OOYLT: Was Acts 29 Part of the Original Bible?
Was Acts 29 Part of the Original Bible?
Is the Sonnini Manuscript Genuine?
Acts 29 is from the "Sonnini Manuscript". Was Acts 29 part of the original bible? From a prophetic angle, it is possible.
... it hopeth to change seasons and law; and they are given into its hand, till a time, and times, and a division of a time.
The ancient Roman Catholic church did much damage after the Roman Empire converted to Christianity. The Christian calendar and the bible were altered to appease the pagan converts.
The pagans were celebrating Easter and Saturnella. The early Christians were celebrating the Passover, Yom Kipper, and other Jewish holidays. After the Roman Empire converted to Christianity, the Roman Catholic church modified the pagan events by changing Saturnella to Christmas. And claimed Jesus was born on Christmas and rose from the dead on Easter.
And if you are still stuck after a long time and want the 12 pages answer essay, see Crucifixion Solution.
The bible is 49, not 66, books. It was rearranged by Jerome around 382-405 AD when he translated the bible to the Latin Vulgate. Furthermore he rearranged the bible to have a more "Gentile taste" than "Jewish taste".
For more commentaries, see OOYLT's Introduction and Commentary pages.
Was Acts 29 also Pulled Out?
Did Jerome also took out Acts 29 so that the bible has a further "gentile taste"? Was the bible was further altered to appease the new pagan converts? There are several prophetic angles on why Acts 29 is part of the bible.
Luke written both the Gospel of Luke and Acts. In the gospel, he ended with "Amen". In Acts 28, there is no "Amen". In fact all the NT books end with "Amen" or a salutation except Acts and James.
The ancient Roman Catholic Church did much damage in trying to rewrite history so that people think they are the first national church.
These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, `To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in, and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Jesus commanded his disciples to reach out to the "lost tribes of Israel". In specific, Jesus commanded his disciples to reach out to the descendants of those Israelites captured by Assyria.
The "lost tribes of Israel" migrated to Europe before and after the Medes-Persian conquered Assyria. In specific, the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh migrated to England. [Later the tribe of Manasseh migrated to America.] England means "Ephraim land" and Anglo-Saxon mean "sons of Issac".
Britain was a name that was named by the Romans. The word "Brit", means "covenant", and "Ish" is the form of the word man, or people. "British" then comes from the words "Covenant People".
Apostles Paul and Peter visiting Britian is a fulfillment of Jesus's command to reach the lost tribes of Israel.
Warning: Many links about the lost tribes of Israel are from (Armstrong) Worldwide Church of God and its splinter groups. These groups do not believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit. I hope I removed all those links and the above links are from ("Trinity") Christians.
It is very possible that Jesus went to Glastonbury, England as a young adult. There are infamy gospels among non-canonical books - what Jesus did as a young child. In gospels, Jesus visited the temple when he was twelve. Then he suddenly pops up when he was 30. Where was he when he was a young adult?
John the Baptist and Jesus were second cousins and their hometowns were only a few days apart. You would think they know each other. The above passage shows that John did not know Jesus. Was Jesus gone as a young adult?
a duckduckgo search for "Jesus Glastonbury". Be careful, there are some questionable websites.
Also Ensign Message has a few articles about Jesus visiting Glastonbury.
66 is not a good number. 6 is the number of man while 666 is the mark of the beast. 66 means the bible was rearranged by man under the influence of the devil. At the same time, was Acts 29 also taken off?
The ancient Roman Catholic Church was a good church when it was an underground persecuted church before the Roman Empire converted to Christianity. After the Roman Empire converted to Christianity, the ancient Roman Catholic Church turned sour. And rewrote history against the national Celtic British church so that their church is prominient. Eventually it plunged into the dark age. I am suspicious that Acts 29 and possibly other passages were removed from the bible while the ancient Roman Catholic Church rewrote history. Acts 29 supports the fact that Britain was evangelized shortly after Jesus was crucified.
Is Acts 29 from Sonnini Manuscript Authentic?
There are debate about the authenticity of Acts 29. Some believe that Acts 29 is fake.
The bible facts.org webpage mentioned two problems.
The MCF mentions that "Luke only wrote what he eye-witnessed, which is why Acts ends before Paul's departure from Rome and his voyage to Spain."
The fact that no one seems to know the whereabouts of the pillars, which were prophesied to stand until the Second Coming. If this was a true prophecy there would be a well known monument somewhere.
Having one source for Acts 29 does not convince me of its authenticity. If Acts 29 is true, it would be all over the place. If you are a bible scholar and can read ancient languages, prayfully ask the Lord about searching through various old Acts texts written before Jerome translated the bible to the Latin Vulgate. I am no bible scholar - only know less than a dozen Greek word and less than a handful of Hebrew words.
Finding old scriptures is probably problematic. If chapter 29 is there, then there is more likehood that Jerome took it off. If chapter 29 is not there, then there is more likehood that Acts 29 is fake. Even if the manuscript is broken, damaged, or incomplete, you can still check on whether Acts 29 is included in the Book of Acts.
While you are at it, check the end of James which is also missing "Amen". Do me a favor, please let me know if you find anything.
Download and post OOYLT to your website.
Take a good translation like KJV, WB, etc, and rearrange it to 49 books (OOKJV, OOWB, etc).
Create a new "49 books" bible by translating the Textus-Receptus to modern English.
Just be sure that the Lord calls you to do these work(s) before getting your hand dirty. And bathe the work(s) with much prayer.