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Author and editor

The TWMC project is developed and edited by James Childers and published by Bravo Zulu Media. This credit applies to the original paraphrases, introductions, study material, and editorial work.

The TWMC paraphrases

The English, Spanish, and Kiswahili paraphrases come from the project’s manuscripts. Spanish Matthew preserves the V2.1 publication master; Kiswahili Matthew uses RC1.3. English Acts 1–28 has been reviewed and cleared by the author. New Spanish Mark, Luke, John, Acts and Romans 1–4 are labeled DRAFT / BORRADOR for editorial review.

King James Version

The KJV comparison text is taken from the project’s eBible.org King James Version USFX source. Its wording is kept separate from the TWMC paraphrase. James Childers and Bravo Zulu Media do not claim authorship of the KJV text. See the reader’s existing source and rights notice for details.

Greek source text

The Greek comes from The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text, with Comparative Apparatuses, prepared by the Guardian Press Editorial Committee and edited for layout and content by J. Jeffrey Dodson. Its main text follows the Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026. The source edition identifies its text as dedicated to the public domain.

Use of the Greek source does not imply endorsement of TWMC’s paraphrase, interpretation, or editorial decisions by the source editors or publishers. No copyright claim is made here over the underlying Greek text.

Romanized Greek

The Romanized Greek represents the displayed Greek in Roman letters using the project’s documented transliteration conventions. It is transliteration, not a separate translation or a word-for-word gloss.

Artwork and author portrait

Book-cover artwork comes from the existing TWMC publishing assets. The author portrait is the image supplied for James Childers’s AIToolworx website, reused here at his request. The favicon adapts this website’s existing gold brand mark.

Free access and attribution

© 2026 James Childers and Bravo Zulu Media. Free access to the reader does not place the original TWMC paraphrases or study material in the public domain. The existing permissions and attribution terms continue to apply.

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Why the KJV and our Byzantine Greek sometimes differ

The King James Version’s New Testament was translated from the printed Greek tradition commonly called the Textus Receptus (“received text”). This is a family of editions, not a single ancient manuscript. The translators drew on more than one printed text; no single edition corresponds exactly to every KJV reading. Scrivener’s later reconstruction of the Greek underlying the Authorized Version appeared in 1881—long after the KJV’s original publication in 1611.

Our displayed Greek comes from The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text, with Comparative Apparatuses, prepared by the Guardian Press Editorial Committee. Its main text follows the Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026. “Byzantine” names a broad manuscript tradition; it does not mean that every manuscript or every edition has identical wording. The Textus Receptus largely reflects this tradition, but it and our modern Byzantine edition are not the same text.

What this means when you compare the reading layers

Some differences involve spelling or word order. Others involve a word, phrase, or verse, and can affect how a passage is understood. A difference between columns is therefore not automatically a translation mistake. The KJV is an independent comparison text, not a translation made from the precise Greek edition displayed here. TWMC follows the supplied Greek in Acts and explains significant differences in notes. Romanized Greek represents that displayed Greek in Roman letters; it is not another translation.

• Acts 13:23: our Greek reads “salvation”; the KJV reads “a Saviour, Jesus.” The surrounding passage identifies Jesus as the One through whom salvation comes.
• Acts 15:34: the KJV includes a statement that Silas chose to remain. Our Greek edition omits it from the main text. We retain the verse number and KJV comparison, with a note, rather than invent Greek or a TWMC paraphrase for the absent text.

These distinctions matter for careful study: compare the whole passage, consult the textual notes, and distinguish manuscript evidence from translation and interpretation. We do not assume that every difference is insignificant, or that a different reading proves deliberate alteration. The reader aligns passages by verse; it is not a word-by-word grammatical interlinear. Verse divisions can also differ, as explained at Acts 13:32–33.

This explanation concerns the New Testament. The KJV Old Testament was translated principally from Hebrew and Aramaic sources, not the Textus Receptus.

Sources: the title, copyright, editorial introduction, and comparative apparatus of our supplied Guardian Press Greek edition; and F. H. A. Scrivener’s 1881 preface to The New Testament in Greek according to the text followed in the Authorized Version. Source-text history is separate from the KJV rights and permissions notice on this page.