Tag: aramaic

Jonathan Welton Interview

Jonathan Welton Interview

 Jonathan Welton recently interviewed Brian Simmons about The Passion Translation. The interview runs for just under an hour. I picked out some interesting quotes from the interview (with time stamps). Sometimes it can be difficult to understand what Brian means, but you can listen to the full interview online here. Brian Simmons reflects on his own …

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The Victor Alexander Aramaic Bible

The Victor Alexander Aramaic Bible

“The Passion “translation” inserts all kinds of concepts, words and ideas of which the original gives no hint whatsoever.” – Andrew Wilson Andrew Chapman embarked on his own translation project, investigating Brian Simmon’s use of the Aramaic, including Romans 1:11, Galatians 1:4a, Galatians 2:10, Galatians 3:1, Galatians 3:3, Galatians 3:19, Galatians 3:22, Galatians 4:3, Galatians 4:7, Galatians 5:25, Galatians 5:26, Ephesians 5:22. …

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What’s with the Aramaic texts?

What’s with the Aramaic texts?

“By referencing the text written in the very language in which Jesus taught, and then overlaying that with the Greek, we are able to translate the root meanings of the Scriptures in a new, fresh way.” (Brian Simmons) The Passion Translation team claim that: The Aramaic manuscripts are more reliable than the Greek manuscripts Aramaic language …

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Andrew Wilson reviews TPT

Andrew Wilson reviews TPT

Andrew Wilson is Teaching Pastor at King’s Church London, and has theology degrees from Cambridge (MA), London School of Theology (MTh), and King’s College London (PhD).Andrew has expressed serious concerns with The Passion Translation: Andrew has expressed serious concerns with The Passion Translation: “The Passion “translation” inserts all kinds of concepts, words and ideas of …

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