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for comparison:</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Rom 1.16</strong>: I am not ashamed of the *Good News; it is the saving power of God for&nbsp;every believer, first for the Jew and for the Greek.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div><strong>Rom 10.9,10</strong>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that if you openly declare that Jesus is Lord, and inwardly believe that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for inwardly a man must believe in order to enter into a right relationship with God, outwardly he must declare his belief.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>John 17.3</strong>: This is eternal life, to know you, the only true God, and&nbsp;him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.<br><br><strong>1 Cor 13. 4-7</strong>: Love is patient, love is kind,&nbsp;is not&nbsp;jealous; love does not boast, does not behave arrogantly, 5 does not act improperly, does not seek its own advantage, is not irritated, does not keep an account of evil, 6 does not applaud wickedness, but rejoices with the truth; it puts up with the truth; it puts up with everything, has faith in everything, has faith in everything, has hope for everything, endures everything.<br></div><div><br></div><div><strong>The Translator's New Testament</strong> is published by The British and Foreign Bible Society, 1973; our edition is from 2000. The preface to this edition states (page v):<em> 'It is the outcome of the work of a team of thirty-five scholars, seventeen being NT specialists in British universities and theological colleges, and eighteen missionary linguists who have specialized in the use of English as the second language of African and Asian nationals.'</em>&nbsp; Who those 35 folks are/were is not specified in the work. William Barclay is given credit&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>'colleagues in the Bible House</em>.'<sup>1</sup></div><div><br></div><div>It features a section termed 'Translational Notes' [called out by a Ϯ-a dagger] wherein selected verses are commented on. And there is a Glossary [called out by an *]&nbsp;for additional information about various Greek words and comments on how and why various words are translated.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>It may take some searching to find a copy and it's liable to be pricey; our copy, a basic reader's version, ran upwards of $75 US which we see as about 3 times what one could expect. There are better versions available, such as the Legacy Standard Bible. A nice leather bound edition of the LSB will be cheaper, and a Study Edition of the LSB can be had for about the same price.&nbsp; Keep in mind that this is&nbsp;<strong>only</strong>&nbsp;the NT.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>We find that this is an easy to read version with several interesting features; however&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>it is not recommended by the&nbsp;ATB&amp;M.&nbsp; </strong>Some verses&nbsp;are worth looking into but in the end it falls into the majority of Protestant / 'Christian' renderings which leaves us with no enthusiasm for the work in total.&nbsp; <br></div><div><br></div><div>Some other verses:</div><div><br></div><div><strong>John 1.1:<em> '</em></strong><em>When everything began the Word already existed. The Word was with God and shared his nature.</em>'&nbsp;An interesting variation on this most contentious verse. The Transactional Notes read:<em> </em><em>Literally the Greek may be translated, 'The Word was with God and God was the Word. There is a distinction in the Greek here between 'with God' and 'God.' In the first instance the article is used and this makes the reference specific. In the second instance there is no article and it is difficult to believe that the omission is not significant. In effect it gives an adjectival quality to the second use of&nbsp;Theos (God)&nbsp;so that the phrase means 'The Word was divine.' The translation of the whole sentence then is 'what God was, the Word was'&nbsp;(NEB). TT is an attempt to make this a little more explicit&nbsp;</em></div><div><em></em><br></div><div><strong>Mt 5.3</strong><em>: 'Happy are those who know their spiritual need; the *Kingdom of the Heaven is theirs.</em><br></div><ul><li><em>'&nbsp;</em>Happy is weak but the phrase 'who know their spiritual need' is good.