Moslems have perennially complained, "They deified the messenger!"4 New Agers like Alice Bailey protest that in Christianity there is, "over emphasis laid upon his divinity."5 New versions are marching in step with Satan and the soldiers of the New World