Special thanks to Bill Reid for providing some source documentation in this section.
Errors where the KJV translation disagrees with the Textus Receptus:
| KJV translates… | Textus Receptus actually says… |
|---|---|
| “robbers of churches.” Acts 19:37 | Every known Greek manuscript has HIEROSULOUS, “robbers of temples” |
| “Lucifer” Isa. 14:12 | “O Day Star” (Lucifer is a human origin nickname for the Devil in the 1600’s refers not to the devil but the king of Babylon) |
| “Easter” Acts 12:4 | “Passover”(Easter very poor choice as it confuses the pagan origin Roman Catholic “Easter” holy day with what the TR clearly says is the Jewish Passover!) |
| “Baptism” (entire New Testament) Acts 2:38; 22:16 | Immersion, because sprinkling was the mode of baptism in 1611 A.D., they jelly-fished out and transliterated the Greek “baptizo” but refused to translate it. |
| “Tithes of all I possess” Luke 18:12 | “all I acquire” (Not only variant with the TR, but quite wrong. Tithes were never paid on capital, only increase) |
| “Schoolmaster” Gal. 3:24 | “attendant” (the law was the one who brought us to Christ, not taught us about Christ) |
| “God save the King”: 1 Sam. 10:24, 2 Sam. 16:16, 1Kgs. 1:25 | “May the king live” (“God” not in TR, but reflects the British culture of the 1600’s. Proof that the translators used dynamic equivalents.) |
| “God Forbid.” Rom. 3:4,6,31; 6:2,15; 7:7,13; 9:14; 11:1,11; 1 Cor. 6:15; Gal. 2:17; 3:21; 6:14 | “may it not be” or “let it not be.” (KJV adds the word God where it is absent in the TR because it was a common expression in 1600’s. Proof that the translators used dynamic equivalents.) |
| “sweet savour” Lev. 6:21; 8:28; 17:6; 23:18. | “soothing aroma” (KJV appeals to wrong senses- taste instead of smell in the TR) |
| “ashes upon his face” 1 Kgs. 20:38 | “bandage over his eyes” (KJV varies from TR by using ashes) |
Inconsistency in translating identical words and phrases in the KJV. Special thanks to Bill Reid for providing some source documentation in this section.
| Inconsistency in translating identical words and phrases in the KJV | |
| Rom. 4:3, 9, 22; Gal. 3:6, Quotes Gen. 15:6 | KJV translates identical Greek phrases differently in each NT verse |
| Rom. 12:19, Heb. 10:30 quotes Deut. 32:35 | KJV translates identical Greek phrases differently in each NT verse |
| Heb. 3:11; 4:3 quotes Ps. 95:11 | KJV translates identical Greek phrases differently in each NT verse |
| 1 Cor. 3:17 | KJV translates identical Greek words into: “defile” & “destroy” |
| Mark 15:33, Luke 23:44 | KJV translates identical Greek phrases: “whole land” & “all the earth” |
| Rev. 4:4 | KJV translates identical Greek words into: “seats” & “thrones” |
| Matt. 25:46 | KJV translates identical Greek words into: “everlasting” & “eternal” |
| Rom. 4:3,4,5,6,9,10,11,22,24 | KJV translates identical Greek verbs: “counted”, “reckon”, “impute” |
| Rom. 7 | KJV translates identical Greek “epithumeo”: “lust”, “covet”, “concupiscence” |