Bible versions are always a challenge for online Bible publishing. First of all, there are new versions coming up all the time. Every new version claiming to be better than the previous ones. In fact, they are not. Imagine the works of Shakespeare being updated all the time and instead of ‘to be or not to be: that is the question‘, we constantly find different translations and perhaps no few explanations of its meaning. At WP, in general, we stick to the oldest versions of the Bible, the ones that have been used for generations, whenever we can find them.
Concerning the Portuguese Bible translation, for example, we use the JFA – João Ferreira de Almeida. This is the oldest Bible in Portuguese, from the 18th century. Before that the only Bible one could read in Portugal would be the Vulgata Latina, the Latin Bible, from the 4th century. Remember, the Bible was communicated by word of mouth, or preached by priests, for many centuries. Before the invention of the printing press, they were written by hand, manuscripts, and therefore there were limited samples available. We have come a long way and we are blessed – we no longer live in darkness, unless we chose to. We have enough Light and Truth to behave.
Below is a link to an article about the Portuguese versions of the Bible. I think you will find it interesting. It further explains the challenges we face now-a-days.
https://www.wordproject.org/bibles/resources/jfa/index.htm
Our Bible Apps is where we always find interesting comments concerning our work. Here are some for the month of April:
Great app. Supports multiple languages. In English, the Bible version is the KJV. The accompanying audio recording is very good, narrated clearly and with understanding. MF
Very good, but I want notifications of the verses of the day. DG
Excellent app; the voices aren't robotic, so they're pleasant to listen to. Thank you for your work. BR
It's so uplifting to listen to the Bible in audio format!!! Thank you!! May Jesus bless the project!! The Bible in audio in various languages is a blessing!! LAF
This app is nice to beautiful and read the chapters any mistakes to read record is very helpful in this app MM
This is a wonderful piece of software. I pray that believers all over the world will be able to use it. YY
As you know, we share the ‘Verse of the Day‘ with many people. In fact, more than two hundred friends receive it on their mobile devices daily. We are not sure how many read it, but many do react and send feedback daily or at least occasionally. In any case, a Verse of the Day on their mobile device everyday won’t damage anything and perhaps will even bring a bit of sanity to the crazy cacophony of disphoric news that are fed to us daily. The good news is that the Verse of the Day is now available on our App as well as WP webpage – no less than in all the languages we are blessed to offer – that is over 70 languages. Again, we thank Hison in Korea for this new development – Praise God!
Some interesting new videos clips were produced this month and there are hopes this ministry will grow in impact. Nevertheless, one single soul reached with the message of Christ is worthy and we are thankfull. Paraphrasing Luke 15:7 – “I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.”
WP website outreach is constant to many parts of the World. See below:
Love and prayers.
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