The Passion ‘Translation’: dependence on a Sufi mystic and an Illuminist theosopher.
Matthew 5:4 reads: Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. [Matthew 5:4, NASB 1995]μακάριοι οἱ πενθοῦντες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ παρακληθήσονται.[NA 28]…
Matthew 5.4 in the Passion ‘Translation’: a shocking obliteration of the Lord Jesus’s teaching.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. [Matthew 5:4, NASB 1995] μακάριοι οἱ πενθοῦντες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ παρακληθήσονται.[NA 28] What comfort…
The Passion [Anti-]Translation: was Brian Simmons really translating from the Syriac Peshitta?
Brian Simmons, along with BroadStreet Publishing, claimed in early editions of the so-called ‘Passion Translation bible’, that he had ‘translated directly’ from the…
John 1.11 in Brian Simmons’ ‘Passion Translation’: does τὰ ἴδια mean His ‘own things’ or His ‘own people’?
I am presenting evidence that seems to suggest that the ‘Passion Translation’, so-called, is not in fact a translation from the original languages…
John 1.10 in the ‘Passion Translation’: more evidence that Brian Simmons may not be translating from Greek.
In my last post, I asked, in connection with a footnote to John 2.3 in the 2015 edition of John: Eternal Love, whether Brian…
Why did Brian Simmons transliterate ἐξηγέομαι (exēgeomai) as ‘hexegeomai’?
I have been considering two closely related questions: a) Is the so-called ‘Passion Translation’ New Testament actually translated at all, or is it…
Why did Brian Simmons transliterate ἑώρακα (heōraka) as ‘ophesthe’?
In my last two posts I have been presenting evidence (here and here) that Brian Simmons, who calls himself ‘the translator’ of the…
Is the ‘Passion Translation’ actually a translation? (part 2)
In my last post I began to present evidence that seems to betray a lack of elementary competence in Greek on the part…
Is the ‘Passion Translation’ actually a translation at all?
I spent most of March this year investigating Brian Simmons’ claims to be translating from Aramaic in certain verses of the holy scriptures….
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…