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Never read it ;)

I don't think so!

Thank you :) your reply is awesome :)

What about the word “friends” instead of family ?

Do you think bringing blood brothers and sisters is more important to mention in that story when Jesus was 12 that say 1) Mary was born without original sin or 2) that many remained a virgin her entire life or 3) that Mary was taken into heaven without dying on earth? All three of those things seem far more important to dogmatic doctrine than your example, yet none are mentioned. Which is correct? I don’t know but I don’t think your argument is solid.

You raise good points. I've actually preached on the passage in John about Jesus' pointing to John as Mary's care-taker. I did preach that in conjunction with Jesus seeing belief in Him as what makes "brothers and sisters, those who do the will of God," and the fact that He comes to separate families -- it is obvious that Jesus sees belief in Him as more necessary than shared blood in veins. So it's not beyond the realm of possibility that - should other brothers exists, such as "James, brother of the Lord," so Paul says in 1 Cor 15, if none of them believed in His dying moments, it's not beyond surprising to me if Jesus tapped John to be Mary's caretaker. Interesting dialogue, and I'm not at all upset if I'm disagreed with, I'm just saying it's an obvious debate. But one that need not separate in my own estimation. People are welcome to believe or not believe in the perpetual virginity of Mary, and its of no consequence. Whether Mary was "pure enough" to have Jesus, what makes 2 or more generations back full less needful of purity if that mattered to have the perfect Son of God? Just as long as Mary was pure? I don't get that, personally.

I'm sorry if I used the word bias, it is a Catholic preference to use "brethren." It is the word adelphoi in Mark 3:31, which is the generic brethren, or "brothers and sisters," of Gender neutral translations. It is used in NT Epistles referring to the wider body of Christ (Church). However, in our text of Mark 3:31, to see it in conjunction with the word "mother," in reference to Mary, for us to say the verse to then suggest the next party Mark (or synoptic writers) intended meaning of "adelphoi" was not immediate family related could be considered a stretch, but not beyond the realm of possibility. I hope this helps.

@@kevindavis3010Or it could just mean Mary was with Jesus' followers/disciples, which is the case in other parts of the Gospels. A group of people followed Jesus around. They were His "brethren". Mary was with Jesus/them.

@@peter.marshall I personally am not interested in that edition. However I did have a friend who leaned Catholic and really enjoyed the NT study Bible, and I trusted him and his taste of books (I speak past tense because he sadly passed away), and so I have no doubt that this full study bible will satisfy its buyers.

@@kevindavis3010 Thanks, Kevin for your response. Sorry to hear about your friend. He has reached his ultimate goal. 🙏😊

@@peter.marshall Thank you - I had the honor of preaching at his memorial service earlier this year.

@kevindavis3010 I'm sure that was gratefully appreciated by his family and friends.

Here in the UK the Catholic hierarchy have adopted the ESV-CE and The Abbey Psalms & Canticles in place of the Jerusalem Bible and Grail Psalms 1963 as from 1 December 2024.

Sewn binding, yes! The publisher's description says as much.

yes

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@@nkosibaptiste it's a beautiful Bible. I can foresee it being a primary of mine.

@@amc7687 certainly worth considering!

The Berean Study Bible updated to the name Berean Standard Bible, because the "Study" was throwing people off. If you purchase one all you get is a translation with a few footnotes for translation notations but no study notes like an old NIV Study Bible. If you want something close to an NIV84 that has traditional pronouns, the only translation I know of that fits that and has a study Bible is an EHV Lutheran Study Bible, available at NPH.net. The Lutheran organization that puts it out is conservative, and won't have super off notes. An eBay purchase of either an HCSB Study Bible or NIV Study Bible 1984 might run you just as high for a good copy. If you've never checked out the ESV Study Bible its really good, and though the ESV might be a slightly harder read than the NIV84, it's still got traditional pronouns and it's not impossible to read. Hope this helps you on your journey!

