ACTS

Title "of the Holy Apostles" is deleted. To leave us with "ACTS" meansnothing. That the Apostles were sanctified (holy) by the Lord Jesus andsent forth as his sent ones is evident from John 17:17- 19. The title inthe MAJORITY Text is doctrinally correct.

2:30 "according to the flesh he would raise up Christ" is omitted. It wasnot just that one of David's descendants would sit upon the throne, butthat his greater Son would be raised from the dead in a body of flesh.

2:31 "his soul" is omitted. The body of Christ was in the tomb but hissoul went down into Hades (Hell), the place of departed spirits. Theteaching of the Bible is that our Lord had a body, soul and spirit.

2:47 "to the church" is left out. Believers are added to the Church whichis Christ's body. The Church is an organism, and when persecutors touchedthe Church they touched Christ (see 9:5).

3:21 "all" is dropped in front of "his holy prophets." God has spoken ofthe Kingdom age by the mouth of ALL his prophets since the world began. Inharmony with this Jesus spoke to the two on the road to Emmaus abouthimself from "all the prophets" (see Luke 24:27). There are others in theworld who claim to be prophets but they do not speak of Jesus and hiskingdom, therefore they are not of God.

3:26 "Jesus" is dropped. The specific name leaves no doubt as to whom Godraised up from the dead to offer again the kingdom to Israel.

4:24 "thou art God" is changed to "thou art he who." There is no reason toaccept MINORITY manuscripts when they want to change "God" to "he who"(see 1 Tim. 3:16).

6:3 The word "Holy" is dropped. When God led the Church to choose deaconshe made it clear that they should be controlled by the Holy Spirit. Manychurches since have appointed men who had a lot of spirit and were full ofenthusiasm, but that is not the same as being full of the "Holy Ghost."Godly living is required of deacons and it is contrary to sound doctrine toleave out "Holy." The Greek word for spirit can refer to man's spirit orGod's spirit and lest we should err here God inserted the word "Holy"before spirit.

6:8 "faith" is changed to "grace." The Bible does not teach that Christiansare full of grace but rather that they receive grace. The only one who was"full of grace" was our Lord Jesus Christ (see John 1:14). The measure offaith is given to every believer to profit thereby.

7:30 "of the Lord" is omitted. It was not just an angel that appeared toMoses at the burning bush, it was an angel of Jehovah (the Lord). This wasan Old Testament appearance of the eternal Son of God in angelic form. Inplain words it was the Lord who appeared to Moses (see Exodus 3:1-5).

7:37 "The Lord your" and "him shall ye hear" are omitted. This is contraryto the original quotation as found in Deut. 18:15. In Stephen's sermon the"him shall ye hear" is most important since those who refuse Christ'swords will be judged by God.

8:18 "Holy" is dropped. Four times here in four verses the Holy Ghost ismentioned. To drop the word Holy in one out of the four times is to createconfusion and doubt concerning the Word of God.

8:37 The whole verse is omitted. This leaves the question of the Ethiopianeunuch unanswered. Philip's answer is correct in that belief must be fromthe heart prior to baptism. The eunuch's confession of faith is in exactagreement with what is required for salvation as given in John 20:31.Souls have been led to Christ with this verse of Scripture and it isdoctrinally unsound to remove it.

9:5,6 "it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling andastonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord saidunto him" is all omitted. This passage gives us a picture of Saul resistingthe Spirit of God as he was under conviction. Saul's response is to submitto the Lord's direction, having been humbled before the Lord. WithoutSaul's "what wilt thou have me to do?" there could be no "arise and go."

9:29 "Jesus" is left out. The reason the Jews went about to slay Saul wasnot because he spake boldly in the name of the Lord, but because he spokeof the Lord Jesus. As we well know in this day of Modernism there is agreat difference.

10:6 "he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do" is left out. The would-be correctors of the MAJORITY Text would have us believe that Cornelius wasalready saved and that it would be good for him to have fellowship withPeter. The truth is that Cornelius was not saved (see 11:14) and that therewas something which he had to do. He must believe on the Lord Jesus Christor he would be lost and go to Hell.

10:30 "fasting" is left out. Fasting, to find the will of God, is aBiblical doctrine. Though it is little used today, especially since we havethe completed Word of God, it was evident in the New Testament apostolictimes.

10:32 "who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee" is omitted. See abovecomments under 10:6.

15:24 "Ye must be circumcised and keep the law" is left out. This isexactly the reason why the Jerusalem council was called or convened. Thereis no doubt that the reply to the Gentile converts made mention of the allimportant question.

16:31 "Christ" is omitted. The word speaks of the Deity of Christ. Itpointed the Philippian jailer to the God he must believe in for salvation.

18:5 "was pressed in the Spirit" is changed to "was engrossed with theword." When Paul was teaching he was always engrossed with the Word. InCorinth Paul had been laying the groundwork at the synagogue concerningwhat the Scriptures had to say about their Messiah (Christ). When Silas andTimothy came, Paul was under compulsion to show that Jesus was the Christ.

19:10 "Jesus" is left out. For the heathen to hear about the Lord is notenough. They must hear that Jesus is that Lord.

20:28 "of God" is changed to "of the Lord." The word lord is sometimesused of men and sometimes of God. Therefore, the change does not affirm theDeity of Christ. Our Authorized King James Version shows that Godpurchased the church with his own blood. This establishes the Deity ofChrist irrefutably.

21:25 "they observe no such thing, save only that" is omitted. TheGentiles had been told that they did not have to observe the law of Mosesnor circumcise their children (see Acts 15:23-29). James was in error whenhe sought to keep the Jews obedient to the Law after he had written to theGentiles that they were not under it. The omission here leaves one with theimpression that the Law was optional for the Gentiles and possiblypreferable. Tampering with God's Word always leaves the door open fordoctrinal error.

26:28 "almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian" is changed to "do youthink that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?"King Agrippa was "almost persuaded" and he was in possession of the truthconcerning salvation. The change would have us believe that he needed moreinformation and perhaps Paul was too quick to expect a decision.