Rather than just pointing out flaws in the modern versions, let’s look at some of the evidences favoring the KJV. These show that the text the KJV lines up with is older and superior than the Alexandrian texts which are often claimed to be the oldest:
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OLDEST AND BETHESDA
By the second or third century, the pool of Bethesda was virtually unknown. Its exact identity and location was a complete mystery. Not even Eusebius got the name right. Moreover, it is doubtful that the location and identity of Bethesda even made it into the 2nd century due to the utter destruction of Jerusalem. The actual location of Bethesda was not discovered until the late 19th century, and it was not excavated and fully confirmed until the mid 20th century. Bethesda is now a confirmed FACT.
The pool of Bethesda in the KJV in John 5:2 has been conclusively affirmed as being the correct reading since it has been irrevocably confirmed archaeologically. None of the major Alexandrian manuscripts, have Bethesda, and the modern English versions follow their lead and replace it with Bethzatha or Bethsaida. They all thought no such place as Bethesda existed, and decided to “correct” this “error” in the KJV.
The Byzantine (TR-KJV) manuscripts could not possibly have known about Bethesda unless they had come from manuscripts PRIOR to the Alexandrian manuscripts. In other words, the superior claim to antiquity goes to the Byzantine manuscripts which take us back to remote antiquity, FAR EARLIER than ANY of the Alexandrian MSS.
Thus, the evidence shows that the KJV comes from truly older sources, and is completely accurate.
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JOHANINE COMMA BEFORE 250 A.D.
The “Johanine Comma” is the name given to 1 John 5:7, the definitive verse about the Trinity in scripture.
1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
Only a few of the late Greek Received Texts contain this verse, so many scholars discount it as part of scripture. They forget that the KJV committee had source texts that are no longer available today.
But Cyprian, in 250 A.D. quoted (Second revised edition c. AD 256), De catholicae ecclesiae unitate. (CSEL 3:215) The LORD says "I and the Father are one" and likewise **IT IS WRITTEN** of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. "And these three are one."
Cyprian is QUOTING scripture in 256 A.D. that (according to the critics) didn't exist until the 16th century! What an amazing feat!
Regardless of how many *extant* Greek texts contain the verse, or how old they are, the texts from BEFORE 250 A.D., that were actually USED (and worn out) contained the verse.
THE OLDEST AND BEST MANUSCRIPT
The "London Times" reported the discovery of the OLDEST New Testament manuscript remains
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Using a high-magnification device and the epifluorescent confocal laser scanning technique, the fragment was dated at 66 AD! Many of the New Testament ORIGINALS were not even written by 66 AD! You are not going to find a manuscript portion of any kind much before then. Mark had just been written (63 AD), Luke (68 AD) and John (85 AD) were not yet written.
Paparyologist Carston Theide dated the portion at 60-66 AD. Even his detractors conceded a pre-200 AD date, which would still make it older than the Alexandrian manuscripts.
The portion is from Matt 26:22, and as "fate" would have it, it's a portion that differs between the Antioch line of the KJV and the Alexandrian line of the modern versions.
The portion reads "hekastos auton" - "every one of them".
Mat 26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began *every one of them* to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
The Alexandrian texts read "heis hekastos" - "each one" or "one after the other". It may not be a great theological difference, but it indicates which text is accurate to the oldest manuscripts.
The REAL oldest and best manuscript supports the King James Bible!
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OLDEST SCRIPTURE
In the last 25 years, two silver amulets have been discovered in the Valley of Hinnom which dated at 700 B.C., some 500 years BEFORE the Dead Sea Scrolls. These amulets were worn around the neck of OT Jewish priests and contained a small scroll with the text of Numbers 6:24-26, called the “Priestly Benediction”.
Num 6:24-26 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: 25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
The amulets not only vindicate the KJV text, but they vindicate the Masoretic Hebrew text used by the KJV translators for rendering the Hebrew tetragrammation JHVH as Jehovah, rather than Yahweh, as other texts render it. The KJV identifies the term by capitalizing the entire word LORD, in English.
Once again, the KJV is perfectly accurate, and its sources are superior, and this is testified to by the most ancient item of scripture ever discovered. ALL of the most ancient sources vindicate the KJV and demonstrate it to be totally accurate.
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