Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 9:1 | Now even the first [covenant] had ordinances of [divine] service and the earthly sanctuary. |
| 9:2 | For a tabernacle was prepared: the first [part], in which [were] both the lampstand and the table and the showbread, which is called the holy place; |
| 9:3 | and after the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, |
| 9:4 | having a golden altar, and the ark of the covenant having been overlaid on all sides with gold, in which [was] a golden jar holding the manna, and the rod of Aaron which budded, and the tablets of the covenant; |
| 9:5 | and above it [were] cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; concerning these things we cannot now speak in detail. |
| 9:6 | Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services, |
| 9:7 | but into the second [part] the high priest [goes] alone once during the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance; |
| 9:8 | the Holy Spirit signifying this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing, |
| 9:9 | which [was] symbolic for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are being offered, which are not able, in respect to conscience, to make perfect the [one] performing the service, |
| 9:10 | [concerned] only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances which are imposed until a time of reformation. |
| 9:11 | But Christ came [as] a High Priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. |
| 9:12 | Not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered once for all into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption. |
| 9:13 | For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling those having been defiled, sanctifies for the purity of the flesh, |
| 9:14 | by how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, will cleanse your conscience from dead works in order that we might serve the living God? |
| 9:15 | And on account of this He is the Mediator of the new covenant, so that, since a death has occurred for redemption of the transgressions at the time of the first covenant, that those having been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. |
| 9:16 | For where there [is] a testament, there is necessity for death to be offered of the [one] making the testament. |
| 9:17 | For a testament is valid over dead [people], since it is never valid when the [one] making the testament lives. |
| 9:18 | Therefore not even the first [covenant] has been dedicated without blood. |
| 9:19 | For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses according to law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, |
| 9:20 | saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you." |
| 9:21 | And likewise he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the service with the blood. |
| 9:22 | And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. |
| 9:23 | Therefore it [was] necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens to be continually purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves by better sacrifices than these. |
| 9:24 | For Christ did not enter into [the] holies made by hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf; |
| 9:25 | not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters into the Holies every year with another's blood- |
| 9:26 | since it would have been necessary [for] Him to suffer often from the foundation of the world; but now, once at the consummation of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin through the sacrifice of Himself. |
| 9:27 | And inasmuch as it is appointed for men once to die and after this judgment, |
| 9:28 | so also Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time apart from sin unto salvation, to those who eagerly await Him. |
English Majority Text Version
PREFACE
Welcome to the third edition of The English Majority Text Version (EMTV) of the Holy Bible. This latest edition has Greek explanatory notes throughout the Bible, to aid the reader in understanding the meanings in some select places of the original Koine Greek. Also, the third edition finds itself closer to the Robinson/Pierpoint printed edition of the Byzantine majority text, rather than the Hodges/Farstad text, which the EMTV was translated from. You will notice these differences in John 7:53-8:11, as well as the entire book of Revelation.
The English Majority Text Version draws from the work of both Dr.’s Hodges and Farstad, and their text, “The Greek New Testament According to the Majority Text,” as well as from Dr. Wilbur Pickering, ThM. PhD., and the EMTV has incorporated his hard work in the field of producing evidence of just what does constitute a majority reading, and, as a result of his work, and the work of others, John 7:53-8:11, and the book of Revelation reflect these variant readings. This is one of the great things about having a Bible that is translated from the majority of the trustworthy Byzantine manuscripts that are in existence—the much greater probability of accuracy.
On the other side of the fence, most modern Bibles are translated from a few scant manuscripts (literally), and more often than not they do not even agree with each other. Not so with a Bible that is translated out of the majority! The experts in linguistics who have put these readings together, and diligently compared the manuscripts, had hundreds and hundreds of manuscripts to compare. It is my prayer that this work will bring honor to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and to our God and Father; because all of this, all that we do, we do to know Him better, and to better understand His word, which He has given to mankind. “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar. (Prove 30:5,6). Peace of Christ to you all. In His service, Paul W Esposito Stauros Ministries