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Gifford Brickley
The Recovery Version embodies a multitude of decisions on the original form of the Greek text. Every major translation of the New Testament follows for the most part the accepted edition of the Greek text of its day, but no translation is expected to accept every decision of the Greek editions. Translators must grapple with the manuscript question to their own satisfaction. While the Recovery Version follows the Nestle-Aland 26th edition for the most part, it has departed here and there based on the study and consideration of the manuscripts by its translators. Thus, the Greek text underlying the Recovery Version is unique, even if it is quite close to the accepted scholastic edition of the day.
The New Testament Recovery Version has several critical components which no other versions can offer: extensive footnotes stressing the revelation of the truth, the spiritual light, and the supply of life; in-depth outlines of each book expressing the spiritual meaning in each book; and cross references leading not only to verses with similar language but also to portions with related spiritual revelation. These components could not be attached to any existing versions because the language of the older versions is too archaic for our purposes and the copyright restraints of the newer versions prohibit our employing them in such a way. Thus, from the linguistic and legal perspectives we need our own text of the New Testament to which we can attach these components.
The impetus for translating the Bible is almost as old as the Bible itself. In even as early a time as that of Nehemiah, translation of the Scriptures became necessary for the people of God, and the Bible itself records that Ezra the scribe, with many assistants, "read in the book, in the law of God, interpreting and giving the sense, so that [the people] understood the reading" (Neh. 8:8). We know that part of this "interpreting and giving the sense" was rendering the words of Scripture from Hebrew into Aramaic, the language of the returned exiles; hence, the Bible itself validates its need for translation.
Later, after the Old Testament canon had been written and the Jews had dispersed throughout the Mediterranean lands, the first complete translation of the Hebrew Scriptures was executed by Jewish scholars in Greek between the mid-third and late second century BC. For the most part, Old Testament quotations contained in the New Testament are drawn from this translation, called the Septuagint, and by this again the Bible validates the need for its own translation.
As the recovery of truth progressed across the centuries, serious students of the Bible each in turn took up the task of translating the Scriptures, either as personal exercises or as fully executed versions (e.g., J. N. Darby, Conybeare and Howson, Henry Alford, Kenneth Wuest). Their devotion to and love for the Bible made possible a broad range of good translations which have rendered immense help to those equally serious students who have not been able to translate the Scriptures on their own. In our own time, we also have approached the Word of God seriously and diligently. Both Watchman Nee and Witness Lee desired to study the Bible thoroughly, so that the Lord would open the Word richly among us. While Watchman Nee at times translated short portions of the Scriptures for his messages, it was Witness Lee who realized the great need for and recognized the great benefit in translating the Bible by ourselves and for ourselves. In 1974, as he embarked upon the life-study of the Bible, he initiated the work of translating the New Testament into English, directing a small team to translate from the original language as the life-study progressed through the entire New Testament. Numerous improvements in the translation of the text and an appreciable augmentation in the body of footnotes were published in a revised edition in 1991.
The text is also very readable. I can read verse after verse, chapter after chapter, without being confused by an obscure wording. If there is a word or phrase that needs explanation, it will provide concise notes to make it clear so that you can easily continue your reading. I use it for both morning and evening reading and find it pleasant to follow along.
This is my testimony concerning the Recovery Version. It has caused me to see and appreciate the Lord Jesus as never before. I hope it will also cause you to love Him, seek Him, open to Him and be filled with Him.
Study Bibles have many kinds of notes. Some focus on external events (e.g. prophecy, history, etc.). And they may be very useful in that aspect. But the outstanding point to me in the notes in the Recovery Version is how they help me to concentrate on experiencing Christ.
Hi. My name is Tom Smith. I'm the writer behind Holding to Truth in Love, and I love the Lord Jesus and His life-giving Word. Please feel free to send me an e-mail through the contact page if you have any questions. I hope you'd take a moment to subscribe to the Holding to Truth blog. Then you'll be sure not to miss a post. Thanks!
Probably my favorite study Bible too. Great notes, but I think the feature I find myself using the most is the outlines. Combined with the footnotes, the outline really helped me break down the book of Romans. It also helped me see the big picture in Matthew.
