Talk:Darby Bible

I added a couple of example verses, an bit from Darby's introduction to his 1890 German edition, and a link to the full text of his introduction to the various versions. Paul 22:49, 25 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I added the Philippians verses as an example of how Darby translated a difficult passage. DFH 19:50, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I added the Matthew verses as an example of how Darby translated a greatly misunderstood passage. In the Darby Bible's Citations and References, John Darby credits George Ricker Barry's Greek-English Interlinear New Testament as a supporting example of Darby's own treatment of Matthew 28:1. (Barry's translation: "In end of Sabbath, as it began to draw on toward first of week... ")

Darby states: "Since all alert and aware individuals fully well know that a Hebrew's Sabbath ends at sundown (dusk) Saturday, it is patently clear, also, that both a new day and a new week begin at sundown (dusk), for a Hebrew, just as the weekly Sabbath ends. And, that in Matthew 28:1 is found the only place in the Bible where the exact time of day for the resurrection event is given, for Matthew uses the word 'dawn' in the sense of 'The dawn of a new era', but not in the sense of 'sunrise'. About which, see: Strong's #2020. While most Christian believers erroneously hold to a Sunday morning resurrection, Matthew states quite clearly that Christ Jesus was resurrected 12 hours earlier, on the very beginning of a Hebrew's Sunday, at sunset (dusk), at a time of day Gentiles, even today, call Saturday night." --Hankdm 07:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I added an accurate history of the publication of the Bible. Since Darby died in 1881, he obviously didn't publish the Bible in 1890. More details, with citation, in the intro. Atterlep (talk) 18:48, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

New External Link Addition(s)
I would like to add an external link to the online parallel bible site The Darby Translation, which contains The Darby Translation. Heath (talk) 03:14, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Bible Archive
This site says that it's in Woolwich. http://www.mybrethren.org/visitors/vs04sn02.htm MaynardClark (talk) 22:08, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Witness Lee's Recovery Bible
Just a heads up. The Recovery Version shows strong dependence on the Darby translation. --Haruo (talk) 19:22, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Random Spurgeon quote
"Critics of the Darby Bible include CH Spurgeon." Not surprising, given Spurgeon's antipathy to Brethren in his earlier years. But this adds nothing to our understanding of the Darby Bible. What were his criticisms? Do they hold water? If Spurgeon is one of the critics, who else is there? Without anything further I suggest this sentence is put forward for deletion. Smit7h3rs (talk) 22:41, 23 May 2020 (UTC)