Wuest's New Testament: An Expanded Translation

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Description

This translation of the New Testament, unlike other translations, uses as many English words as are necessary to bring out the richness, force, and clarity of the Greek text. The result is what Wuest called an "expanded translation". It is intended as a companion to, or commentary on, the standard translations. For that reason it is presented in PocketBible as a commentary and not as a Bible. It complements any translation of the Bible you use in several important respects.

• It follows the Greek order of words in a sentence.
• It places the emphasis where the inspired writer put it, and brings out the style of the original.
• The translation attempts to bring out the full meaning of each Greek word by using as many English words as are necessary to translate one Greek word.
• Distinctions between Greek synonyms are brought out.
• The force of the negative mē is carried over into translation. In Greek questions, the use of mē implies a negative answer.
• The action found in the Greek tenses is carried over into English.
• In Greek the person of a verb is indicated in the ending of the verb, and therefore a pronoun is not needed. When a pronoun is used in conjunction with a verb, therefore, it is used for emphasis or contrast.
• The presence or absence of the definite article is noted in this expanded translation.
• The distinction between the conditional particle of a hypothetical condition and that of a fulfilled condition is noted in this translation.
• Certain words used in older translations have shifted in meaning or fallen out of use, and so are avoided here.

This is not a paraphrase nor is it full of personal interpretation. Wuest held very closely to the earliest and most accurate Greek texts. In isolated instances he found it necessary to include interpretation or paraphrase in order to bring out clearly a very difficult passage. Lengthier interpretative material is shown in brackets.

Paragraph divisions are made with a view to helping the reader to interpret the contents of a verse within its context. The paragraphs group together the larger units of thought. The conventional division according to chapter and verse has been replaced by division according to meaning, with chapters and verses indicated in headings, and links provided to the Bible text.

Again, Wuest's translation of the New Testament has been produced in the form of a PocketBible commentary so that it can be used alongside any translation of the Bible and is sure to inform and enlighten your study of the scriptures.

About the Author(s)

Kenneth Samuel Wuest (1893-1961) was an Evangelical Biblical Greek New Testament scholar. Born in Chicago, he earned a degree in History and Greek from Northwestern University in 1922 and graduated from Moody Bible Institute in 1924. He was awarded an honorary D.D. from Wheaton College in 1955.

After teaching at the Freewill Baptist Seminary in Ayden, North Carolina, and the Brookes Bible Institute in St. Louis, Missouri, Wuest joined the faculty of Moody Bible Institute in 1929 as professor of New Testament Greek.

Wuest published more than a dozen books on the New Testament. He was one of the translators of the original New American Standard Bible (NASB) and produced his own English translation of the New Testament, The New Testament: An Expanded Translation.

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