Modern Greek Translation Project

Of the 7,168 living languages, many Christians may be familiar with the Greek language. The New Testament was written in Koiné Greek, a form of Greek from which modern Greek is derived from. Today, Greek is spoken by over 13 million people, primarily in Greece but also in Albania, Cyprus, Italy, and Turkey.

We rejoice that the Lord provided someone to prepare a new translation of the modern Greek New Testament directly from the Society’s edition of the Koiné Greek New Testament. This new direction for our modern Greek project followed discussions in which it was agreed that it would be better to prepare a new edition in current literary Greek rather than lightly revising the 1703 Seraphim edition of the Greek New Testament.

The translation work is progressing well and the entire Gospel according to John has been drafted. Attention is now focused on resolving a few queries as well as revising the draft text as it is being checked for errors and omissions in terms of language flow, punctuation, etc. The Society is planning on publishing it in 2024, Lord willing.