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| − | [[Category:Bible Versions]][[Category:Christianity]]''The Message'' is a modern translation of the Holy Bible created by Pastor Eugene Peterson. The purpose of the translation was to capture what Peterson calls the "vitality and directness that I sensed as I read and studied the New Testament in its original Greek." Seeking to translate the Bible in a way that would read to English speakers as it would have read to Greek speakers, he wrote much of it in an informal fashion.<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=65</ref> | + | [[Category:Bible]][[Category:Bible Versions]][[Category:Christianity]]''The Message'' is a modern translation of the Holy Bible created by Pastor Eugene Peterson. The purpose of the translation was to capture what Peterson calls the "vitality and directness that I sensed as I read and studied the New Testament in its original Greek." Seeking to translate the Bible in a way that would read to English speakers as it would have read to Greek speakers, he wrote much of it in an informal fashion.<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=65</ref> |
For example, the famous line from Psalm 23 "The Lord is shepherd, there is nothing I shall want" is translated in ''The Message'' as "God, my shepherd! I don't need a thing."<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=65</ref> | For example, the famous line from Psalm 23 "The Lord is shepherd, there is nothing I shall want" is translated in ''The Message'' as "God, my shepherd! I don't need a thing."<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=65</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:40, December 29, 2008
The Message is a modern translation of the Holy Bible created by Pastor Eugene Peterson. The purpose of the translation was to capture what Peterson calls the "vitality and directness that I sensed as I read and studied the New Testament in its original Greek." Seeking to translate the Bible in a way that would read to English speakers as it would have read to Greek speakers, he wrote much of it in an informal fashion.[1]
For example, the famous line from Psalm 23 "The Lord is shepherd, there is nothing I shall want" is translated in The Message as "God, my shepherd! I don't need a thing."[2]
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