MODERN BIBLES - the Dark Secret

Part 2 - NAMES OF CHRIST MISSING - The Dark Secret

 KJV Compared to the NIV with respect to Names of Deity

Matthew 8:29
And behold, they cried out saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? (KJV)
What do you want with us, Son of God? they shouted... (NIV)

Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him... (KJV)
Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him (NIV)

Matthew 13:51
Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. (KJV)
Have you understood all these things? Jesus asked. Yes, they replied. (NIV)

Matthew 15:30
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: (KJV)
Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the dumb and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. (NIV)

Matthew 16:20
Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. (KJV)
Then he warned his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ. (NIV)

Matthew 17:20
And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief... (KJV)
He replied, "Because you have so little faith... (NIV)

Matthew 18:2
And Jesus called a little child unto him... (KJV)
He called a little child (NIV)

Matthew 18:11
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. (KJV)
[missing in the NIV]

Matthew 19:17
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is God: (KJV)
"Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good..." (NIV)

Matthew 21:12
And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought... (KJV)
Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there... (NIV)

Matthew 22:30
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. (KJV)
At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. (NIV)

Matthew 22:32
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. (KJV)
He is not the God of the dead but of the living. (NIV)

Matthew 23:8
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ... (KJV)
"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi', for you have only one Master..." (NIV)

Matthew 24:2
And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another... (KJV)
"Do you see all these things?" he asked. "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another..." (NIV)

Matthew 25:13
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. (KJV)
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. (NIV)

Matthew 28:6
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. (KJV)
He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. (NIV)

The list continues by showing only the missing names (underlined sections):

Mark 5:13, And forthwith Jesus gave them leave...

Mark 6:33, And the people saw them departing, and many knew him and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.

Mark 7:27, But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled...

Mark 9:24, The father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord...

Mark 11:10, Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord...

Mark 11:14, And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee...

Mark 11:26, But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Mark 12:27, He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living...

Mark 14:45, . . .and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.

Luke 2:40, And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit...

Luke 4:4, .....man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God...

Luke 4:41, Thou art Christ the Son of God.

Luke 7:22, Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way...

Luke 7:31, And the Lord said. Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation?

Luke 9:56, For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.

Luke 9:57, Lord I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Luke 12:31, But rather seek ye the kingdom of God...

Luke 13:25, Lord, Lord open to us;

Luke 21:4, For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God...

Luke 22:31, And the Lord said, Simon, Simon...

Luke 23:42, And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me...

John 4:16, Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband...

John 4:42,....and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world

John 4:46, So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee...

John 5:30, . .because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

John 6:39, And this is the Father's will which hath sent me...

John 6:69, And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

John 8:20, These words spake Jesus in the treasury.

John 8:29, . . .the Father hath not left me alone...

John 9:35, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

John 16:16, . . .a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

John 19:38, He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

Acts 2:30, ....according to the flesh. he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne.

Acts 3:26, Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus...

Acts 4:24, Lord, thou art God...

Acts 7:30, . . .there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sina an angel of the Lord...

Acts 7:32, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Acts 7:37, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me; him shall ye hear.

Acts 8:37, And Philip said. If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

Acts 9:5-6, And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise...

Acts 9:29, And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus...

Acts 15:11, .. .through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Acts 15:18, Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

Acts 16:31, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved...

Acts 19:4, .. .that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

Acts 19:10, ...so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 20:21, . . .repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 20:25, . . .among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God.

Acts 22:16, . . .wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Acts 23:9, .. . let us not fight against God.

Romans 1:16, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ...

Romans 6:11, ....alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 8:1, There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 14:6, He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord...

Romans 15:8, Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision...

Romans 15:19, Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God...

Romans 16:18, For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ...

Romans 16:24, The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

1 Corinthians 1:14, I thank God that I baptized none of you...

1 Corinthians 5:4, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. when ye are gathered together...

1 Corinthians 5:5, .. .that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

1 Corinthians 6:20, . . .glorify God in your body and in your spirit. which are God's.

1 Corinthians 9:1, . .have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord?

1 Corinthians 9:18, Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge...

1 Corinthians 10:28, ...for the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof.

1 Corinthians 15:47, . . .the second man is the Lord from heaven.

1 Corinthians 16:22, If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema...

1 Corinthians 16:23, The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

2 Corinthians 4:6, .. .the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:10, Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus...

2 Corinthians 5:18, . . .hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ...

2 Corinthians 10:7, .. .that, as he is Christ's even so are we Christ's.

2 Corinthians 11:31, The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ...

Galatians 3:17, .....the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ..

Galatians 4:7, ....heir of God through Christ

Galatians 6:15, For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing... .

Galatians 6:17, I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

Ephesians 3:9, . . .God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 3:14, . . .1 bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:9, For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness...

