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1. What Christians are generally not aware of if that the ASV is simply an "Americanized" version of the British Revised Version of 1881. This is clearly stated their preface.
PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION
A few statements need to be made respecting the origin of this edition of the Revised Version of the English Bible.
In the course of the joint labors of the English and American Revisers it was agreed that, respecting all points of ultimate difference, the English Companies, who had had the initiative in the work of revision, should have the decisive vote. But as an offset to this, it was proposed on the British side that the American preferences should be published as an Appendix in every copy of the Revised Bible during a term of fourteen years. The American Committee on their part pledged themselves to give, for the same limited period, no sanction to the publication of any other editions of the Revised Version than those issued by the University Presses of England.
There still remained the possibility that the British Revisers, or the University Presses, might eventually adopt in the English editions many, or the most, of the American preferences, in case these should receive the approval of scholars and the general public. But soon after the close of their work in 1885 the English Revision Companies disbanded; and there has been no indication of an intention on the part of the Presses to amalgamate the readings of the Appendix, either wholly or in part, with the text of the English editions.
2. The second -- and most important thing which Christians are generally not aware of is that the Revised Version (and therefore the ASV) are EXTREMELY UNTRUSTWORTHY. This was brought out is great detail by John W. Burgon in his book The Revision Revised (1883) where he made this unequivocal statement:
My one object has been to defeat the mischievous attempt which was made in 1881 to thrust upon this Church and Realm a Revision of the Sacred Text, which—recommended though it be by eminent names—I am thoroughly convinced, and am able to prove, is untrustworthy from beginning to end.
Anyone who wants the truth about the MLVB, ASV, and RV owes it to himself to read and study The Revision Revised.
PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION
A few statements need to be made respecting the origin of this edition of the Revised Version of the English Bible.
In the course of the joint labors of the English and American Revisers it was agreed that, respecting all points of ultimate difference, the English Companies, who had had the initiative in the work of revision, should have the decisive vote. But as an offset to this, it was proposed on the British side that the American preferences should be published as an Appendix in every copy of the Revised Bible during a term of fourteen years. The American Committee on their part pledged themselves to give, for the same limited period, no sanction to the publication of any other editions of the Revised Version than those issued by the University Presses of England.
There still remained the possibility that the British Revisers, or the University Presses, might eventually adopt in the English editions many, or the most, of the American preferences, in case these should receive the approval of scholars and the general public. But soon after the close of their work in 1885 the English Revision Companies disbanded; and there has been no indication of an intention on the part of the Presses to amalgamate the readings of the Appendix, either wholly or in part, with the text of the English editions.
2. The second -- and most important thing which Christians are generally not aware of is that the Revised Version (and therefore the ASV) are EXTREMELY UNTRUSTWORTHY. This was brought out is great detail by John W. Burgon in his book The Revision Revised (1883) where he made this unequivocal statement:
My one object has been to defeat the mischievous attempt which was made in 1881 to thrust upon this Church and Realm a Revision of the Sacred Text, which—recommended though it be by eminent names—I am thoroughly convinced, and am able to prove, is untrustworthy from beginning to end.
Anyone who wants the truth about the MLVB, ASV, and RV owes it to himself to read and study The Revision Revised.
