by hamsterbait 6 Replies latest watchtower bible
As a youngster with the original Green NWT I could never reconcile how the WTS could print in a NT verse "They thought they had seen a ghost!" when they were adamant such did not exist.
Does anyone remember that verse (in Acts, I think) I only have later editions where that and others are excised, and now s.o. is trying to "smokescreen" me with the usual denial card. (Trying to do the same with Heb 1:6)
HB
Mark 6:49 // Matthew 14:26.
The current NWT says "apparition," which is another acceptable translation of the Greek phantasma.
However the similar use of pneuma "spirit" in Luke 24:37 gives some credit to the translation "ghost" (and the implied belief).
The bible I have been reading, though I forget which version it is, reads "ghost."
I remember reading that just a couple of weeks ago in the non-denominational church I have been attending. I thought it was very interesting.
I have seen a ghost personally, and found this to be quite interesting.
I'm still suspecting that that segment was originally a resurrection appearance story seamed with John 21 which was the lost ending of Mark.
Every time a dub from my last congregation sees me they are seeing a ghost because the WTS said I am spiritually dead.
HB,
I have that green NWT version in my personal library. It's got a 1953 foreward and it's about 4 inches thick, right?
Sorry to say, I didn't find the word "ghost"--It uses "apparition" and "spirit." Give me a specific verse and I can give you the quote.
Every time a dub from my last congregation sees me they are seeing a ghost because the WTS said I am spiritually dead
heehaaaheeehaaa too funny.
bethel
