92 Is The Bible God’s Word?
of Christ. There have been only two references in the Canonical
Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and of John to the most
stupendous event in Christianity — OF 1ESUS BEING TAKEN UP
INTO HEAVEN. These two references were obtained in every
Bible in every language, prior to 1952, when the RSV first
appeared. These were:
4a. “ So then the Lord Jesus,
after he had spoken to them,
was TAKEN UP INTO HEAVEN,
and sat down at the right hand o f God.”
(HOLY BIBLE) Mark 16.194b. “ While he blessed them, he parted from them,
and was CARRIED UP INTO H EA VEN ."
(HOLY BIBLE)Now please turn to page 93, which is a photocopy where the
quotation 4a above ought to appear. You will be shocked to note
that Mark 16 ends at verse 8 , and after an embarrassing
expanse of blank space the missing verses appear in “small
print” as a footnote at the bottom of the page. If you can lay
your hands on a RSV 1952, you will find the last six words of
4b above, i.e. “ AND W AS CARRIED UP INTO H EAVEN”
replaced by a tiny “k” to tell you to see the footnote if you
please, where you will find these missing words. Eveiy honest
Christian has to admit that he does not consider any footnote in
any Bible as the Word of God. Why should the paid servants of
Christianity consign the mightiest miracle of their religion to a
mere footnote?
From the Chart — “ The Origin and Growth of the English
Bible” — appearing on page 95, you will note that all the
Biblical “Versions” prior to the Revised Version of 1881 were
dependent upon the ANCIENT COPIES — those dating only five
or six hundred years after Jesus. The Revisers of the RSV 1952,
were the first Bible scholars who were able to tap the “ MOST