Please read this pamphlet through to understand that this is genuine Scripture. Here is an excerpt:
"Edward Hills admits that there is not as much Greek manuscript support for this passage as there is for many other passages in the New Testament. However, there is an abundance of other ancient manuscript evidence in support of the passage. As Hills says,,‘The first undisputed citations of the Johannine comma occur in the writing of two 4th-century Spanish bishops… In the 5th century the Johannine comma was quoted by several orthodox African writers to defend the doctrine of the Trinity against the gainsaying of the Vandals, who…were fanatically attached to the Arian heresy’. ‘Evidence for the early existence of the Johannine comma is found in the Latin versions and in the writings of the Latin Church Fathers’. Among these is Cyprian (c. 250) and Cassiodorus (480–570), as well as an Old Latin manuscript of the 5th or 6th century, and in the Speculum, a treatise which contains an Old Latin text. It is also found in the great mass of the later Vulgate manuscripts and in the Clementine edition of the Vulgate.8"
www.tbsbibles.org/pdf_information/40-1.pdf
"Edward Hills admits that there is not as much Greek manuscript support for this passage as there is for many other passages in the New Testament. However, there is an abundance of other ancient manuscript evidence in support of the passage. As Hills says,,‘The first undisputed citations of the Johannine comma occur in the writing of two 4th-century Spanish bishops… In the 5th century the Johannine comma was quoted by several orthodox African writers to defend the doctrine of the Trinity against the gainsaying of the Vandals, who…were fanatically attached to the Arian heresy’. ‘Evidence for the early existence of the Johannine comma is found in the Latin versions and in the writings of the Latin Church Fathers’. Among these is Cyprian (c. 250) and Cassiodorus (480–570), as well as an Old Latin manuscript of the 5th or 6th century, and in the Speculum, a treatise which contains an Old Latin text. It is also found in the great mass of the later Vulgate manuscripts and in the Clementine edition of the Vulgate.8"
www.tbsbibles.org/pdf_information/40-1.pdf
1Jn. 5:7 has the worst MSS evidence of any verse of the NT. In fact, it has NO MSS evidence in the Greek it is almost non existent. It really should not be there. No Greek text contains this verse in the body of the text until 1520. There are some 300 Greek manuscripts of 1John and of these 300 manuscripts, the longer reading appears in only eight very late manuscripts none of which date prior to the the tenth century AD. This is in MSS 221. Of these eight, four have it only as a marginal note and does not appear as part of the body of the text. It did not actually become part of the body of the text until it was added in MSS 61 in 1520. The other four are one from the tenth century, one from the twelfth century, one from the fourteenth century and one from the fifteenth century. Priscillian, a Spanish Bishop from 340-385 AD was the first one to add this longer reading to the text of his Latin MSS in about 380. Thereafter, it continued to appear in all succeeding Latin MSS.
So, I suppose the big question is, why does this appear in the KJV? Erasmus and Froben (a printer in Basle Switzerland) sought to be the first to publish the Greek NT and beat the Spanish publication of Computensian Polyglot to the market place. The Erasmus text was first published in 1516.
Problems:
1. Erasmus had very limited access to reliable Greek MSS.
2. The Greek MSS of the gospels he used contained nothing prior to the twelfth century.
3. He only had one MSS of the book of Acts and the Epistles from the twelfth century. He also had a copy of the Latin Vulgate.
4. Still, the longer reading containing verse seven did not appear in the 1516 edition. It was not found in the twelfth century MSS used by Erasmus. This resulted in a fevered controversy because many preferred the longer reading. Erasmus then issued a challenge that if anyone could produce a Greek MSS that contained this verse, he would revise his publication. In Britain the MSS 61 was then produced following this challenge and true to his word, Erasmus inserted the longer reading into his third edition in 1522. This verse simply has no Greek MSS evidence to support it.
So, I suppose the big question is, why does this appear in the KJV? Erasmus and Froben (a printer in Basle Switzerland) sought to be the first to publish the Greek NT and beat the Spanish publication of Computensian Polyglot to the market place. The Erasmus text was first published in 1516.
Problems:
1. Erasmus had very limited access to reliable Greek MSS.
2. The Greek MSS of the gospels he used contained nothing prior to the twelfth century.
3. He only had one MSS of the book of Acts and the Epistles from the twelfth century. He also had a copy of the Latin Vulgate.
4. Still, the longer reading containing verse seven did not appear in the 1516 edition. It was not found in the twelfth century MSS used by Erasmus. This resulted in a fevered controversy because many preferred the longer reading. Erasmus then issued a challenge that if anyone could produce a Greek MSS that contained this verse, he would revise his publication. In Britain the MSS 61 was then produced following this challenge and true to his word, Erasmus inserted the longer reading into his third edition in 1522. This verse simply has no Greek MSS evidence to support it.
