Victorian King James Version: Translations and Sources for Mark, Chapters 1-4

 Original Frontispiece for the Authorized "King James" Version of 1611.

See the paper introducing the concepts behind this New Testament "selection" (rather than translation).


The Gospel According to
MARK


The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. [Mal 3:1]CHAPTER 2
And again he entered into Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that he was in the house;
CHAPTER 3
And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. CHAPTER 4
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I kept track of which versions I utilized (whole verses or most of a verse), for the first four chapters of the Gospel of Mark:

King James (AV): 41 verses (27% of 149 verses)
Rheims NT: 39 (26%)
Weymouth: 25 (17%)
20th Century NT 21 (14%)
Moffatt 13 (9%)
Young's Literal Translation 10 (7%)

This shows clearly that I am drawing from all these sources, and seeking for the "best" renderings of each passage, according to stylistic considerations and the desire to retain the "feel" of "King James / Rheims" English, while updating awkward phrases and archaisms in it. A full 53% of the work (a majority of all passages) thus far remains King James / Rheims, with the remaining 47% is a revision of Elizabethan language in some fashion.


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