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One scholar analyzed and compared an A.D. 900 copy with a 100 B.C. copy of Isaiah 53, one of the best-known passages in the Old Testament. Even though there are 166 words in the chapter, only 17 letters are different -- and 14 of those 17 letters are simply differences in style and spelling, such as the word honor or honour. So that leaves only three letters that are truly different after 1,000 years of the copying process. Those three letters comprise the word for light, and they don't affect the sense of the text at all. This comparison illustrates the astonishing commitment of the copyists to precision and accuracy and allows us to trust that we do indeed have what the authors originally wrote. |
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