Son or Servant?
28 March 2023
In Acts 3.26 the Authorised Version reads as, ‘God, having raised up His Son Jesus’ whereas the ESV reads ‘God,having raised up his servant’ and the NKJV and NASB state, ‘God, having raised up His Servant Jesus’.
In many modern versions Acts 3.26 is rendered 'His servant' or 'His Servant', and the name 'Jesus' is omitted. Why does the AV use son rather than servant?
In the Revised Version of 1881 and in many modern versions Acts 3.26 is rendered ‘His servant’ or ‘His Servant’, and the name ‘Jesus’ is omitted. The change from ‘Son’ to ‘servant’ does not arise from any variations in the Greek manuscripts,
but from differences of opinion regarding the meaning of the Greek, TON PAIDA AUTOU. The omission of “Jesus” does arise from a corresponding variant in the Greek manuscripts, so the grounds for these two significant changes are quite different.
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