Goodspeed: in their own language

Monday, February 16, 2026
Meditation:
    And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
    —Acts 2:5-8 (KJV)
Quotation:
    There are more readers of the English Bible in this country than in any other, and the time seemed to me to have come for a frank and direct translation of the Greek New Testament into our modern spoken American English. We take great pains to provide Asiatica and Africana with special versions, so that they may read the Bible each in his own tongue wherein he was born; and why not do as much for our own young people, and our fellow citizens generally?
    ... Edgar J. Goodspeed (1871-1962), How Came the Bible?, New York: Abingdon, 1940, p. 127-128 (see the book)
    See also Acts 2:5-8; Isa. 52:7; Nah. 1:15; Rom. 10:14-15
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You speak to me so that I can understand. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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