Category Archives: Quotes

Quotes and tidbits from here and there.

Martin Luther on Translation

“I have undertaken to translate the Bible into German. This was good for me; otherwise I might have died in the mistaken notion that I was a learned fellow.” Martin Luther

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Quotes from John R. Rice

“Since 1611 the King James Version of the Bible has been more widely spread and more greatly used than all the other English translations of the Bible combined. The beauty, the stately dignity and reverence of the language is far … Continue reading

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Beauty of the Translation

“… Although the exact meaning of a writer must always suffer some detriment by the translation of his thoughts into a language different from that in which they were first conceived and expressed, yet probably there is no book in … Continue reading

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P52, Codex, and Dr. Daniel Wallace

P52 was written on a Codex (book form) no later than A.D. 150John 18:31-33 front side John 18:37-38 backside “The Birth of the Codex”, 1977, Colin H. Roberts, T.C. Skeat Invented in the 1st century, most likely took off in … Continue reading

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Adrian Rogers on Welfare

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Spurgeon on the Revised Version

“For that Revised Version I have but little care as a general rule, holding it to be by no means an improvement upon our common Authorized Version. It is a useful thing to have it for private reference, but I … Continue reading

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George Bernard Shaw & the KJV

A Living Legacy For nearly four hundred years, and throughout several revisions of its English form, the King James Bible has been deeply revered among the English-speaking people of the world. The precision of the translation for which it is … Continue reading

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Louis L Amour

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Lesson’s from a lottery winner

“I say to myself, ‘My life would be so much easier if I hadn’t won’. People look at me and think, ‘I wish I had her lifestyle, I wish I had her money’. But they don’t realise the extent of … Continue reading

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On Combat

“If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen: a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath — a wolf. … Continue reading

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