[bt-devel] Garbled text..

Brad bt-devel@crosswire.org
Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:59:37 +1000


I have Bibletime 1.2.2 on Red Hat 8.0 and I have just gone to the book of Acts 
in the KJV and seen this:

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Chapter 1:
1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both 
to do and 
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2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost 
had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had 
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3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible 
proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining 
to the kingdom of God:

Chapter 2:
1. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord 
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Chapter 3:
 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, 
being the ninth hour. together%3F

Chapter 4:
5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and 
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6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as 
many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at 
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.

32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: 
neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his 
own; but they had all things common.wow%2C+iffy
.

37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' 
feet.
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Chapter 5:

4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not 
in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou 
hast not lied unto men, but unto 
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I have looked further and there is scattered corruption in much of the New 
Testament, but the Old Testament appears to be OK so far.

I also have the RNKJV but it is fine. The corruption in Chapter 4:6 and 5:4 
looks a bit like a commentary of some kind. I have Luther's Commentary on 
Galatians, Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible and C.H 
Surgeon's Treasury Of David installed too.

Can anyone shed any light on this?
 

Regards,
Brad