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Reviews for The Comprehensive New Testament –
Dr. Garry Baldwin Pastor,
Midwood Baptist Church Charlotte,
North Carolina As
a Pastor and Preacher, I am finding The Comprehensive New Testament a useful
resource for use in ministry. It is both accessible and thorough. I can refer to
it with confidence, knowing that it is also an appropriate resource for the
church community. I wish I had had access to it during my D.Min. program. As a
Ph.D. student, I am finding it to be a wealth of information at my fingertips, a
timesaver as well as academically respectable. I anticipate using it regularly
in technical studies. As a Daughter of God, I am finding it sensitive and
devotional. I can sense that this work was covered in prayer throughout its
development, and that the Lord has anointed it. I trust the Spirit to use your
work to enrich the lives of many. –
The Reverend Dr. Susan I. Bubbers Anglican
Priest, Province of Uganda Ph.D.
Student, London School of Theology The
editors of The Comprehensive New Testament are talented in their translation
skills and thorough in their scholarly translation of the Western texts employed
by Protestants and Catholics. The Greek texts translated, while being at places
different from those used in our Greek Orthodox Churches, are nevertheless
presented with a refreshing forthrightness and honesty regarding available
sources, including the Byzantine text, duly referenced in the copious footnotes.
The modern English of the Comprehensive New Testament’s translation shows good
cadence, rhythm and natural good sense, preserving a reverent dignity for the
holiness of the text, while at the same time being readable and accessible to
the average reader. With great promise, we now look forward to seeing a future
companion edition for Orthodox Christian Readers – The Comprehensive Orthodox
Bible: Old and New Testaments – based in its English translation upon the
Greek texts which have been in daily liturgical use in our Greek Orthodox
Churches throughout the world for the last two thousand years. –
The Very Reverend Archimandrite Maximos Abbot
of the Monastery of the Holy Cross Jerusalem
Patriarchate East
Setauket, New York A
deft, accurate handling of both Greek and English; and an awesome, easy-to-use
research tool for ordinary people interested in the history of the New Testament
in its ancient literary context. The Comprehensive New Testament makes
available, in English and in a single volume, a great depth of essential
cross-references to ancient literature, and quotations from these sources. It is
indeed comprehensive. The English syntax and vocabulary are straight-forward,
yet shaped carefully by an appreciation of the underlying Greek. So, while this
edition of the New Testament is invaluable to scholars, it is also suited to
liturgical or devotional use. –
Alastair Haines Ph.D.
Student, Presbyterian Theological Centre Sydney
Australia I
must say that The Comprehensive New Testament is an excellent tool that should
not only be on the shelf with other study Bibles but should be with you wherever
you go. I have studied and used many different translations of Bibles, and this
one is now on my “best five” Bibles list - job well done. I pray that the
work on the Old Testament is not far behind. I will recommend the purchase of
this book to all of my colleagues, as well as the unsaved. –
The Reverend Tyrone Hayes Sr. Pastor,
The New Mount Zion Baptist Church Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania As
a Certified Chaplain for the State of Florida, I’m doing Bible studies at the
Moore Haven GEO Correction Facility. For over 5 years, we’ve been studying the
word of God constantly dealing with people of many faiths and denominations not
to mention every type of Bible ever written. During our studies we let the
inmates read from their Bibles. The Comprehensive New Testament has allowed me
to keep up with all the versions and also gives me an understanding of when,
where, and to whom their versions were written. This has been invaluable
information because we are studying with 20 Bible versions at one time. The
Bible is clear when it reads in Romans 10:17, “So faith comes from hearing;
and hearing by the word of Christ.” We always have a version that everyone
understands. –
C. Manny Padilla Certified
Chaplain Associate
Pastor Church
of God Incorporated The
Comprehensive New Testament is a wonderful modern rendering of the sacred
scriptures presented with an accuracy that will be a great help to anyone who
desires a better understanding of God’s Word. –
Dr. Donald Drawdy Pastor,
Springview Baptist Church Maryville
, Tennessee I
am very impressed with this translation. It has been long needed. I made several
checks on needed words and was pleased to find that they had been placed in
scripture. Love the word Christ highlighted in the name. I have recommended this
Bible to many. Thank you again, excited about this being available. May God add
His blessings. –
Deborah Ennis Beaumont,
Texas I
do not have a string of letters behind my name. Some have graciously called me
self-educated. I am part of the vast laity, a local church Elder who fills the
pulpit at several Indiana churches when asked. I am a retired aircraft
maintenance instructor who looks forward to the soon coming of our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ. Your New Testament is a dream-come-true for me. I have
been thrilled and blessed when reading and studying it! My study of Greek ended
when I felt confident that our English versions were sufficiently accurate. I
became aware of the limitations of any language, and the literary differences in
the formal Greek used in the Gospel of John and the somewhat crude Greek of
John’s Revelation. I have often wished for the time and skill to do exactly
what you have done in comparing so many versions. I love them all from the
conversational English of the NLT to the “novelty” of Peterson’s
paraphrase The Message. And also compare them with Nestle’s GNT and other
manuscripts. Well done! I have been thrilled in learning how to use it with the
notes etc. I have shared with several congregations the premise of what will be
available. It has become an invaluable aid for developing studies and sermons.
Most valuable is having a ready reference to what is and is not in the oldest
and most reliable manuscripts. It gives me a way to politely say “that was a
later addition” or something to that effect. –
Clyde Best Mooresville,
Indiana Reading
the Comprehensive New Testament for personal study as well as worship and
meditation has greatly enriched my spiritual life. I have found the manner of
interpretation not only God-honoring, but scripture-centered reflecting the
true message of the revelation of God both in words and in the Word
who became flesh, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Thank you for this
contribution that not only will make His message clearer, but more
consistent with those to whom God entrusted the original task of
compiling His record. –
Lawrence Guido, Th.M., Ph.D. The
Guido Evangelistic Association, Inc. Metter,
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