Who doesn’t know that the place where the Lord Jesus was crucified for our sins was called “Calvary”? Many song writers obviously knew this: Calvary Covers It All, At Calvary, Burdens Are Lifted At Calvary, Lead Me To Calvary; as well as songs which refer to Calvary (Blessed Redeemer, Victory in Jesus, The Old Rugged Cross). But what is the source of the identification and name of this place? It is Luke 23:33, “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him”. No problem, right? Do you realize that this is the only place in the Bible where the word “Calvary” appears? Still no problem though, God only has to say it once for it to be true!
Here’s the problem: the only Bible that has the word “Calvary” in Luke 23:33 is the King James Bible. Again, no problem….if you use a King James Bible. But if you use ANY other Bible Version the word “Calvary” does not appear! Do the people that use these other versions believe that Jesus died on Calvary? Of course. Do they realize that the Bible they are using has removed “Calvary” from the text? NO. ( The same thing is true of the only appearance of the name “Lucifer” in Isaiah 14:12; it’s in the King James, but no others.)
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