1.
How did the Watchtower Governing Body1
came up with a verse translated in John 1:1 as, “And
the Word was a god” (NWT) while the definite article “a” was not
even present in the original Greek? If they will say that because the
original Greek word says “theos” only and not “ho theos.”2
Then why are they not consistent with their “Watchtower rule” by rendering
the following verses like John 1:6, 12 and 13 with “a god” since
these also lacks the definite
article?
2.
Why did the Watchtower Governing Body added the
word “other” in Colossians 1:16-17 when the original Greek word does not
even have it? Do they not follow their own “Watchtower rule” in
translating the original Greek texts into English? Because in referring to
their own The Kingdom Interlinear
Translation of the Greek Scriptures (KIT) they wrote the following
statement:
“And now, in this year 1969 at the ‘Peace on
Earth’ International Assemblies of Jehovah’s
Witnesses, there is
released to the reading public The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the
Greek Scriptures…. However, in the interlinear literal translation of the
Greek the English words are not taken bodily or directly from the New World
Translation and placed under the appropriate Greek word. No! But under each
Greek word is placed its basic meaning, according to its grammatical
construction, whether this agrees literally with the New World Translation
or not. What we as Bible students should want is what the original text
says. Only by getting this basic meaning can we determine whether the New
World Translation or any other Bible translation is right or not."3
3.
Why do Jehovah’s Witnesses interpret the word
“beginning” in Revelation 3:14 as if Jesus had a “literal” beginning
(“first thing created”) since the original Greek context does not warrant
such? In fact, Revelations 21:6; 22:13 also has the Greek text archë in
referring to Jehovah God but Jehovah’s Witnesses will not dare interpret
this as “first thing created”. According to a Greek Bible scholar, archë means
“a pass. beginning or an act, cause as in Col. 1:18; Rev. 3:14,
cf. Rev. 1:8; 21:6; 22:13. Christ is called the beginning because he is the
efficient cause of the creation; the head because He is before all things and
all things were created were created by Him and for Him (Jn. 1:1-3; Col.
1:16-17; Heb. 1:10).”4
The apostle John penned John 1:1 by using the word
archë making it read, “In the
beginning was the Word.” And this made the Watchtower Governing Body
render that clause “Originally the
Word was” in their NWT 1950 edition. Although this is an awkward
rendering of that clause the truth still remains that archë could also mean
origin. Why do they lie to their members about this?
Even the Greek Septuagint of the Old Testament
translated the Hebrew text in Genesis 1:1 as archë to stress Jehovah God
being the ruler, the origin, the act, or the cause. Will the Watchtower
authorities dare interpret this as “first thing created”?
4.
Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that Prov. 8:22
“literally” speaks of Jesus Christ being “produced” as the “beginning of [Jehovah God’s] ways”
(NWT) implying He was “literally created.” According to Robert M. Bowman,
Jr.:
“ 'Wisdom' is personified, not only in
Proverbs 8:22-31, but throughout Proverbs 1-9. Nothing in Proverbs 8:22-31
suggests that this is a different ‘wisdom.’ Than is spoken of in the
preceding and following chapters. Therefore,
if we take 8:22 to speak literally about Christ, we must also assume that
Christ is a woman who cries in the streets (1:20-21), and who leave with
someone named “Prudence” (8:12) in a house with seven pillars (9:1).”5
How will the Watchtower authorities respond to
this?
5.
If the “great crowd” as Jehovah’s
Witnesses claimed is on “earth” citing Rev. 7:9, 15. Then how will they
explain the “great crowd” located in “heaven” based on Rev. 19:1?
6.
Why do the Jehovah’s Witnesses always say that
there is already a “new light” in connection with their “previous”
teachings and false prophecies (“old light”), since their founder C. T.
Russell stated clearly that “A new
view of truth can never contradict a former truth. ‘New light’ never
extinguishes older ‘light,’ but adds to it.”?6
If you are a long time Jehovah’s Witness or
studying to become one and wanted to be enlightened, please call or text
0917-5226494 / 0917-9959599.
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Footnotes:
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1
The official Bible interpreters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses (aka the faithful and discreet
slave)
2
The Kingdom Interlinear
Translation of the Greek Scriptures, (Watch Tower Bible and
Tract Society, 1985), p. 1139 (Appendix 2A).
3 The
Watchtower, November 15, 1969, p. 692.
4
Dr. Spiros Zodhiates, The
Hebrew-Greek Key Study
Bible (AMG Publishers: Chatanooga, TN, 1990), p. 1812.
5
Robert M. Bowman, Jr. Why
You Should Believe in the Trinity, (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book
House, 1990), p. 60.
6 Zions
Watchtower, February 1881, p. 3.
