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Before Jerusalem Fell

by Kenneth L. Gentry

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The Tm.oral Expectation of the Author 137<br />

preted here and in xxii. 6 relatively to Divine measurements of<br />

time.”g<br />

The Matter of Translation<br />

It is a remarkable fact that although these (and numerous other)<br />

scholars proffer such understandings of the statement, modern translations<br />

almost universally read as ifJohn’s expectation was for a soon<br />

eventuation of the prophecies. Notice the following translations of the<br />

crucial portion of Revelation 1:1:<br />

“must shortly take place”<br />

New American Standard Bible<br />

New King James Version<br />

“must shortly come to pass”<br />

American Standard Version<br />

Th New i%stament in Modern Speech, by R. F.<br />

Weymouth<br />

“must soon take place”<br />

Revised Standard Version<br />

New International Version<br />

“must shortly happen”<br />

New English Bible<br />

“must very soon take place”<br />

The New Testament in Modem English,<br />

byJ. B. Phillips<br />

Tb New Testament in the Language of the People,<br />

by Charles B. Williams<br />

“what must come to pass very soon”<br />

Th Ho~ Bible: A Nm Translation,<br />

by James Moffatt<br />

“must shortly and speedily come to pass”<br />

Amplified Bible<br />

“what must happen very soon”<br />

Today’s English Version<br />

9. Henry Barclay Swete, Comnwn.tury on Revelation (Grand Rapids: Kregel, [1906]<br />

1977), p. 2.

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