@kevindavis3010 Thank you very much! I really appreciate you taking the time to help me with this. I pray that God will richly bless you.

All good translations really. The BSB is a great mediating and accurate translation.

No. You don't.

Hey Scott. Glad you're enjoying the BSB! It's a great translation! Also would invite you, if your on Facebook, to join the Berean Standard Bible group and Christian Linux Users group! Pretty easy to find if you search by those names!

@@kevindavis3010 Sorry, I opted out of Facebook (deleted my account), but thanks for the invitation!

Dangit! It's the second time I did that too, one of my earlier reviews on the HCSB from years ago, I just missed the term "compact" in the description when I was ordering. All these names for different sizes can get a little confusing.

BSB and WEB are great translations where that's not a problem

Over two years later, I can say the same. I don't use it that much anymore. It couldn't decide to be literal or dynamic, and often made choices in one category or other much to the annoyance of myself. That being said, it is a great translation for those who use it, and I hear its around to stay. Besides the 2nd Edition release, more editions are on the way. Maybe further revisions will make better choices here and there.

@@kevindavis3010 Wait, you're not allowed to feel differently about the BSB now. You'll already influenced me enough to buy one. Just kidding. So, would you say you've settled into another "primary" translation contender now?

@@SEL65545 I wish I could say I had a 'primary' translation now. Vying for that spot is honestly the HCSB 2003 text (less Yahwehs than the 2009 release, and more literal renderings). And, much to the opposing viewpoints of *this* video of mine 2 years ago, I've eased up on criticism of gender language in translations. Further to my surprise, I've found the NRSV to be a surpirisingly enjoyable read. I have a blog that's much more active than my youtube channel if you're really interested. kevinrkdavisblog.wordpress.com/

Thanks, I'll definitely check your your blog. God bless!

There are subtle and or notable differences of course. Here is a blog post where I thoroughly examined and compared the BSB, NIV84, CSB and ESV. kevinrkdavisblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/04/a-case-for-the-berean-standard-bible-bsb/

@temiongcecilio At one point I owned all the editions of the NIV, including the original, which was later given to a die hard NIV fan. I bought the 1984 version about two years ago, through Amazon. I recently replaced this with a 2017 version of the CSB. It seems to be more accurate. KJV array, is almost complete (just can't afford an original 1611), as well as an array of Catholic versions of the Bible. Among other oddities is a 2005 edition of the NCV, which took me several years to warm up to.

All great translations themselves. I think I have a few MEV videos on my channel too. BSB currently has online the MSB, Majority Standard Bible. It's a BSB with Majority Text renderings.

Watch the very end 😂

@@kevindavis3010 You're right...I got to the black screen with the Berean URL on it, and thought it WAS the end. I guess I"ll leave my comment here, now that I've been made a fool of.

Yep I installed it to the laptop for my testing it!

@@kevindavis3010 and it working well? I yesterday tested on real desktop PC with NVIDIA and at start got nouveau issues, nomodeset helps but then after login it just exit to login manager and get login loop. Nothing helps. On v VM (vurtualbox or vmware 17) i get it working but little sluggish.. that's the "flagship" release. Pantheon is just lag crap on VM and real..

BSB would be a good match up with the KJV!

That is in the BSB Rebind I had. I've since sold it. Mark Colley / Redeemed Bible Repair (easy to find on Facebook) did it for me. He has BSBs on hand to rebind, you could ask him to rebind it like he did my BSB.

@@kevindavis3010 It makes a comment on faith in Eph. 2:8-9, I can’t find that on the PDF. (Don’t have a hardcopy yet). Is that in any hardcopy !?

@@glennishammont7414 OH! You're referring to my own personally-included notes that I put into the Bible. Sorry, that's not at all BSB-related. That's my own personal notes.

@@kevindavis3010 Pitty, anyway thanks.

Thanks for your insight brother. God bless and have a good one!