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/> JAMES 3:6 - IT CAN SET THE WHOLE OF LIFE ABLAZE, FED WITH THE FIRES OF HELL
[8] THERE ARE ALSO MANY OTHER TRANSLATIONS THAT DO NOT HAVE "HELL" IN THEM.
THE NEW TESTAMENT IN MODERN ENGLISH" BY J. B. PHILLIPS SAYS, "AND GO TO THE RUBBISH-HEAP WHERE THE FIRE NEVER DIES" (MARK 9:43); AND "THROWN ON THE
RUBBISH-HEAP, WHERE DECAY NEVER STOPS AND THE FIRE NEVER GOES OUT" (MARK 9:49). ALSO MATTHEW 5:29, 18:9, MARK 9:47, "FIRE OF DESTRUCTION" IN MATTHEW 5:22,
10:28, 32:33, LUKE 12:5. HE LEAVES OUT "GEHENNA," A NAME OF A PARTICULAR PLACE; AND PUTS WHAT JERUSALEM'S GEHENNA WAS TO THE PEOPLE OF THAT TIME TO MAKE IT
WHERE PEOPLE TODAY WILL UNDERSTAND THE SAME THING THE JEWS CHRIST WAS SPEAKING TO WOULD HAVE UNDERSTAND. MANY TODAY WOULD NOT KNOW THAT GEHENNA
WAS THE RUBBISH-HEAP OF JERUSALEM. THIS IS NOT A TRANSLATION OF THE GREEK, BUT IT IS A GOOD COMMENTARY. HE TRANSLATED "GEHENNA" INTO HELL ONLY ONE TIME
(JAMES 3:6). THIS IS THE ONLY TIME HELL IS IN HIS TRANSLATION, AND SHOWS HE BELIEVED IN HELL, BUT KNOWS THE GREEK MANUSCRIPTS DID NOT HAVE IT.
DID JESUS SAY MORE ABOUT HELL THAN HEAVEN?
It has been said so often by many preachers that Jesus said more about Hell than He
did about Heaven. Is this the truth or a lie that has been told so many times by preachers
that many believe it without questioning it? The truth is that without mistranslating to
make Jesus say something He or any New Testament writers did not say, there is not one
word about Hell in the Bible. Although they said nothing about Hell they did say much
about Heaven. Although Hell is not in the Bible, Heaven is hundreds of times referring to
Heaven it’s self, the kingdom of Heaven, and to the universe – the heavens. The claim
that Christ said more about Hell than He did about Heaven IS NOT TRUE and is only a
desperate attempt to prove Hell.
• A PLACE IN HEAVEN "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it
were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I
am, there you may be also” [John 14:12].
• OUR TREASURES ARE IN HEAVEN Matthew 6:20; 10:21; 19:21; Luke 18:22
• OUR CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN Philippians 3:20-21
• RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR US 1 Peter 1:4; Matthew 6:20; 19:21; Mark
12:25; Luke 6:23
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THE VANISHING HELL
TRANSLATIONS ARE GETTING AWAY FROM HELL
The King James Version and the New King James Version ARE THE ONLY TWO
OF THE MAJOR TRANSLATIONS THAT HAVE HELL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
ALL OTHERS HAVE ABANDONED IT AS A BAD TRANSLATION. Hell is rapidly
vanishing from the Bible. It has vanished from the Old Testament in most conservative
translations. Moses or Abraham did not know about it. It has all but vanished from the
New Testament in the conservative translations, and has vanished altogether in many.
Even in the 31 times Hell is in the King James Version, in 12 of these, the New King
James Version changed Hell in the King James Version to sheol (from 31 times to 19
times). Were the translators trying to ease away but were afraid to go to far?
THE VANISHING HELL: WHY IS THE NUMBER OF TIMES HELL IS USED
DECREASING? TRANSLATORS CANNOT AGREE ON HOW MANY TIMES TO
MISTRANSLATE IT.
NUMBER OF TIMES HELL IS USED IN - - - THE BIBLE | THE O.T.| THE N. T.