Philippians 4:13, I can do all things through Christ...

Colossians 1:2, ....peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ

Colossians 1:28, ....that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus

Colossians 2:2, ....to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father and of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 1:1, . . .peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:19, . . .in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

1 Thessalonians 3:11, Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ...

1 Thessalonians 3:13, . . .at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

2 Thessalonians 1:8, .. .that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:12, That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified

2 Thessalonians 2:4, ...so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God...

1 Timothy 1:1, .....and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope...

1 Timothy 2:7, .....speak the truth in Christ, and lie not...

1 Timothy 3:16, And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh...

1 Timothy 5:21, I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ...

2 Timothy 4:1, I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ...

2 Timothy 4:22, The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit...

Titus 1:4, . . .from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Philemon 6, ...every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 3:1, . . .the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 10:9, Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God...

Hebrews 10:30, . ..1 will recompense, saith the Lord...

1 Peter 1:22, Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit...

1 Peter 5:10, . . .who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus...

1 Peter 5:14, . . .Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

1 John 1:7, . . .the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

1 John 3:16, Hereby perceive we the love of God...

1 John 4:3, And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God...

1 John 5:7-8, For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

1 John 5:13, ...and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

2 John 3, ....and from the Lord Jesus Christ...

2 John 9, ....He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

Jude 4, ...denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Revelation 1:8, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending...

Revelation 1:9, .... the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ... and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 1:11, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega the first and the last...

Revelation 5:14, ....the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

Revelation 12:17, . . .and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 14:5, . . .they are without fault before the throne of God.

Revelation 16:5, . . .Thou art righteous, O Lord which art, and wast, and shalt be...

Revelation 19:1, . . .glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God.

Revelation 20:9, . . .and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

Revelation 20:12, And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God...

Revelation 21:4, And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes...

Revelation 22:21, The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

"One common objection... is that in a relatively few cases the names "Christ" and "Lord" are omitted when referring to Jesus."

ADOPTIONISM: The Dark Secret Behind the Text of the Modern Versions

• 1). The Name "Jesus" is frequently disassociated from the titles "Lord" and "Christ." Whereas in the AV we will read "Jesus Christ" or the "Lord Jesus Christ," in the Modern Versions "Jesus" is often made to stand alone or not at all. In fact, our Saviour's full title"Lord Jesus Christ" is found 84 times in 81 verses in the AV and only 60 times in 60 verses in the NIV, 62 times in 62 verses in the NRSV, and 63 times in 63 verses in the RSV. A noticeable difference is clearly apparent!

 
• 2). The name "Jesus" is frequently removed from statements of Deity and works of Deity. Looking, for example, at Matthew and Mark, Jesus is removed from:

• 4:12 — the prophecy of the great light (12-16).
• 4:18 — the call to discipleship (18-22).
• 4:23 — the miracle working ministry in Galilee (23-25).
• 8:29 —  association with the title "thou Son of God."
• 12:25 — the healing of the blind and dumb demoniac (22-30).
• 13:36 — the interpretation of "wheat and tares" (36-43).
• 13:51 — association with the title "Lord" (which is also removed).
• 14:14 — the immediate account of a miracle.
• 14:22, 25, 27 — much of the account of walking on the sea.
• 15:16 — the discourse about defilement (10-20).
• 15:30 — the immediate account of a miracle.
• 16:20 — association with the title "the Christ."

• 1:41 — the immediate account of a miracle.
• 5:13 — the immediate account of a miracle.
• 5:19 — association with the title "Lord."
• 6:34 — the "feeding of the 5,000" (32-44).
• 7:27 — the healing of the Syrophenician woman's daughter (24-30).
• 8:1 — the "feeding of the 4,000" (1-9).
• 8:17 — the discourse concerning leaven (14-21).
• 11:14 — the "cursing of the fig tree" (12-14).
• 11:15 — the "cleansing of the Temple" (15-19).
• 12:41 — the account of the widow's mite (4 1-44).
• 14:22 — the account of the Last Supper (22-25).

What Lies Behind This Separation?

"There was a great variety of Gnostic systems, but a common pattern ran through them all. From the pleroma, or spiritual world of aeons the divine Christ descended and united Himself for a time (according to Ptolemy, between the baptism and the passion) to the historical personage... These were tendencies on the fringe, yet Gnosticism at any rate came within an ace of swamping the central tradition (Early Christian Doctrines, London: Adam & Charles Black, 1958, pp. 141,142).

• "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?"

(1 John. 2:22).
 
• "Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God; and this is that spirit of anti-christ"

(1 John. 4:2, 3).
 
• "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God"

(1 John. 5:1).
 
• "For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh: This is a deceiver and an antichrist"

(2 John. 7).