John 1.1 in Brian Simmons’ ‘Passion Translation’: not translation at all
John 1.1 reads: Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. (NA 28) All…
Brian Simmons and his ‘Passion Translation’: what text is Victor Alexander translating from? (part 3)
The Problem Restated The reason for my long series of posts about Brian Simmons and his so-called Passion Translation is that sincere Christian…
Brian Simmons and his ‘Passion Translation’: what text is Victor Alexander translating from? (part 2)
Having discovered that the source of many of the strange perversions of holy scripture in the so-called ‘Passion Translation’ is Victor Alexander’s so-called…
Brian Simmons and his ‘Passion Translation’: what text is Victor Alexander translating from? (part 1)
I have shown in previous posts (here and here) Brian Simmons’ heavy dependence on Victor Alexander’s ‘Aramaic Bible’. When Simmons claims to be…
Brian Simmons and his Passion [Anti-] Translation: what is ‘the most ancient Aramaic manuscript’ of Galatians?
Galatians 3.15 reads: Ἀδελφοί, κατὰ ἄνθρωπον λέγω· ὅμως ἀνθρώπου κεκυρωμένην διαθήκην οὐδεὶς ἀθετεῖ ἢ ἐπιδιατάσσεται. [NA 28] A typical translation is: ‘To give…
Brian Simmons’ claims to be translating from the Aramaic: the ten cases in summary
I now proceed through these first ten cases from Letters from Heaven, where Simmons claims to have been translating from the Aramaic. The…
The Passion [Anti-] Translation: Is Brian Simmons really translating from the Aramaic when he claims to be?
I have been investigating whether Brian Simmons, in his so-called ‘Passion Translation’ of the holy scriptures, has really translated from the Aramaic when…
Brian Simmons, Sid Roth, the Passion [Anti-] Translation and Ephesians 5.22: ‘submit’ or ‘be tenderly devoted’?
Brian Simmons was interviewed by Sid Roth for an edition of ‘It’s Supernatural’ broadcast on 2 February 2015. At 20.20-59 Simmons says that…
Galatians 5.26 in Brian Simmons’ Passion [Anti-] Translation
This is the last of ten posts looking in turn at the first ten occasions, starting in ‘Letters from Heaven’ at Galatians its…
Galatians 5.25 in Brian Simmons’ Passion [Anti-] Translation
This is the ninth and penultimate post in a series looking at Brian Simmons’ claims that certain verses in his so-called ‘Passion Translation’…