For one, Jesus tells the locals to "take away the stone" (Oxford
New English Bible, John 11.39); he does not do it himself.
Johnson in his preface to the dictionary.) It was not until the 1960s that a
New English Bible was introduced, making room for contemporary idiom and the evidence of more ancient Greek manuscripts (though there had been various revisions, called "Revised Standard Versions," from Victorian times onward, to bring up to date Tudor locutions that had changed their meaning in spoken English: "prevent," for instance, meant to precede or to anticipate; and "let" meant its opposite, to hinder).
He held the same copy of the
New English Bible that he had brought into court the previous day.
Notable translations in English include the unsurpassed King James (Authorized) Version (1611), the English Revised Version (1881-85), the Revised Standard [American] Version (1946-57), the
New English Bible (1970), the [Catholic] Confraternity Version (1952-61; later issued as the New American Bible, 1970), and the Jerusalem Bible (1966).
One small suggestion: a new edition might consider substituting the translation of the Revised English Bible for that of the
New English Bible.
The Hebrew Old Testament; the Greek New Testament; the King James version; the
New English Bible; why, it's being updated all the time.
1 Tony Jacklin became the first British golfer to win the US Open for nearly 50 years 2 Bertrand Russell and Janis Joplin died 3 The
New English Bible went on sale 4 The UK age of majority was reduced from 21 to 18 impossipuzzles Josh picked up the photo.
James 1, 22 The
new English Bible renders that beautifully: "Only be sure that you act on the message and do not merely listen."
See: Onkelos (Aramaic), The Jewish Publication Society of America, The International Critical Commentary: Genesis, The Soncino Chumash, The Holy Bible (Oxford University Press), The Anchor Bible, The Jerusalem Bible, The
New English Bible with the Apocrypha.
WHILE morals are founded on Christian ethics, the act of homosexuality equals committing a sin, so sayeth the
New English Bible (Leviticus 20:13-14): "If man has intercourse with a man as with a woman, they both commit an abomination."