THE WYCLIFFE BIBLE (1395) 83 TIMES | 57 TIMES | 26 TIMES
MILES COVERDALE BIBLE (1535) 70 TIMES | 50 TIMES | 23 TIMES
THE BISHOP'S BIBLE (1568) 59 TIMES | 35 TIMES | 24 TIMES
THE GENEVA BIBLE (1587) 36 TIMES | 16 TIMES | 20 TIMES
THE ORIGINAL KING JAMES VERSION(1611) 52 TIMES| 30 TIMES | 22 TIMES
KING JAMES VERSION 54 TIMES | 31 TIMES | 23 TIMES
THE KING JAMES VERSION HAS HAD SEVERAL REVERSIONS AND THE ONE THAT IS USED TODAY IS NOT THE ORIGINAL
1611 VERSION; IT IS THE LAST OF SEVERAL REVISIONS.
WESTSTER BIBLE (1611) 49 TIMES | 26 TIMES | 23 TIMES
NEW KING JAMES VERSION (1982) 32 TIMES | 19 TIMES | 13 TIMES
YOUNG'S LITERAL BIBLE (1891) 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES
AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION (1901) 13 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 13 TIMES
NEW AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION (1960) 13 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 13 TIMES
REVISED STANDARD VERSION (1946) 13 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 13 TIMES
DERBY TRANSLATION (1890-1961) 12 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 12 TIMES
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (1987) 14 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 14 TIMES
AMPLIFIED BIBLE (1987) 15 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 15 TIMES*
NEW CENTURY VERSION (1987) 12 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 12 TIMES
NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION (1989) 13 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 13 TIMES
REVISED ENGLISH BIBLE (1989) 28 TIMES | 15 TIMES | 13 TIMES
CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION (1995) 20 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 20 TIMES
NEW LIVING TRANSLATION (1996) 19 TIMES | 2 TIMES | 17 TIMES
ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION (2001) 14 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 14 TIMES
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION - UK 14 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 14 TIMES
TODAY’S NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION 13 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 13 TIMES
HOLMAN CHRISTIAN STANDARD BIBLE(2003) 11 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 11 TIMES
UPDATE BIBLE VERSION 1 9 (2003) 12 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 12 TIMES
PESHITTA - LAMSA TRANSLATION 12 TIMES | 1 TIME | 11 TIMES
ROTHERHAM EMPHASIZED (1902) 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES
FENTON'S BIBLE IN MODERN ENGLISH(1903) 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES
NEW AMERICAN BIBLE (CATHOLIC) (1991) 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES
WORLD ENGLISH BIBLE (CATHOLIC) 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES
HEBREW NAMES VERSION OF WEB 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES | 0 TIMES
DANIEL MACE NEW TESTAMENT (1729) 3 TIMES
WESLEY' N T (THE ORIGINAL, NOT SOME UPDATED EDITIONS)(1755) 0 TIMES
SCARLETT'S NEW TESTAMENT (1798) 0 TIMES
THE NEW TESTAMENT IN GREEK AND ENGLISH (KNEELAND) (1823) 0 TIMES
NEW COVENANT, NEW TESTAMENT (1884) 0 TIMES
SCRIVENRE NEW TESTAMENT (1884) 0 TIMES
HANSON'S NEW COVENANT (1884) 0 TIMES
TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT (1900) 0 TIMES
ROTHERHAM'S EMPHASIZED BIBLE (REPRINTED) (1902) 0 TIMES
FENTON'S HOLY BIBLE IN MODERN ENGLISH (1903) 0 TIMES
WEYMOUTH'S NEW TESTAMENT IN MODERN SPEECH (1903) 0 TIMES
PANIN'S NUMERIC ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT (1914) 0 TIMES
THE PEOPLE'S NEW COVENANT (OVERBURY) (1925) 0 TIMES
WESTERN NEW TESTAMENT (1926) 0 TIMES
THE NEW TESTAMENT, A TRANSLATION (CLEMENTSON) (1938) 0 TIMES
J B PHILLIPS NEW TESTAMENT IN MODERN ENGLISH (1947) 1 TIMES
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NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR ANOINTED(TOMANEK) (1958) 0 TIMES
WESTERN NEW TESTAMENT (1959) 0 TIMES
RESTORATION OF ORIGINAL SACRED NAME BIBLE (1976) 0 TIMES
THE NEW TESTAMENT, A NEW TRANSLATION (GREBER) (1980) 0 TIMES
CONCORDANCE LITERAL NEW TESTAMENT (1983) 0 TIMES
CHRISTIAN BIBLE, NEW TESTAMENT (1991) 0 TIMES
RECOVERY VERSION, NEW TESTAMENT (1991) 0 TIMES
NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVOR JESUS ANOINTED 0 TIMES
THE ORIGINAL BIBLE PROJECT (DR TABOR) 0 TIMES
