Why Would the Jews Wish to Change the Text of Scripture?

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Those usually charged with this shameful crime of changing the Bible are Jews and Christians. Could this have been possible?
The Jews are well known for their zeal in preserving their sacred Scriptures. They know the exact number of words and letters it contains. Those scribes responsible for the copying of the ancient Hebrew text showed amazing reverence and deep respect for the Scriptures. If they made even a small mistake whilst copying, that whole section was disposed of. When they came to the name of God in the text, they would go and wash themselves before continuing. Such is their respect for their Holy Book.
We must also ask the question, "Why would the Jews wish to change the text of Scripture so that Jesus the Son of Mary is continually revealed as God's Messiah - an idea to which they became totally opposed?" That would make no sense whatsoever.
Well what about the Christians? Once again there is no evidence. The documents of the New Testament were written by Christ's Apostles or close companions of the Apostles. They were moved by God's Spirit to record Holy Scripture. They were eyewitnesses of the events of which they wrote. They watched Christ and knew him intimately. They loved him and were willing to die for what they heard Christ say and saw him do. Their writings come to us in an unbroken line of testimony. Their books from the very first have always been regarded as reliable Holy Scripture coming from God Himself.
Within a very short time Christianity and hundreds of copies of the Bible had spread over a wide area. There were translations of the Christian Scriptures into several languages distributed very early on. Because there were so many copies, written in different languages, in so many places, in the poss...

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...ost confidence that the Gospels that we have today is the same Gospels that were originally written.

Works Cited

(1) McDowell, Josh. The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1999), p. 55.
(2) Veteran, http://www.forerunner.com/discussion.
(3) Ibid.
{4} Strobel, p. 132.
(5) The renowned Jewish archaeologist, Nelson Glueck, wrote: "It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a biblical reference." cited by McDowell, Josh. The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1999), p. 61.
{6} Geisler, Norman L. Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998).
(7) Patrick Zukeran. Archaeology and the New Testament.

{8} Zacharias, Ravi. Can Man Live Without God? (Word Publishing, 1994), p. 162.

(9) Robert Jones

(10) William Lane Craig “Reasonable Faith”

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