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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Is it true that the Bible describes the Holy Spirit as an "it"?

The holy spirit is an "it" that can be distributed into portions.
   
   (1) The King James Version and the ASV render Is. 34:16: "my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them."

   (2) At Numbers 11:17 we see: "I will take ['some' - NRSV, NJB] of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them" - ASV (compare KJV, RSV, NRSV, AT, LB, NEB, REB, NAB, JB, NJB, Beck).

   (3) The same usage is found at Numbers 11:25 in those same trinitarian Bibles: "it." (Compare the Septuagint.) This is God's Holy Spirit - Numbers 11:29.

   (4) John 14:17 uses neuter pronouns ('which,' 'it') for the holy spirit in the actual NT manuscripts and texts. It is purposely mistranslated in most trinitarian Bibles.

   (5) Romans 8:16 uses the neuter "itself" for the holy spirit in the actual NT manuscripts and texts. The KJV translates it correctly.

   (6) Romans 8:26 uses the neuter "itself" for the holy spirit in the actual NT manuscripts and texts. The KJV translates it correctly.

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