Q
How do you explain the appearance of no tampering taking place when the
casual observer compares versions with the King James Version?
A
I think the key word there is “casual,” rather than a careful observation. You
cannot casually detect a land mine, but it is deadly. Many today, and I include myself
among those, are too casual with bible reading; we are not as careful as we should be.
Dr. Logsdon, who renounced his involvement with the New American Standard Bible,
said the reason few notice the changes is because, “It is done so subtly that very few
would discover it.” Dr. Hort, the gentleman who sculpted the New Greek text behind
the new versions, said it best:
“I do not think the significance of their existence is generally understood. lt is quite
impossible to judge the value of what appears to be trifling alterations merely by
reading them one after another. Taken together, they have often important bearings
which few would think of at first.... The difference between a picture say of Ragaelle
and a feeble copy of it is made up of a number of trivial differences.... It is, one can
hardly doubt, the beginning of a new period in Church history. So far the angry
objectors have reason for their astonishment.”
Hort said elsewhere:
“At present very many orthodox (but rational) men are being unawares acted upon by
influences which will assuredly bear good fruit in due time if the process is allowed to
go on quietly.”
He said the changes are “significant” and have “important bearings,” but appear
“trifling” and “trivial.” He notes that people are being “acted upon” but are
“unaware” of it. The “few” who are pointing to the changes in new versions are
disturbing their plan for the deception to “go on quietly.”