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THE CHAMELEON VPP-TR TEXT (In Dr Jeffrey
Khoos publications and letters, he changed his
mind about theVPP NT Greek text several times,
and today still is not sure which it
is.) By Lim Seng Hoo
2
In 2001, Beza 1598
  • Following D A Waites original position (per
    Waite Vs Dr John White debate), Dr Khoo
    maintained Beza 1598 as the perfect VPP Greek NT
    text, and wrote in Kept Pure in All Ages, FEBC
    Press, 2001,
  • Since there were no printing or photocopying
    machines in those early days, the production of
    copies of the NT manuscripts was done
    painstakingly by hand, word for word. This
    tedious process would invariably result in some
    copying errors experienced even today by typists
    on electronic typewriters or computers. (p 31)
  • By the providential hand of God, all such
    typographical and transmission errors, both
    accidental and intentional, have been corrected
    by 1598 in Theodore Bezas fifth edition of the
    Textus Receptus. The printing machine invented
    during the 15th century has removed the need to
    hand copy the Scriptures, thereby preventing any
    scribal errors from recurring in the transmission
    process. (p 32)

3
In Jan 2003, Scrivener 1881/84
  • When informed by Rev Charles Seet in late 2002,
    that Scriveners Greek Text underlying the KJV
    published by the Trinitarian Bible Society and
    used by FEBC, differed from Beza 1598 in over 190
    places, Dr Khoo quietly changed his position,
    writing in A Plea for a Perfect Bible, The
    Burning Bush, Jan 2003, p 9,
  • In like manner, the Lord allowed copyist errors
    and corruptions to enter into the transmission
    process through the pen of fallible scribes. I
    believe that in the fulness of time - in the most
    opportune time of the Reformation God
    restored from out of a pure stream of preserved
    Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, the purest Hebrew
    and Greek Text of allthe Text that underlies our
    KJVthat accurately reflects the original
    Scriptures.
  • If there exists a perfect TR, then which of the
    many editions of the TR is perfect? The present
    edition of the Textus Receptus underlying the
    English Authorized Version of 1611 follows the
    text of Bezas 1598 edition as the primary
    authority, and corresponds with The New
    Testament in the Original Greek according to the
    text followed in the Authorized Version, edited
    by F H A Scrivener.

4
In Feb 2003 Hills Reformation Text
  • I wrote to him on 12 Feb 2003 pointing out that
    Scrivener served on the Revised Version Committee
    with Westcott and Hort and his 1881 work was a
    product of the RV commission, which included
    revising the AV via the removal of PLAIN AND
    CLEAR ERRORS whether in the Greek Text
    originally adopted by the Translators, or in the
    Translation made from the same. Only necessary
    changes were to be made to introduce as few
    alterations as possible into the Text of the AV,
    and they should indicate such alteration in the
    margin. (The Revision Revised page 3).
  • Dr Khoo responded on 14 Feb 2003 stating,
  • I do not consider Scrivener's 1881 Greek
    edition of the TR to be the perfectly restored
    text or the exact replica of the Autographa. What
    I did say was, "the purity of God's words has
    been faithfully maintained in the Traditional /
    Byzantine / Majority /Received Text and fully
    represented in the Textus Receptus that underlies
    the KJV." In other words, it is not strictly
    Scrivener's TR (although extremely close) but the
    TR underlying the KJV that is the perfectly
    restored text or as Hills calls it "The
    Reformation Text.

5
In Mar 2003, No Single Purified Text
  • I replied to Dr Khoo on 14 Mar 2003, But
    wonderful all that is now required to
    decisively come to a judgement is to produce a
    copy of this The Reformation Text for all to
    see and examine! This will be the talk of the
    Millennium! But ought not this VPP text by now
    to be very well known, broadly published and
    widely used and scrutinised by the public,
    resulting in its infallibility being clearly
    upheld? Why did Burgon not know of this? Hills
    and Burgon did argue that God would not allow
    such a text to be hidden in some monastery or in
    a bottle, but would ensure its wide accessible
    public use in the churches! (And is the CUV
    also based on this The Reformation Text?) And
    poor Scrivener did not know of it either and
    spend great efforts and years in reconstructing
    the Greek TR underlying the KJV from Beza and
    other sources.
  • Dr Khoo thus finally replied on 21 Mar 2003,
  • I do not believe there is a "single purified" TR
    (there is no such volume at present). I have
    never advocated a "miraculous" (i.e. double
    inspiration) but a special "providential"
    preservation of Scripture. I have never held to
    a perfectionist view of the KJV. I have always
    affirmed that the KJV is the best, most faithful,
    most reliable, most accurate, most beautiful
    Bible in the English language.

6
Fatal Self-Contradiction
  • Dr Khoo consistently contradicted himself and
    changed position much like a chameleon. And
    after admitting and conceding that there is no
    single purified text no such volume at
    present, he indefatigably insisted on a perfect
    VPP Bible that we have in our hands today!
  •  
  • But plainly and crucially, his concession is
    completely fatal to the entire VPP postulate! 
    No single purified text No VPP text the
    two terms are by definition synonymous!  Without
    a single purified text that is perfect and pure,
    jot and tittle exact to the Autographs, you have
    no VPP text.
  •  
  • Ending thoughts Would not this make the VPP
    text, less existent and/or more intangible
    than the Autographs!  Without a single purified
    text, would not the KJV translators have to be
    inspired in their textual criticism, in order to
    have arrived at the perfect underlying text?

7
Postlude 1 Scriveners Error at Eph 624
  • Postlude late 2004 news!
  • In 2004, Dr Khoo started telling his FEBC
    students that Scrivener 1884 differs from the KJV
    in one place the Amen ending in Eph 624 of
    the KJV is absent in the Scrivener Greek text!
  • Would this be the only difference? And which
    should be the correct reading the Greek or the
    English?

8
Postlude 2 Supernatural and Miraculous
  • Postlude latest 2005 news!
  • On 14 Aug 05, Dr Khoo in long-delayed response to
    my Sep 03 paper, wrote that he understands
    providential preservation in terms of special
    providence - supernatural and miraculous
    (involving Gods personal supervision and direct
    intervention). By His singular care and
    providence, kept pure in all ages (WCF, I8).
    Biblical preservation is Gods work, not mans.
  • At www.febc.edu.sg , Dr Khoo now states, God has
    supernaturally preserved each and every one of
    His inspired Hebrew/Aramaic OT words and Greek NT
    words to the last jot and tittle, so that in
    every age, Gods people will always have in their
    possession His infallible and inerrant Word kept
    intact without the loss of any word (Ps 126-7,
    Matt 518, 2435, Mark 1331, Luke 2133, John
    1035, 1 Pet 123-25).How do these new
    statements augur with those on Page 2 and 5 afore?

9
FINAL CONCLUSION
  • Truth is Forever Unchangeable/Unchanging!
  • The VPP Text Is Always/Ever Changing!?!?!
  • ? Clearly VPP Is Not Truth!!
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