"SPIRITUAL DECEPTION IN THE HIGHEST" An In Depth Study Of: The Authorized King James Bible vs. All Other 'Modern Versions' INTRODUCTORY PAGES by: Jeff Johnson T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S *****INTRODUCTORY PAGES***** Foreword Footnoting Methodology Preface *****PART ONE***** Chapter 1: Bible Comparison: A Broad Analysis Chapter 2: Bible Comparison: An Individual Analysis Chapter 3: How Could This Happen? Chapter 4: In The Beginning ... Chapter 5: God's Truth: The Peshitta Bible (150 A.D.) Chapter 6: God's Truth: The Italic Bible (157 A.D.) Chapter 7: Satan's Counterfeit: The Origen-Eusebius Bible Chapter 8: Satan's Counterfeit: Jerome's Latin Bible (380 A.D) Chapter 9: Satan's Persecution Of The True Church Chapter 10: The Dark Ages (476 A.D. - 1453 A.D.) Chapter 11: God's Truth: The Erasmus Bible (1522 A.D.) Chapter 12: God's Truth: Luther's Bible (1522 A.D.) Chapter 13: God's Truth: The Tyndale Bible (1525 A.D.) Chapter 14: The Council Of Trent (1545 A.D.) Chapter 15: The Roman Catholic Church *****PART TWO***** Chapter 16: The Jesuits Chapter 17: Satan's Counterfeit: The Jesuit Bible Chapter 18: God's Truth: The King James Bible (1611 A.D.) Chapter 19: Modern Bible 'Claims' Chapter 20: Satan's Counterfeits: Sinaiticus and Vaticanus Chapter 21: Satan's Counterfeit: The Westcott and Hort Text Chapter 22: Westcott and Hort Chapter 23: Money Changers In The Temple Chapter 24: God's Preserved Word Chapter 25: New Age Doctrine Chapter 26: Lexicons Chapter 27: The Future? Chapter 28: Conclusions Chapter 29: Parting Comments References F O R E W O R D When I began to research the Bible my intent was to use the 'version' I found to be most accurate. That effort has taken three years, covered about 3,100 pages of research, and has resulted in this report. To analyze the various Bibles required detailed 'verse by verse' comparisons. In chapter 1 of this report, we will review 20 of those verses. Those 20 scriptures were selected because they contain vital Christian doctrine. As we review each comparison, you will see a lot of subtle, doctrinal, ramifications. Those subtleties are easily overlooked when just casually reading through the Bible. When I was in the middle of this research, and the doctrinal implications surfaced; it became obvious that I needed to document my findings for the benefit of others. Now that I'm at the end of this project; I am convinced that to be saved is the highest of all priorities. But, right after being saved, the choice of which Bible to use is next in importance. This is especially true for those whom God has called to teach; as Bible teachers will affect a great number of people. The bottom line is this: I think you will be amazed at what is being taught in some of these 'Bibles'. I truly believe you will find this report to be a real 'eye opener'. Jeff Johnson F O O T N O T I N G M E T H O D O L O G Y During the writing of this report I realized that, in its final form, this information would be converted into ASCII text. ASCII text can be uploaded to the Internet, uploaded to Christian Bulletin Boards, etc. Also, ASCII text can be read by almost any word processor. Unfortunately, ASCII text cannot handle the typical "superscripts" used in footnoting. Translation into ASCII deletes all superscripts, subscripts, bolding, etc. etc. Since I wanted to document all my references (so the reader can verify the facts), I have decided to use the following format for all footnotes: [S#P#] Where, S# stands for source number and P# stands for page number. Thus: [S1P1] is source number 1, page number 1; and [S2P4-5] is source number 2, pages 4 thru 5 etc. etc. A list of the sources, their source numbers, as well as their distributors, can be found in the References at the end of this report. P R E F A C E "No greater mischief can happen to a Christian people than to have God's Word taken from them or falsified, so that they no longer have it pure and clear. God grant that we and our descendants be not witnesses of such a calamity. Let us not lose the Bible, but with diligence, in fear and invocation of God, read and preach it". - Martin Luther