Sixteen Verses Missing From The Word of God
I was looking at Luke 4:4 and noticed something was missing. Originally it had been written to say, “Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but by every word of God.” Now the phrase “but by every word of God” was omitted. I was sure I had read it there before so I did a search for the phrase and found the same phrase, in its entirety in Deuteronomy 8:3 and Matt 4:4, but if it is alright to have it in those two places why remove it from Luke 4:4. I also discovered that in Mark 1:17 where it says in the NIV, “and I will make you fishers of men” has been changed in the 2011 edition of the NIV to ‘I will send you out to fish for people.”
I then became aware that whole verses had been omitted from the NIV Bible. If you have an NIV look up these verses:
- John 5:4
- Mathew 23:14
- Mathew 17:21
- Mathew 18:11
- Mark 7:16
- Mark 9:44
- Mark 9:46
- Mark 11:26
- Mark 15:28
- Luke 17:36
- John 5:4
- Acts 8:37
- Acts 15:34
- Acts 24:7
- Acts 28:29
- Romans 16:24
I began to wonder what else is missing and what prompted the translators to remove these scriptures?
I found out that manuscripts predating those used in the original KJV had been located and after a close examination by biblical scholars, they determined that words and phrases used in the original KJV had been either intentionally or accidentally added. The consensus of these theologians was to remove these scriptures from the newer translation since they felt they were of minor consequence and would not change the crucial themes found in the word of God. It is important to note that many of these verses that had been removed were referenced in the footnotes at the bottom of their respective pages.