Bill Grover, who has produced a number of sub-par books on “Mormonism,” confidently states that Joseph Smith removed Mark 13:32 in his revision of the Bible:
So, if
you are a Mormon reading this, can you justify Joe’s additions and omissions to
the Bible in his “Inspired Version” like Genesis 50:33, 33 and his removing
Mark 13:32 from his translation? (Bill Grover, And, Man Made God in His Own
Image: The Misbegotten Mormon Doctrine of Deity [Rapid City, S.Dak.: New
Harbor House, 2021], 3)
Also, Joe
removed 13:32 from Mark likely due to his errant belief that Christ has only
one nature which has all knowledge. (Ibid., 10)
. . .
Mormons wish to erase the teaching about Christ in Mark 13:32 . . . (Ibid., 70)
In reality, Grover, his confidence
notwithstanding, shows he has not bothered to crack open a copy of the Joseph
Smith Translation/JST (AKA Inspired Revision). It has been retained, though it
is verse 47, not 32 as it is in the KJV and other translations. In my copy of
the RLDS 1867 Inspired Version, it reads:
But of
that day and hour no one knoweth; no, not the angels of God in heaven, but my
Father only. (New Testament | Mark 13:47)
On page 38 of New Testament Manuscript 2,
Folio 2, we read:
But of that day and hour, knoweth no man
<one> knoweth; no, not the angles of God in heaven,
but my father only
Here is the relevant portion of the manuscript itself:
If one only learns one thing from this post, it is that one should always check claims made by critics of the Church and check the primary sources.