INTERLINEAR GREEK-ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT(NOTE A)(BERRY)(1897) 0 TIMES
EMPHATIC DIAGLOTT, GREEK/ENGLISH INTERLINEAR (WILSON) (1942) 0 TIMES
ZONDERVAN PARALLEL N T IN GREEK AND ENGLISH (NOTE A)(1975) 0 TIMES
NASB-NIV PARALLEL N T IN GREEK AND ENGLISH(MARSHALL)(1986) 0 TIMES
INTERLINEAR NASB-NIV PARALLEL NT GREEK-ENGLISH(NOTE A)(1993)0 TIMES
JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY BIBLE OLD TESTAMENT(NOTE B)(1917) 0 TIMES
TANAKH, THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, OLD TESTAMENT (NOTE B)(1985) 0 TIMES
THE COMPLETE JEWISH BIBLE (NOTE B) 0 TIMES
THE SEPTUAGINT-TRANSLATION OF HEBREW TO GREEK 3RD CENTURY BC 0 TIMES
*12 times the Amplified Bible has "Hell (Gehenna)" in the text, not in a footnote.
Note A. The word-for-word translations beneath the Greek, not the translations in
the margin.
Note B. All Jewish translations I found of the Old Testament do not have "Hell" in
them. It is not in the Septuagint, a translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew to
Greek that was in used in the time of Christ.
I find it strange that the Catholic Church believes in Hell, but they removed Hell from
two translations they made.
I have been told that there is a NWT translation by the Jehovah's Witnesses that do not
have "Hell" in it, but I could not confirm this. I am sure there are many others that I do
not know about in English, and there are many in other languages for Gehenna, like all
other proper nouns, is seldom translated or changed to another proper noun in the
translations in other languages.
ONE EXAMPLE OF THE VANISHING HELL Psalms 116:3.
• "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of HELL gat hold upon me: I
found trouble and sorrow." King James Version.
• "The pains of death encompassed me, and the pangs of SHEOL laid hold of me"
New King James Version.
• "The cord of death compassed me, and the pains of SHEOL gat hole upon me"
American Standard Version.
• "The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of SHEOL laid hold on me"
Revised Standard Version.
• "The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the GRAVE came upon me"
New International Version.
• "Death had its hands around my throat; the terrors of the GRAVE overtook me"
New Living Translation.
• "The cords of death bound me, SHEOL held me in its grip" Revised English
Bible.
• "The cords and sorrows of death were around me, and the terrors of SHEOL [the
place of the dead] had laid hold of me" Amplified Bible.
• "The ropes of death bound me, and the fear of the GRAVE took hold of me" New
Century Bible.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD A SERMON OF HELL? There was a
time when most every revival had one or more sermons on the horrors of the Hell that
most were going to. Most every sermon ended with a warning that all that did not repent
was going to Hell. Jonathan Edwards was well known for his “Hell-fire” sermons. These
"Hellfire" preachers are not as poplar as they once were and their audience is much
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smaller. Today in most churches a sermon on Hell is never preached and no one is told he
or she will go to Hell if they do not repent. Although there are many who do not believe
in Hell and other that are no longer sure that there is a Hell why do many say nothing
about it in their sermons and Bible lessons?
• A preacher may think he would not be allowed to preach and most would not.
Many churches would brand him a heretic and he would not be able to preach in
most churches.
• Elders and Deacons would not be allowed to continue as Elders and Deacons.
• Bible teachers would not be permitted to teach.
• Members would not be permitted to lead singing, lead prayer, or do anything in
the worship service.
About all that anyone who does not believe in Hell is permitted to do in most churches
is come and sit and give their money; you will be shut out and not be permitted to lead
prayer or take part in the worship in any way but no matter what you believe you will be
permitted and even expected to give your money. Along with many others I can tell you
for a fact that this is sure to happen in most congregations of the church.
THE VANISHING HELL
THE CHANGING HELL
Why are there many conflicting Hells? In “Four Views of Hell” William Grocket
gives four different and conflicting views of Hell by four top of the line orthodox
Protestant scholars that are now being taught in the