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></li></ul><div><br></div><div><em></em><strong>Matt 7.7,8:</strong><em>&nbsp;'Ask and it will be given you; seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you; for everyone who asks receives, he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door will be opened.'&nbsp; Ask, seek and knock are the wrong tense; the Greek is in the present tense andas such it indicates a continuous action.&nbsp; <strong>Asking, seeking</strong> and <strong>knocking</strong> are the better rendering. </em><br></div><ul><li><em>The </em>HCSB <em>renders this: '<strong>Keep asking</strong>, and it will be given to you. <strong>Keep searching</strong>, and you will find. <strong>Keep knocking</strong>, and the door will be opened to you.' A&nbsp;much superior rendering.&nbsp; </em><br></li><li>Nelson's Bible Dictionary <em>states: \"The three imperatives Ask, seek, knock are, in the original, in the present tense, suggesting both <strong>perseverance and frequent prayer</strong> to be made on behalf of those for whom we are concerned.'&nbsp; &nbsp;</em><br></li><li><em>The </em>Study Note in the NWTSY <em>on these verses states: \"<strong>Keep on asking, .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. seeking, .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. knocking</strong>: The rendering “keep on” expresses the continuous action indicated by the Greek verb form used here and shows the need for perseverance in prayer. The use of three verbs indicates intensity. Jesus makes a similar point in his illustration at Lu 11:5-8.\"&nbsp;&nbsp;</em><br></li><li><em></em><em>The </em>Greek&nbsp;NT TR+ <em>has this for the three words in question</em> {from<em> <strong>Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes}</strong>: </em><em></em><br><ul><li><em>'<strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">αιτειτε </span>G154 V-PAM-2P'</strong>&nbsp;Strong's G154 ahee-teh'-Of uncertain derivation; <strong>to ask</strong> (in generally): - ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require.</em><br><ul><li><strong>RMAC:&nbsp;</strong>Signifying:&nbsp;<em>Verb in the Present tense, Voice Active, Mood Imperative,&nbsp;Person: second [you+] Number: Plural</em></li></ul></li><li><em></em><strong>&nbsp;'ζητειτε G2212' </strong>Strong's G2212&nbsp;zēteō dzay-teh'-o Of uncertain affinity; <strong>to seek</strong> (literally or figuratively); specifically (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life): - be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means).<strong></strong><ul><li><div><em><strong>RMAC: </strong></em>Signifying:<em> Verb in the Present tense, Voice Active, Mood Imperative,&nbsp;Person: second [you+] Number: Plural</em><em></em></div></li></ul></li><li><div><em>​'<strong>κρουετε G2925' </strong>Strong's G92925&nbsp;krouō kroo'-o Apparently a primary verb; to rap: - knock.</em></div><ul><li><div><em><strong>​RMAC:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</em>Signifying:&nbsp;<em>Verb in the Present tense, Voice Active, Mood Imperative,&nbsp;Person: second [you+] Number: Plural</em><br></div></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><em>​​​</em>The MacAthur Study Bible {LSB edition} has these footnotes on Mt. 7.7: <em><sup>a</sup>Or keep asking <sup>b</sup>Or keep knocking <sup>c </sup>Or&nbsp;<sup></sup>keep seeking</em><br></li><li class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">See also these pages:</span>&nbsp; <u><span class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><a href=\"https://editor.sitebuilder.com/page-64-translation-comparisons-part-3\" data-attached-link=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Pages&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;id1560437217016&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Page 64 - Translation Comparisons, Part 3&quot;}\" class=\"wz-link internal-link\"></a><a data-attached-link=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Pages&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;id1519340297617&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Contents&quot;}\" class=\"wz-link internal-link\" href=\"https://editor.sitebuilder.com/\">Mt 7.7,8</a> </span></u>&amp; <u><a href=\"https://editor.sitebuilder.com/page-137-luke-11-9\" data-attached-link=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Pages&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;id1642958676493&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Page 137 - Luke 11:9&quot;}\" class=\"wz-link internal-link\">Mt 11.8,9</a></u><br></li></ul><div><strong></strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><ul><li><strong>Rom 9.5</strong><em>: '</em>theirs are the patriarchs and from them on the human side comes the *Messiah. May he who is God over all be&nbsp;praised for ever! Amen.'