Editing Revised Version (section)

== New version ==
[[File:Revisers of the New Testament.jpg|thumb|right|155px|The Revised Version of the New Testament translators, 1881]]
The revisers were charged with introducing alterations only if they were deemed necessary to be more accurate and faithful to the original [[Koine Greek#Biblical Koine|Greek]] and [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew]] texts. In the New Testament alone more than 30,000 changes were made, over 5,000 on the basis of what were considered better Greek manuscripts. The work was begun in 1879, with the entire work completed in 1885. (The RV Apocrypha came out in 1894.)<ref name="Revised Version - CAMBRIDGE"/>

The 1885 Revised Version was the first post–King James Version modern English Bible to gain popular acceptance.<ref>[http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/ Greatsite - English Bible History] article & timeline by author & editor John L. Jeffcoat</ref> It was used and quoted favorably by ministers, authors, and theologians in the late 1800s and throughout the 1900s, such as [[Andrew Murray (minister)|Andrew Murray]], [[T. Austin-Sparks]], [[Watchman Nee]], [[H.L. Ellison]], [[F.F. Bruce]], and [[Clarence Larkin]], in their works. Other enhancements introduced in the RV include arrangement of the text into paragraphs, formatting Old Testament [[poetry]] as indented poetic lines instead of [[prose]], and the inclusion of marginal notes to alert the reader to variations in wording in ancient manuscripts.  The Apocrypha in the Revised Version became the first printed edition in English to offer the complete text of Second Esdras, inasmuch as damage to one 9th-century manuscript had caused 70 verses to be omitted from previous editions and printed versions, including the King James Version.

In the United States, the Revised Version was adapted and revised as the "Revised Version, Standard American Edition" (the [[American Standard Version]]) in 1901. The American Standard Version is largely identical to the 1885 Revised Version, with minor variations in wording considered to be slightly more accurate. One noticeable difference is the American Standard Version's much more frequent use of "[[Jehovah]]" to represent the [[Tetragrammaton]] in the Old Testament, rather than "the {{Sc|L|ORD}}" that is used more in the 1885 Revised Version.

The 1885 Revised Version and the 1901 American Revision are among the Bible versions authorized for use in services of the [[Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]] and also of the [[Church of England]].<ref>[http://www.churchpublishing.org/general_convention/pdf_const_2003/Title_II_Worship.pdf The Canons of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church: Canon 2: Of Translations of the Bible] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724114610/https://www.churchpublishing.org/general_convention/pdf_const_2003/Title_II_Worship.pdf |date=2015-07-24 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/the-calendar/lect/scriptver.aspx Versions of Scripture] The Church of England - A Note by the House of Bishops - While the Church of England authorises the Lectionary - what passages are to be read on which occasion - it does not authorize particular translations of the Bible. Nevertheless, among the criteria by which versions of Scripture are judged suitable for reading in church during the course of public worship are the following: 3 Versions of Scripture which are translations and appear to satisfy at least four of the criteria set out in paragraph 1 above include: The Authorized Version or King James Bible (AV), published in 1611, of which a Revised Version was published in 1881-5. Retrieved 5 June 2015.</ref>