Me too. Not only the parables, but many of the Old Testament types and prophecies are not easy to understand. The footnotes in the Recovery Version have been extremely helpful in making these and other matters very clear. Thanks for sharing your confirming experience.
Yes, you can get the Holy Bible Recovery Version with both the Old and New Testaments from Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim CA. You can purchase the complete Recovery Version Bible online from the publishers online bookstore.
The Recovery Version has helped me a lot in my relationship with the Lord to know Him more intimately, not only in the way of mental knowledge and apprehension but also in my practical daily walk with Him. It is definitely my go-to Study Bible!
Yes, recovery version is also my favorite bible because of its modern English context. And what I really like about this bible is that it focuses on Christ, I realized that even from the beginning without Christ we are nothing.
First, the New Testament Recovery Version can be freely read online at the New Testament Recovery Version Online site. As far a purchase of the Bible using Indian Rupees, you would have to check with the publisher Living Stream Ministry You could probably download the electronic version using a credit card or inquire as to purchases and shipping to India by sending an email to:
bo...@lsm.org. Keep enjoying the Word!
Hi! Im from Fiji, a small group of islands in the middle of the South Pacific. I have been reading the recovery version with notes for the last 20 years. Wow, it simplifies the whole bible and while reading I am just unveiled concerning the truth in the bible! I would recommend this bible to any person who is seeking the lord!! Thank you lord for the labor of love through the brothers!!
Great! So glad the Recovery Version has been such a blessing to you for 20 years. I agree that it really simplifies the Bible and unveils us to see the deep truth contained in it. So glad you would recommend the Recovery Version. Thank you for sharing your confirming comment
If you're not familiar with the Recovery Kit, it's something I made back in 2019 and posted to my original back7.co blog. I created it before I knew what a "cyberdeck" was beyond a simple part of William Gibson's Neuromancer. I wanted a rugged computer enclosure for my Raspberry Pi, and I'd been unhappy with overly simplistic and cheap cases for the Raspberry Pi at the time. I had some projects in mind for GPIO, but sadly many of those haven't come to light since I made the Recovery Kit 5 years ago.
I have been making other stuff since then, but the Recovery Kit got picked up by The Verge, the Raspberry Pi Magazine, Hackster, and more- but the bucket list items were from Hackernews, Hackaday, and Uncrate. I'm still a daily reader of all three! In the last 5 years I've lost count of all the variations I've made in CAD to try and make something I felt was an improvement on the well-rounded Recovery Kit. I am grateful for the springboard that the exposure this project has granted me. It's allowed me to connect and share with a pretty special audience. However, my designs over the last few years for an updated RK were left unpublished. They just didn't show enough variation on the original idea. The Quick Kit and its variants have arguably had a bigger impact to people, since it allowed for making a rugged Pi computer with a much simpler assembly process (and without any soldering). The versions I released late last year only need a single 3D printed part and some hardware off Amazon, so making something simpler wasn't my direction here.
This is going to be a pretty lengthy post, but if you just want the parts list, it's at the end of the article. For now though, I'd like to talk about some of the challenges with the original Recovery Kit.
The battery. Folks asking for a battery version almost outnumbers the people on Reddit asking, "what do you use it for?". The battery one hit home for me though- the original kit had a battery that could handle the high amperage of a booting Raspberry Pi, but it disappeared off Amazon shortly before I published the post. I was worried that it was a safety issue or recall, so I had to omit it. I'm using a much larger battery this time, and I think I have a good approach for the new builds- more on that in a bit.
The keyboard. The original keyboard is the ortho style for one major reason beyond looks- ANSI keyboards are just too wide to fit in the lid of a Pelican 1300 case- maybe a 40% might but that's asking too much of people. The height of the lid was a real issue ergonomically too-typing on a keyboard surrounded by a lid's lip like that is not fun. On top of that, the original Plaid keyboard wasn't programmed when it shipped, and the instructions for programming the chip were... not written well. That made it really hard to recommend. I have a newer pre-built keyboard that will lose me points with the handmade crowd, but hopefully this is easier for people to use. Keyboards are still tough though- they don't stay in stock for long.
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