&nbsp;<br><ul><li>'From them on the human side' is again tortured English. Consider these renderings:<ul><li><strong>NASB</strong>:&nbsp;<em>whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen</em></li><li><strong>HCSB</strong>:<em>&nbsp;The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Messiah, who is God over all, praised forever. Amen.</em><br></li><li><strong>NJB</strong>:&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;To them belong the fathers and out of them, so far as physical descent is concerned, came Christ who is above all, God, blessed for ever. Amen.</em><br></li><li><em></em><strong>​NWTSY</strong>:&nbsp;To them the forefathers belong, and from them the Christ descended according to the flesh. God, who is over all, be praised forever. Amen.<br></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Rom 1.1</strong>:&nbsp; <em>'This letter is from Paul, a *servant of Christ Jesus, called by God to be&nbsp;an apostle and commissioned to bring God's Good News, to all in Rome whom God loves and has called to be his people. May *grace and *peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be yours.'</em></div><ul><li><em>'Servant' here is a fail for the TNT. The explanatory information found in the Glossary attempts to explain away why servant was chosen and half-heartedly looks to pass this off due to contemporary values re: slavery.&nbsp; The best word for the Greek is the one that should appear; yes slavery is now looked down on with disgust but slave is the better word here, without doubt. The sum of why they don't use slave is, in the end, whinging. Paul's point was that after the resurrected Jesus appeared to him he willingly enslaved himself to the service of his God.&nbsp; In Acts&nbsp;27.23 he stated: \"Last night an *angel of the God<strong> to whom I belong</strong> and whom I worship stood by me.\"&nbsp; A servant, in today's usage and for many years prior, does not belong to his employer; he has the freedom to leave his employer.&nbsp; Paul did not see his relationship to his God as one that was in any fashion subject to his leaving.&nbsp;</em></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Acts 20.28</strong>:&nbsp; <em>'Take heed for yourselves and for all the flock among whom the Holy Spirit has anointed you as Ϯguardians: be as shepherds to the *church of God which he won for himself by the *death of his own Son.'</em><br></div><ul><li><em>In the Transactional Notes for <strong>guardians</strong>, one is referred to the 'Glossary, Bishop.'&nbsp; That&nbsp;explanation is about their use of guardian here for Greek word episkopos. Bishop is not commonly used for the Greek;&nbsp;the AMP, ASV, 1535 Coverdale, 1582 Douay and a few minor translations do use Bishop.&nbsp; It's odd that the TNT&nbsp;calls attention to 'Bishop' with this reference.&nbsp;<br></em></li><li><em>WRT '<strong>death</strong>,' the Glossary entry on death points one to Blood. That&nbsp;reads: 'The word rendered in the TNT as 'death' is the Greek for blood.' The Glossary goes on to explain [under Blood #2]: The 'blood of Christ' represents the 'death' of Christ and is frequently translated in this way.' Why the wrong word is used to translate the Greek for blood is not given. This means that the TNT veers into exegesis rather than sticking with translation. This is a serious failing of the translation. Why not use the actual English for the Greek in the main text and then footnote or use the Glossary or Transactional Notes to explain why 'blood' should be understood? The translators of the TNT have this the wrong-way around in our opinion.&nbsp;This is one of the reasons we do not recommend this work.</em></li><li><em>'Church' presents another curious choice by this work. The Glossary entry states: 'Church' in the NT never means 'building'. It always represents either a group of committed Christians in any given locality met to practise their religion, or he totality of these groups scattered throughout the world.'</em> So <strong>why then render the word with 'church?</strong>' Which means the bricks and mortar to most readers? This is another misguided choice.<br></li></ul><div><br><strong>John 8.58</strong>: <em>'Jesus said to them, 'In very truth I tell you, before Abraham was born, the Ϯ\"I am\" existed, and I am he.''