The Words of Jesus Christ, KJV

The Words of Jesus Christ

The Words of Jesus Christ

Paraphrased KJV

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The Words of Jesus Christ

Paraphrased KJV

The Words of Jesus Christ

Arranged by Whitson Gamaliel Waldo, III

This is an arrangement of the Gospels of the Holy Bible that focuses on the Words of Jesus Christ. The scripture sequence and arrangement are made to present the Words of Jesus Christ in chronological order as they would have actually been experienced or heard. The four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and the first part of the book of Acts, have overlapping and complementary accounts of Jesus' ministry. This compilation brings these accounts together to present the fullness of the remarkable human birth of the baby Jesus by his virgin mother, the life and ministry of the self-proclaimed Son of Man subject to the same living conditions and choices as his contemporaries, the death of Jesus by crucifixion and his burial, the resurrection of Jesus, and the unequivocal recognition of him by his disciples and hundreds of other witnesses as the risen Son of God. This arrangement is meant to convey the events and messages in the same chronological order that these disciples and witnesses observed in the years they shared with Jesus.

The emphasis of this arrangement is meant to preserve scriptural context while providing harmonious inclusion of all of the words spoken by Jesus Christ. Many verses in the Gospels are omitted in this compilation because they don't meet these criteria. Examples of omissions include verses not containing words spoken by Jesus or clearly redundant words. This focus is important because the words of Jesus Christ are those given him by God the Father. In fact, Jesus is the Word. To know the will of God is to read and understand the words Jesus left us.

This arrangement of the Words of Jesus Christ by conjoining the four Gospels and part of the first chapter of Acts is meant to convey a new insight or meaning that the reader may not have received by reading the separate Gospels. It is intended to supplement the Gospels and certainly cannot replace them. The reader is referred to the Holy Bible for resolution of any questions and for focused study.

This arrangement of the Gospels is a paraphrased adaptation of the King James Version published in 1611. This adaptation uses the King James Bible as the source. This is not a new interpretation from original manuscript evidence.

Some of the contemporary lexicon is introduced for the express purpose of providing a more understandable phrasing of words and sentence structure (e.g. "you" is substituted for "thou," "begged" for "besought," "lived" for "dwelt,"

The Words of Jesus Christ

Paraphrased KJV

"old" for "stricken in years," "listen" for "hearken", etc.). This is intended to clarify verses without altering their original meaning. In order to preserve the poetry, a notable exception is the Lord's Prayer, which is preserved in the old English.

Since the King James Version, there has been a significant change in the interpretation of some names of people. A consensus interpretation from contemporary versions is used in this work.

References 1. Arthur Hinds, The Complete Sayings of Jesus, John C. Winston Company,

Chicago, 1942. 2. Life Application Bible, Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, IL, 1991. 3. The Guideposts Parallel Bible, Zondervan, Carmel, NY, 1973.

The Words of Jesus Christ

Paraphrased KJV

I

THE BIRTH OF JOHN IS PROMISED

Luke 1:5-17

In the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zachariah, of the order of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord. They had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were old now. It came to pass, while he executed the priest's office before God in the course of his work, according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. A whole crowd of people was praying outside at the time to burn incense. There appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. When Zachariah saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him, "Don't fear, Zachariah. Your prayer is heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John. You will have joy and gladness and many will rejoice at his birth. He will be great in the sight of the Lord, and will neither drink wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

II

GOD BECAME A HUMAN BEING

John 1:1-14

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; nothing was made without him that was made. In him was life and the life was the light of men. The light shines in darkness but the darkness did not comprehend it.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

That was the true Light, which lights every man that comes into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, but the world did not know him. He came to his own, but his own did not receive him. But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the sons of God, even to them who believe on his name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and lived among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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