The Revised Version ( RV ) or English Revised Version ( ERV ) of the Bible is a late-19th-century British revision of the King James Version . It was the first (and remains the only) officially authorised and recognised revision of the King James Version in Great Britain . The work was entrusted to over 50 scholars from various denominations in Great Britain. American scholars were invited to co-operate, by correspondence. Its New Testament was published in 1881, its Old Testament in 1885, and its Apocrypha in 1894. The best known of the translation committee members were Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort ; their fiercest critics of that period were John William Burgon , George Washington Moon , and George Saintsbury .
18-986: (Redirected from Revised ) Revise or revised may refer to: Bibles [ edit ] Revised Version of the King James Bible New Revised Standard Version of the King James Bible Government and law [ edit ] Revised Penal Code of the Philippines Revised Statutes of the United States Other uses [ edit ] Revised Julian calendar Revised New General Catalogue , an astronomy catalog Revised Romanization of Korean See also [ edit ] Revisable-Form Text Revision (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
36-498: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Revised Version The New Testament revision company was commissioned in 1870 by the convocation of Canterbury. Their stated aim was "to adapt King James' version to the present state of the English language without changing the idiom and vocabulary," and "to adapt it to the present standard of Biblical scholarship." To those ends,
54-625: Is largely identical to the 1885 Revised Version, with minor variations in wording considered to be slightly more accurate. One noticeable difference is the American Standard Version's much more frequent use of " Jehovah " to represent the Tetragrammaton in the Old Testament, rather than "the L ORD " that is used more in the 1885 Revised Version. The 1885 Revised Version and the 1901 American Revision are among
72-577: Is out of copyright worldwide, it is widely available online and in digital and e-reader formats (although it is significantly less popular than the KJV or the ASV in this manner). However, interest in the 1885 Revised Version has grown in recent years due to the internet, for general research and reference, and study of history of English Bible translations. It is sparsely available in printed published form today, with only Cambridge University Press publishing it in
90-772: The Greek text that was used to translate the New Testament was believed by most to be of higher reliability than the Textus Receptus . The readings used by the revisers were compiled into a new edition of the Greek Testament by Edwin Palmer . The Revised Version is significant in the history of English Bible translation for many reasons. At the time of the RV's publication, the nearly 300-year-old King James Version
108-860: The University of Utrecht where they studied theology. The two brothers became members of Het Réveil, a religious revival movement opposed to the rationalism which was in vogue in the Netherlands at that time. Both brothers were ordained by the Hague Committee of the Dutch Reformed Church on 9 May 1848 and returned to the Cape. Murray married Emma Rutherford in Cape Town, South Africa, on 2 July 1856. They had eight children together (four boys and four girls). In 1846 they lived in
126-772: The Bible versions authorized for use in services of the Episcopal Church and also of the Church of England . The American Standard Version was the basis for many revisions in the first hundred years after it was released. The RV itself has never been the basis for any revision except for the American Standard Version and the Apocrypha in the Revised Standard Version . As the Revised Version
144-848: The Minrebroederstraat (number unknown). From 1847 to 1848 they lived at the Zadelstraat 39. Murray pastored churches in Bloemfontein , Worcester , Cape Town and Wellington , all in South Africa. He was a champion of the South African Revival of 1860. In 1889, he was one of the founders of the South African General Mission (SAGM), along with Martha Osborn and Spencer Walton. After Martha Osborn married George Howe, they formed
162-429: The New Testament alone more than 30,000 changes were made, over 5,000 on the basis of what were considered better Greek manuscripts. The work was begun in 1879, with the entire work completed in 1885. (The RV Apocrypha came out in 1894.) The 1885 Revised Version was the first post–King James Version modern English Bible to gain popular acceptance. It was used and quoted favorably by ministers, authors, and theologians in
180-674: The Revised Version became the first printed edition in English to offer the complete text of Second Esdras, inasmuch as damage to one 9th-century manuscript had caused 70 verses to be omitted from previous editions and printed versions, including the King James Version. In the United States, the Revised Version was adapted and revised as the "Revised Version, Standard American Edition" (the American Standard Version ) in 1901. The American Standard Version
198-540: The South East Africa General Mission (SEAGM) in 1891. SAGM and SEAGM merged in 1894. Because its ministry had spread into other African countries, the mission's name was changed to Africa Evangelical Fellowship (AEF) in 1965. AEF joined with Serving In Mission (SIM) in 1998 and continues to this day. Through his writings, Murray was also a key "Inner Life" or " Higher Life " or Keswick leader, and his theology of faith healing and belief in
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#1732766085296216-481: The continuation of the apostolic gifts made him a significant forerunner of the Pentecostal movement. In 1894, Murray was visited by John McNeill and Rev. J Gelson Gregson , the ex-British Army Chaplain and Keswick convention speaker. Murray died on 18 January 1917, at age 88. He was so influenced by Johann Christoph Blumhardt 's Möttlingen revival that he included a portion of Friedrich Zündel's biography at
234-593: The end of With Christ in the School of Prayer. A bibliography compiled by D. S. B. Joubert estimates that Murray published over 240 books and tracts; this number includes about 50 books, many of them authored in both Dutch and English, including: Andrew Murray had originally decided to publish a series of twelve pocket books, one for each month of the year. As only four were published during his lifetime, his family ultimately decided to release an additional eight pocket books based on various sermons and writings remaining at
252-536: The form of a KJV/RV interlinear. Andrew Murray (minister) Andrew Murray (9 May 1828 – 18 January 1917) was a South African writer, teacher and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be "the chief end of the church". [1] Andrew Murray was the second child of Andrew Murray Sr. (1794–1866), a Dutch Reformed Church missionary sent from Scotland to South Africa. He was born in Graaff Reinet , South Africa. His mother, Maria Susanna Stegmann,
270-461: The late 1800s and throughout the 1900s, such as Andrew Murray , T. Austin-Sparks , Watchman Nee , H.L. Ellison , F.F. Bruce , and Clarence Larkin , in their works. Other enhancements introduced in the RV include arrangement of the text into paragraphs, formatting Old Testament poetry as indented poetic lines instead of prose , and the inclusion of marginal notes to alert the reader to variations in wording in ancient manuscripts. The Apocrypha in
288-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Revise . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Revise&oldid=1063179724 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
306-495: Was of French Huguenot and German Lutheran descent. Murray was sent to the University of Aberdeen in Scotland for his initial education, together with his elder brother, John. Both remained there until they obtained their master's degrees in 1845. During this time they were influenced by Scottish revival meetings and the ministry of Robert Murray McCheyne , Horatius Bonar , and William Burns . From there, they both went to
324-558: Was the main Protestant English Bible in Victorian England. The RV, therefore, is regarded as the forerunner of the entire modern translation tradition. It was also considered more accurate than the King James Version in a number of verses. The revisers were charged with introducing alterations only if they were deemed necessary to be more accurate and faithful to the original Greek and Hebrew texts. In
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