Christmas Reading

 "ChristmasStory "ChristmasReading Here is a blending I did of the Christmas story from all four gospels.  https://bibletranslation.ws/trans/christmas.pdf

The Acts of the Apostles

 #ActsOfTheApostles I just finished translating the 26th chapter of Acts.  You can read it as a web page here: https://bibletranslation.ws/acts.html
or download as a PDF here: https://bibletranslation.ws/trans/acts.pdf

Gospel of Matthew Printed Editions

 David Robert Palmer has published printed editions of his translations of Matthew's gospel, on Amazon.

There are two editions, both with Greek text alternating with English translation.

One is the Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine edition of the gospel according to Matthew, 226 pages,  670 footnotes.  U.S. $6.89

The other is an eclectic Greek text of Matthew, 228 pages, 670 footnotes, U.S. $6.95.

You can still download these documents for free at my Wordpress Bible Translation site. 

Currrent Activities of David Robert Palmer

Though I still have a job doing something I don't want to do, I now have a little more spare time than I did the last few years.  Also, I moved to the state of Florida.  I am currently working on 3 projects at once:

1.) Revising and updating my translation of the Apocalypse of John, or the Book of Revelation.  My original edition I did about 15 years ago, and it still refers to the UBS4 and NA27.  I am updating the GNT editions cited to include the SBL and Tyndale House editions, and of course UBS5 and NA28, as well as the BG, family 35 and Antoniades here and there.  In addition, I am eliminating the accentuation of the Greek in the textual variant footnotes, since the direction of the accents would be technically incorrect when outside of the sentence and punctuation of the actual Bible text.  This is what the Nestle-Aland editions do in their footnotes.  This is all in preparation for publishing on Amazon.

2. Revising and updating my translation of the gospel of Matthew, since, again, my original was done 20 years ago or more, and I have learned much since then, and also become less closed to the Byzantine text stream.  Like with Revelation, I am adding citation to the SBL and TH editions, but also adding many more textual variants in comparison to the Robinson-Pierpont text, as I am simultaneously creating a Robinson-Pierpont (RP) edition.  This is all in preparation for publishing on Amazon.

3. Still slowly translating the Acts of the Apostles, currently in chapter 25.

This was a post about the current activities of David Robert Palmer.

Printed Editions of David Robert Palmer translations

David Robert Palmer is now publishing his own Bible translation books on Amazon.  One list of the available books by David Robert Palmer is here, but below is a list as well.

The Gospel of Mark, alternating verse by verse between eclectic Greek text and English translation.  Many footnotes.  Paperback.  $4.89

The Gospel According to Mark, Alternates verse by verse between the Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Text Form Greek text and Author's English translation, with many Textual Criticism footnotes and commentary footnotes and end notes by David Robert Palmer. The critical apparatus is after the pattern of the United Bible Societies' editions. Includes the readings of most all manuscripts and witnesses 8th century and earlier; and the readings of at least five Greek New Testament editions: The NA28, SBL, Tyndale House, Robinson-Pierpont, and the Textus Receptus. Contains cross references to "Palmer's Diatessaron," a harmony of the gospels in English similar to Tatian's. Paperback.  $4.89

The Kindle version of Gospel According to Mark, Robinson-Pierpont edition same as above, Kindle book  $0.99

The Gospel of Luke, with eclectic Greek text and English text.  Paperback.  $5.89

Kindle version of previous eclectic Gospel of Luke.  $0.99

The Gospel according to Luke, Robinson-Pierpont Greek text and English text.  Paperback.  $5.89

The Kindle book of previous, Gospel According to Luke, Robinson-Pierpont.  $0.99

The Gospel of John, alternating verse by verse with eclectic Greek text and English.  Paperback $4.89

Kindle book of the Gospel of John previous.  $0.99

The General Epistles, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform Greek text, alternating verse by verse between the Greek and English.  This includes the NT books of James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude.  Paperback.  $5.99

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Fountain of Living Waters, John 7:38

Regarding John 7:38, my translation has always rendered it "As the scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from His belly."  The HIS speaking of Jesus Christ, the living water.  Almost all other translations make it sound like this verse is talking about the believer, and in fact, the NRSV says the word 'believer,' even though that is not at all in the Greek.

This turns out to be important, since the only "as scripture has said" with reference to a fountain of living water, seems to be Jeremiah 17:13, which says that Yahweh is the fountain of living waters.

This is exciting now, as I learned from Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat, though I am surprised I never saw it myself, the following progression:

One day after Jesus declared himself the fountain of living waters, the Pharisees come to him with the woman caught in adultery.  They ask him a question about the law, but Jesus keeps writing in the dirt.  What was Jesus writing in the dirt?

Rabbi Porat says, he was writing their names in the dirt in fulfillment of Jeremiah 17:13:

"O Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be put to shame.  They that turn away from me SHALL BE WRITTEN IN THE DIRT, because because they have forsaken Yahweh, the FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATERS.

For a more full treatment of this, see David Robert Palmer's blog. 

Robinson-Pierpont Gospel of John

I have completed and uploaded my translation of the Robinson-Pierpont majority text version of the gospel of John.  You can download that as the separate pdf file, or as part of the Byz Holy Bible.  A Microsoft Word edition of the whole bible is also available.