Introducing the Unitarian Standard Version Bible
References Used in the Unitarian Standard Version
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Textual changes in favor of the newer Greek texts are underlined.
Mark 3
7 And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judaea, 8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him. 9 And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him: 10 for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they might touch him. 11 And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God(b). 12 And he charged them much that they should not make him known.
13 And he goeth up into the mountain, and calleth unto him whom he himself would; and they went unto him.(c) 14 And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 and to have authority to cast out demons: 16 And he appointed the twelve. Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 and James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them he surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder(d): 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And he cometh into a house.
20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21 And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. 22 And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebul, and, By the prince of the demons casteth he out the demons. 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.(e) 26 And if Satan hath rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 27 But no one can enter into the house of the strong [man], and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong [one]; and then he will spoil his house. 28 Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29 but whosoever shall blaspheme against the holy spirit(f) hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin: because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 And there come his mother and his brethren; and, standing outside, they sent unto him, calling him. 32 And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren and thy sisters outside seek for thee. 33 And he answereth them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren? 34 And looking round on them that sat round about him, he saith, Behold, my mother and my brethren! 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Footnotes
(a) Herod's
followers
(b) "Thou believest that God is one; thou doest
well: the demons also believe, and shudder." James 2:19
(c) The Godbey New Testament states this clearer:
"And He goes up into the mountain, and calls whom He
wished: and they went away to Him."
(d) Some translate this as "thunderers", or
"thunderbolts" or "sons of rage."
(e) Referenced by Abraham Lincoln in his "House
Divided" speech.
(f) Vine's Dictionary uses this Scripture to
promote the personality of the holy spirit. "The full
title with the article before both pneuma and
hagios..."the Spirit the Holy," stresses the character of
the Person, e.g., Matt. 12:32; Mark 3:29..."
But is this really so? I collected these examples from the
LXX and the Greek NT:
Dan 9:20 TOU OROUS TOU hAGIOU The holy the mountain
Ex 26:33 ANA MESON TOU hAGIOU KAI ANA MESON TOU hAGIOU The
holy place and the holy place
Is 63:15 TOU OIKOU TOU hAGIOU The holy the house
Ps 104:42 TOU LOGOU TOU hAGIOU The holy the word
Acts 4:30 TOU ONOMATOS TOU hAGIOU The holy the name
Acts 6:13 TOU TOPOU TOU hAGIOU The holy the place
Rev 21:2 THN POLIN THN hAGIAN The holy the city
Rev 21:10 THN POLIN THN hAGIAN The holy the city
Rev 22:19 THS POLEWS THS hAGIAS The holy the city
As we can see, Vine's conclusion is quite the stretch, for
no one would really consider the above instances examples
of something stressing the character of the Person.
"Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the Christian doctrine of the trinity is utterly ridiculous. Not only do I find the idea to be unfeasible and nonsensical, but as far as I can tell, it isn’t even necessary for the Christian religion to exist....I understand the trinity as much as most Christians do, probably more than most. I find it utterly vacuous, incoherent and superfluous to the rest of Christian doctrine." http://undeniably-atheist.blogspot.com/2011/05/trinity-is-absurd.html
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