Truth 1725

For example: in the original greek of Luke 1:28 reads "?a??e, ?e?a??t?µ???" Romanized as "chaire kecharitoméne" The Vulgate renders that as "Ave [Maria], gratia plena" Which is translated in English to "Hail [Mary], full of grace"

Protestant translators, including King James, render the phrase much less potent. the KJV rendition is "Hail [Mary], thou that art highly favoured."

Actually, THAT isn't even true. There are good translations and bad translations. And King James was NOT the first true Bible, not by a long shot. One of the first two English Bibles, maybe. But it was produced in the 17th century, or 1600 years AFTER Christ lived. The original books of the Bible were written in Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic. They were later translated to all Greek (the Septuagint), then to Latin (the Vulgate that Semperfi/par mentions) and it was only in the 1600s that editions in the vernacular were produced. And many of the translations reflected biases of the translators. ...

his way back to Christ. I lost my way and I found my way back to Christ. I learned he was always there like a parent looking after his wayward son, waiting.

There are some differences in words that can change the meaning. King James left out entire books. Compare it with a Douay Rheims translated from the first true bible, Latin Vulgate. They are pretty much identical in meaning with some exceptions. NIV grays the meaning a lot. All one has to do is go back into history and the truth will become more clear. The message of Christ has not changed in over 2000 years. In a true Christians life Christ always has a hand out for you to take, even Christians who fall away from Christ. Once accepted Christ is always there all you have to do is take his hand and he will lead you to the light, back to what God intended for humanity. Christ is the only way. "Chris" has lost his way, pray that he finds cont