</em><br></div><ul><li>The Translational Notes<em> refer&nbsp;to John 6.20 and there they state: 'It is I: This statement means exactly what it says, but it may mean much more.'</em> {We find that silly nonsense; when would a Biblical statement&nbsp;<em>not&nbsp;</em>mean what it says? And what basis is there for saying it may mean more, other than a panting desperation to retrofit the doctrine of the trinity? If, IF, it may mean much more, then <strong>it may not mean much more</strong>, no?} It goes on: '<em>The Greek is literally 'I AM', the title by which God revealed himself in Ex 3.14.'&nbsp;&nbsp;</em>The statement by Jehovah in Ex 3.14 is forced&nbsp;by Trinitarians at times to be a title, but it is not in our opinion.&nbsp; This is painful English to boot. And the rendering of 'the \"I AM\" existed' is unique to the TNT as far as we can determine. A big fail here.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Rev 19.1</strong>:<em> After this I heard what sounded like the great shout&nbsp;of a vast crowd in heaven, saying ϮHallelujah! &nbsp;Salvation,&nbsp; *glory and power belong to our God&nbsp;</em></div><ul><li>The Transactional Notes<em> </em>on Hallelujah read<em>: 'A Hebrew word meaning 'Praise God', often spelt in the Latin form 'Alleluia.'&nbsp;&nbsp;</em>Our tolerance for nonsense is quite limited.&nbsp; Hallelujah is a transliteration from Hebrew but <strong>it does not mean 'Praise God.</strong>' It means 'Praise (you) Jah' where the you is understood to be plural. Jah is a shortened version of Jehovah [or Yah for Yahweh, either is equally acceptable]. It is distressing to our staff to see the Divine Name disrespected in this manner. Certainly the authors of these&nbsp;Transactional Notes entry know better; if they do not, more's the pity.&nbsp; The word is 'Hallelu<strong>jah</strong>' not 'Hallelugod.'&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div><div>1<strong> John 5.18</strong>: <em>We know that no child of God goes on sinning, but the Son of God keeps him, and the *evil one does not get hold of him.</em></div><ul><li class=\"theme-text-color-4-2\"><span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">As discussed <u><a href=\"https://editor.sitebuilder.com/page-64-translation-comparisons-part-3\" data-attached-link=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Pages&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;id1560437217016&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Page 64 - Translation Comparisons, Part 3&quot;}\" class=\"wz-link internal-link\">in this page</a></u>,</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"theme-text-color-2-4\">the rendering of 'sinning' is preferred to other translations that render this 'does not sin' which of course is incorrect; all humans sin.&nbsp; Again the present tense in Greek indicates a continuous action; other better versions of this verse have 'does not keep on sinning' or 'does not continue to sin' or 'does not make a practice of sin.' All of these capture the sense of the Greek, whlich is obscured here by how the TNT renders the verse.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><sup>1</sup> Sakae Kubo, Andrews University, makes this comment:&nbsp;<em>The United Bible Societies (UBS) published their Greek Text in 1966 with translators primarily in view, especially in the format of the apparatus. The Translator's New Testament, based on this text, has the same objective, but is for those translators who must depend on English for access into the text of the NT. To fulfill&nbsp;this purpose the translation must be in a universal English familiar to those who translate into languages which have no translation or only poor ones. </em><br></div><div><em></em><br></div><div><em></em>Source:<em>&nbsp; https://digitalcom- mons.andrews.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1334&amp;context=auss,&nbsp;</em>retrieved 3-3-2026.&nbsp; Our understanding of this quote and other comments on the Translator's New Testament is that it is intended for a translation&nbsp;<strong>from English</strong>&nbsp;directly to another language. Obviously the best way for all translations is to translate directly from the original Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic to the target language. In this day and age, price could scarcely be what stands in the way of a translator going back to the Original Greek for example; a copy of the latest UBS edition runs from $65 to $100. A copy of the Masoretic text is similarly not prohibitively expensive. 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