"Actually, that's not in the Bible"

[abelisle]

Interesting article:

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/05/thats-not-in-the-bible/

Alex

[BobRyan]

Indeed. It pays to know what the Bible actually says.

in Christ,

Bob

[LifeHiscost]

Indeed. It pays to know what the Bible actually says.

in Christ,

Bob

It also pays to ask the Holy Spirit what the Scripture that is there means.

"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth...."John 16:12 NASB

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding..."Proverbs 3:5 NKJV

God blesses!

[ClubV12]

Being a "gear head" I found that verse, "2 Hesitations 4:3 (‘There are no internal combustion engines in heaven’)" particularly interesting.

Can't wait to try that out on a few friends and see what happens.

[Kevin H]

Excellent article! It is sad, in a day with Bibles written on a 3rd grade reading level and CD and DVD recordings of the Bible (all which I believe is part of the Investigative Judgment) yet we are not taking advangage of these gifts from God. And also as this article said there are too many people who only want the Bible texts that prove their pre-existing ideas.

[Gail]

Well, I guess in a sense he could be correct if his "this, too" is included in the verse that says, "Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away" Matthew 24:35

[phkrause]

It is true, unfortunitely, many have no clue and just repeat what they've heard. and some of us have forgotten more than we'd like to admit. :(

[Dottie]

Maybe the idea of Jonah being in a whale came from Matthew 12:40, KJV.

[Tom Wetmore]

The tradition of the whale goes way back... But it wasn't what was said in the original Greek in Matthew. The original Greek was the same as the original Hebrew as used in Jonah - great fish.

The Greek word ketos in Matthew 12:40 means huge fish and in Greek mythology became associated with sea monsters. The tradition of the whale originated from the translation by Jerome in his Latin Vulgate when he translated ketos into the Latin as cetus which means whale or sea monster. William Tyndale in his English translation relied on that to translate ketos as whale in English. The translators of the AV of 1611 did likewise relying on the Vulgate and Tyndale's translation to also translate it as whale in English.

Translation errors become tradition more often than we realize. And sometimes those traditions are not easily given up.