New Testament in Modern Speech

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Summary: The Weymouth New Testament is still worth reading.
Review: The television evangelist Kenneth Copeland has done a great sevice to fans of the Weymouth New Testament by provided a well-bound paperback version of the 1902 classic translation at an excellent price. For those who don't know the Weymouth version, it combines the clarity of modern speech with the dignified cadence and vocabulary of Edwardian England in a way that makes a wonderful reading experience. This edition includes a brief sketch of the translator, an English Baptist and reknowned linguist who died in 1902. This is nearly a "text only" version, but the editors do provide references for Old Testament quotations and bracketed synonyms for archaic words--such as "mark! [look/take note]" in Luke 11:31. Daniel Woods, Ph.D.Collinsville, VA