Datamining the WT CD (II): Acts 15:28-29 on blood through the years

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  • bohm
    bohm

    madsweeney: There are some things that may be of interest. It seem that they have become more subtle when it comes to the choice of verses, consider the 20 top-most cited verses in 1950 compared to the entire periode:

    1950:

    matthew 24:14 (Occurences: 25, id: 264296 )

    And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come

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    romans 13:1 (Occurences: 21, id: 265159 )

    Submission to the Authorities Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has

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    1 john 5:7 (Occurences: 18, id: 266548 )

    For there are three that testify

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    2 timothy 4:2 (Occurences: 14, id: 263906 )

    Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction

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    matthew 28:19 (Occurences: 12, id: 264918 )

    Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in Or into; see Acts 8:16; 19:5; Romans 6:3; 1 Cor. 1:13; 10:2 and Gal. 3:27. the name

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    revelation 7:9 (Occurences: 11, id: 265196 )

    The Great Multitude in White Robes After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe,

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    1 timothy 4:16 (Occurences: 11, id: 264792 )

    Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers

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    romans 13:2 (Occurences: 10, id: 265160 )

    Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves

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    romans 13:4 (Occurences: 10, id: 265162 )

    For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of

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    john 10:16 (Occurences: 10, id: 265764 )

    I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one

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    matthew 24:45 (Occurences: 10, id: 265745 )

    "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper

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    matthew 24:46 (Occurences: 10, id: 265746 )

    It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns

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    1 john 5:8 (Occurences: 10, id: 268787 )

    the Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that

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    revelation 21:4 (Occurences: 10, id: 264008 )

    He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.

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    revelation 22:17 (Occurences: 10, id: 263994 )

    The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free

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    revelation 12:12 (Occurences: 10, id: 264575 )

    Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with

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    hebrews 10:25 (Occurences: 9, id: 264643 )

    Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day

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    1 corinthians 10:11 (Occurences: 9, id: 264289 )

    These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come

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    matthew 24:47 (Occurences: 9, id: 265747 )

    I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions

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    romans 13:3 (Occurences: 9, id: 265161 )

    For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what

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    and entire periode:

    matthew 24:14 (Occurences: 1927, id: 276796 )

    And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come

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    revelation 7:9 (Occurences: 1061, id: 299391 )

    The Great Multitude in White Robes After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe,

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    matthew 28:19 (Occurences: 1011, id: 282699 )

    Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in Or into; see Acts 8:16; 19:5; Romans 6:3; 1 Cor. 1:13; 10:2 and Gal. 3:27. the name

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    2 timothy 3:1 (Occurences: 913, id: 149147 )

    Godlessness in the Last Days But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days

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    revelation 21:4 (Occurences: 896, id: 306171 )

    He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.

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    matthew 28:20 (Occurences: 888, id: 282756 )

    and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

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    2 peter 3:13 (Occurences: 759, id: 146798 )

    But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness

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    revelation 7:14 (Occurences: 730, id: 299669 )

    I answered, "Sir, you know.

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    matthew 24:3 (Occurences: 727, id: 276185 )

    As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the

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    matthew 24:45 (Occurences: 724, id: 278107 )

    "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper

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    galatians 5:22 (Occurences: 678, id: 193860 )

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness

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    2 timothy 3:2 (Occurences: 678, id: 149204 )

    People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy

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    matthew 6:33 (Occurences: 665, id: 261156 )

    But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well

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    2 timothy 3:3 (Occurences: 651, id: 149261 )

    without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good

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    john 17:3 (Occurences: 636, id: 220818 )

    Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent

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    matthew 6:10 (Occurences: 624, id: 260192 )

    your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven

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    2 timothy 3:4 (Occurences: 614, id: 149318 )

    treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Godâ€

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    john 10:16 (Occurences: 611, id: 215318 )

    I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one

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    john 3:16 (Occurences: 604, id: 209005 )

    "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, Or his only begotten Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal

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    revelation 16:14 (Occurences: 594, id: 302875 )

    They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great

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  • bohm
    bohm

    gb: well, i pretty much just choose mysql because i had problems installing postgresql and sqlite couldnt handle half a million rows very fast. im not a sql guru by far :-) . If you want to give it a shot, i cannot write i want to give you an SQLdumb and the scripts i have made since it may get Simon or me into troubles, but you can send me a pm and i can laugh at your request. because that is what i would do. really.

  • JWoods
    JWoods

    Is it possible that just past 1980 and just past 1998 there was just a general increase in verses quoted, rather than a prejudice by subject? I seem to notice peaks there for both the "blood" verse and the other three in the second graph -

  • bohm
    bohm

    JWoods: One can argue both for and against. The problem with the total number of quotes is that it is not very stable - for example: matthew 4:3-23 is counted as 20 quotes. I think a more relevant measure may be to compare the number of citations to the top-50 most cited verses, ie. the 'frequent' verses. I am making the graph for the total number of quotes as we speak, 2 mins.

  • TD
    TD

    I don't know if this helps or hurts, but one observation on Acts 15:28-29 is that it has not always been rendered as, "Keep abstaining from...." in the English NWT.

    Early 60's editions of the NWT render it as, "To be keeping yourselves free from...." which when you think about it, does not lend itself as easily to the argument against transfusion.

  • bohm
    bohm

    jwoods:

    It seem quite stable after 1960 with a variation about 10%.

  • bohm
    bohm

    TD: Interesting...

  • gubberningbody
    gubberningbody

    That's OK bohm... I'm working on a number of projects which will make money for me at the moment.

    If this would be more of a lab experiment.

    Do you know how to write bots?

  • bohm
    bohm

    gb: the answer is no in all cases, but what type of bot are you interested in and what methods?

  • gubberningbody
    gubberningbody

    I want to scrape for linux shell commands. I'd like an idea of the community consensus with regard to usage. A frequency analysis of shell commands used would be useful, from the most often used to the most arcane usage.

    Of course scraping for other things would be useful as well.

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