Brooke Foss Westcott and his pupil Fenton John Anthony Hort were trapped in a century of doubt. They were convinced that the KJV, and its underlying Greek, were falsified. While still in their twenties, they wrote in ink their desires to change the Bible in English. And by the end of their lives, they accomplished their lifelong dream, completing the English Revised Version in 1881, along with their own Greek New Testament. This ushered in the surge of modern versions.
Today, virtually all modern versions stem back to Westcott and Hort’s scholarship and influence. Did God send these two men to “fix the errors” in our English Bible? Or has Satan duped the body of Christ into abandoning God’s preserved word?
David W. Daniels, author of “Westcott & Hort: From Faith to Doubt” joins us as we discuss the life of B.F. Westcott, the world he lived in, and how his journey from faith to doubt has translated into the entire body of Christ.
⚡️ Discussion on Westcott & Hort begins at timestamp 36:40
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📖 David W. Daniels’ new book: “Westcott & Hort: From Faith To Doubt”
https://www.chick.com/products/item?stk=2040
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David’s material on Ahaziah (22 or 42?)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9ytCE-QdCA
Timeline: https://kjvcode.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Timeline-Ahaziah-22-or-42-David-W-Daniels.pdf
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
7:10 Are we supposed to confess our sins?
15:51 Bible Trivia
36:40 Why David wrote “Westcott & Hort: From Faith To Doubt”
39:40 Westcott’s writings: public persona vs personal convictions
43:13 History and influence of Westcott and Hort
56:44 How Westcott went from faith to doubt
1:03:02 When did Westcott & Hort first desire to change the Bible?
1:03:55 What motivated them to depart from the KJV?
1:12:02 Wait… didn’t Westcott “love” the KJV?
1:18:34 When and why did Hort judge the TR as “villainous”?
1:20:35 Manuscripts: “earlier” does not mean better
1:22:52 The reason why Vaticanus is dated at 350 AD
1:30:11 Questioning the dates of Vaticanus & Sinaiticus
1:36:07 Why should the KJV be the last English Bible?
1:43:54 Sermon comparison: Westcott (RV) vs Andrewes (KJV)
1:48:39 Who did Westcott and Hort entrust to revise the Bible?
1:58:41 Will there be an end to translating English Bibles?
2:01:08 Keeping the faith, grounded in the KJV
2:03:03 The long-term effects of Westcott’s doubts
2:06:00 Hell: allegory or literal?
2:09:59 God dissolves doubts; man creates them
2:12:39 The importance of teaching our kids
2:17:57 The LORD is the only “text critic” we need
2:19:44 Brother David’s challenge to you
2:22:15 Where to find David’s book
2:24:05 Thanks for watching!
Corrections:
31:30 “Ahab and Jezebel and their daughter Athaliah” → “Ahab and Jezebel and Ahab’s sister Athaliah”
1:39:00 “the modern Greek language” → “the modern English language”
Brandon’s Sermon Comparison Notes (B.F. Westcott vs Lancelot Andrewes)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TOQ41SKJxMDz0FEqcImfpIFNwto9PXDVSX7gFrQqpQs/edit?usp=sharing
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David’s channel: @chicktracts
Brandon’s channel: @TruthisChrist
Stephen’s channel: @KJVOStephen
Lotan’s channel: @KJVPictures
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PS- This was my wife Laura’s first time editing a podcast, and I’m so proud of her, and deeply thankful. She went to great lengths to polish the audio from start to finish 🙂
Thank you my love! You did amazing! All glory to God!
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And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. Daniel 5.16-17
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17.5
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Matthew 7.28-29