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Now this is a video that's part of a series where I answer the question of
"Can we really trust the Bible or how do I know that the Bible is true?".
And in this video we're going to talk about the manuscripts of the Bible that proves
that we can trust the Bible and we're starting right now.
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Alright, now there's so much to talk about when it comes to the manuscripts, but I'm gonna keep it short and sweet.
Now, there are many copies found of the Bible and together
they prove the accuracy and truth of the Bible.
We have the Masoretic text from the 7th century, the Dead Sea Scrolls found in
1947 dated between 130 BC to 68 AC, the Septuagint,
I hope that's how you pronounce it, which is the Greek translation and
existed 800 years before the Masoretic text.
Then we have the Peshitta, from around 464 AC.
The coptic translation, the Vulgate from around 382 AC,
and the Textus Receptus, compiled in the 16th century. Now,
it is very important for you to know that the whole Bible, which is all the little books put together,
were put together
in around seventy after Christ by the Council of Jamnia.
So many people say that the Bible only
existed around 300 after Christ or four hundred years after Christ and this is a lie.
So as I said, it is important to note that the Bible was put together by the Council of Jamnia
in around seventy after Christ. But all the books of the Bible already
existed before
they put the Bible together in the council of Jamnia. How do we know this?
Because we know that all the books of the Bible, the Gospels and the other books, travelled between the churches
before then. You also need to remember that the books were written by the authors named in them. And that means that the New Testament
was completed in the lifetime of the Apostles. The Gospels,
which is Matthew Mark Luke and John, already
circulated very early after the resurrection of Jesus. And the other books
followed shortly after that, like James in around 48 after Christ and Acts by around
62 after Christ and so on. Now, I'm quickly going to give you a few facts about the
Manuscripts that will prove to you that the Bible is correct and that you can trust it.
For example,
the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered in 1947 and they proved the correctness of the Masoretic text
in that all the books from the Old Testament were there and
correct. Now the only book that was not found is the book of Esther. Now that doesn't mean that the book of Esther is not
correct. It just means that it was not found among the Dead Sea Scrolls
Now the Dead Sea Scrolls were aged between a hundred and thirty before Christ to around sixty eight after
Christ and the whole book of Isaiah was dated even older, at around a hundred and seventy five before Christ.
Now we know that the whole Old Testament
Already existed in the time of Jesus.
For example in Luke 24 verse 44 Jesus talks to his disciples and
mentions the writings of Moses the prophets, and the Psalms.
The historian Josephus who lived between 37 and a hundred after Christ also wrote that the whole Old Testament already
Existed and is Holy.
Now listen to this there exists five thousand four hundred and eighty-eight Greek texts of the old
writings and fifty of them are complete New Testaments.
And then there are many complete books of the Bible.
The book of Revelation has the least number of
complete copies. And guess how many there are? Not five or ten or twenty or thirty forty fifty?
But three hundred!
That's a lot and there are many other translations of the Bible found apart from the Greek text like the Syrian,
Egyptian, Arabic,
Armenian, gothic,
Ethiopian and many others. Now the Vulgate is the Latin translation from around
382
after Christ and there are
10,000 copies available. All right. Now, I know this is a lot of information to take in.
So take a breather. Hang in there, we're almost done. Now, it's also important to know that the early church fathers,
they quoted a lot of Scripture, a lot of the Bible throughout their whole lives and we can find
2,000 copies of these old texts and they all prove the accuracy of the Bible.
Now it's also interesting to know that if you study all these old texts
you can come close to a hundred percent of the real Bible.
Then there's also the Chester Beatty papyrus from the third century after Jesus,
which contains the Old Testament and most of the New Testament.
Then there's also the Jesus papyrus which contains only a part of Matthew 26.
And this is important because its age is around 70 after Christ and it is the oldest manuscript found until today
But it proves that
the book of Matthew already existed in a very short period after the death or the resurrection of Jesus.
And not
300 years like many people claim. That's a lie.
All right. So let's break this down. There's over
20,000 of
sources of which we can put the Bible together in its original form and this is important to listen up.
And nowhere does a
fundamental doctrine depend on a certain passage that is uncertain. So it is important to know that all the main
fundamental doctrines in the Bible is entirely free from any
textual problems!
Ok.
That's enough information for now. I think you get it. If you like this video give it a thumbs up, subscribe.
I'll see you the next video and remember
God loves you, we'll speak soon. Bye
Let it be
Consecrated Lord to thee