New Bible and Governing Body Term?

nolongerconfused

Has anyone had a chance to see if the GB has replaced or inserted the term "Governing Body" to any of the new translation verses? How about Matthew 24:45?

Thanks.

The Searcher

L.O.L. :) That's just too much to hope for!!

That would be the final nail in the coffin for many!!

slimboyfat

That was never going to happen. I don't know why people keep asking this question.

sir82

Not in there - not even a footnote.

I thought maybe they'd at least drop it into a footnote, in either Acts 15 or Hebrews 13.

slimboyfat

On what possible basis could they have done this?

Come on, they are opportunitic translators, but they are not that BRAZEN.

sir82

At one of the more recent elders' schools, they highlighted the footnote in the '84 reference Bible for Hebrews 13:17 as "evidence" that the idea of a "governing body" is Biblical.

That footnote is for the expression "those taking the lead among you", and notes it as "literally, the governors of you".

I thought conceivably they could elevate that term from a footnote into the main text, or at least change it to a "governing body" in the footnote.

maninthemiddle

The did use the term governing body in the introduction to Acts. In lower case, I might add.

15 Dispute in Antioch regarding
circumcision (1, 2)
Question broughtto Jerusalem (3-5)
Elders and apostles meettogether(6-21)
Letterfrom the governing body (22-29)

slimboyfat

Wow so they did! I underestimated the sneaky bams!

maninthemiddle

I want to add something to this. While they did not add the term governing body to the text of the scripture, I think that adding the term elder, does have doctrinal impact.

The thing that came to my mind was the recent "Walk by faith" video, that shows a "elders Meeting" in the first centruy.

15 Now some mencame down
from Ju·dea and began to
teach the brothers: “Unless you
get circumcised according to the
custom of Moses,
you cannot be
saved.” 2 But after quite a bit

of dissension and disputing by
Paul and Barna·bas with them,
it was arranged for Paul, Barnabas, and some of the others to go
up to the apostles and elders in
Jerusalem
regarding this issue.

slimboyfat

Elders is a biblical term. The anomaly was that they removed it in 1950 because they didn't have elders at the time.

New Bible and Governing Body Term?

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