“Gideon’s island”

[ears]

I use to read the Bible at a local nursing home to the residents and one gentleman was always so wonderful to talk to. I wasn't sure what the Gideon's were all about so he told me about his devotion to being a Gideon. The importance of making God's Good Book accessible to as many as possible.

I just believe that is a beautiful ministry.

[He giveth more grace]

Sad!

The Gideon Bible is no different than our KJV and our NIV, it is just a ministry placing the Bible and the NIV in hotel's and motel's.

The Gideon people use the NKJV now, they like nearly every other Christian organization have walked away away from the KJV and i must say it is ignorant of them to do so,

since they had alot of success in using the KJV.

Why no idea ?

[nebula]

Sad!

The Gideon Bible is no different than our KJV and our NIV, it is just a ministry placing the Bible and the NIV in hotel's and motel's.

The Gideon people use the NKJV now, they like nearly every other Christian organization have walked away away from the KJV and i must say it is ignorant of them to do so,

since they had alot of success in using the KJV.

Why no idea ?

Oneaccords is a KJV-onlyist. But we have enough threads on that debate; no need to hijack this one.

[Floatingaxe]

The Gideon people use the NKJV now, they like nearly every other Christian organization have walked away away from the KJV and i must say it is ignorant of them to do so,

since they had alot of success in using the KJV.

Sorry, but the success of this remarkable bible society is due to the fact that they promoted and provided GOD'S WORD to countless people internationally who would never even crack a bible open normally, and they have received Jesus Christ. The particular version they used is unimportant. Their success is found in doing the will of God, because He blesses it.

From the Gideons website:

While many people use the term “Gideon Bible”, the Bibles and New Testaments offered by The Gideons are not a special version. We only use translation versions that are recognized and accepted by the general Christian church here in North America.

The most common version we have distributed lately is the New American Standard Bible (NASB), but we have recently begun printing editions in the New Living Translation (NLT) as well. We also distribute New King James Version (NKJV) Bibles.

[Oneaccords]

The Gideon people use the NKJV now, they like nearly every other Christian organization have walked away away from the KJV and i must say it is ignorant of them to do so,

since they had alot of success in using the KJV.

Sorry, but the success of this remarkable bible society is due to the fact that they promoted and provided GOD'S WORD to countless people internationally who would never even crack a bible open normally, and they have received Jesus Christ. The particular version they used is unimportant. Their success is found in doing the will of God, because He blesses it.

From the Gideons website:

While many people use the term “Gideon Bible”, the Bibles and New Testaments offered by The Gideons are not a special version. We only use translation versions that are recognized and accepted by the general Christian church here in North America.

The most common version we have distributed lately is the New American Standard Bible (NASB), but we have recently begun printing editions in the New Living Translation (NLT) as well. We also distribute New King James Version (NKJV) Bibles.

If you dont want a perfect Bible then God will let you have one that is imperfect. I respect Gideons for what they do, i'm just saying that if they had the KJV only they would have more success.

[~candice~]

The Gideon people use the NKJV now, they like nearly every other Christian organization have walked away away from the KJV and i must say it is ignorant of them to do so,

since they had alot of success in using the KJV.

Sorry, but the success of this remarkable bible society is due to the fact that they promoted and provided GOD'S WORD to countless people internationally who would never even crack a bible open normally, and they have received Jesus Christ. The particular version they used is unimportant. Their success is found in doing the will of God, because He blesses it.

From the Gideons website:

While many people use the term “Gideon Bible”, the Bibles and New Testaments offered by The Gideons are not a special version. We only use translation versions that are recognized and accepted by the general Christian church here in North America.

The most common version we have distributed lately is the New American Standard Bible (NASB), but we have recently begun printing editions in the New Living Translation (NLT) as well. We also distribute New King James Version (NKJV) Bibles.

If you dont want a perfect Bible then God will let you have one that is imperfect. I respect Gideons for what they do, i'm just saying that if they had the KJV only they would have more success.

And yet Jesus had plenty of success quoting the LXX.

[Tyler John]

I wanted to ask the posters here concerning the Gideon’s’ bible.

Question one is:

Does anyone here read or study from The Gideon’s Bible? Do you think it is considered a good copy write of Kings James or of original scroll Hebrew and Greek translated Bible in English?

Question number 2 is:

How did the Gideon Bible become one of the most popular distributed Bibles in Hospitals and Motels? I mean how did Gideon convince motels and hospitals to keep these? Who was actually giving them these Bibles to keep for stay over people to read?

Question 3 is:

What inspired or what was the idea to produce the Gideon Bible Version? Do you also believe approaching these last days Hospitals and motels will start to throw out these Bibles?

In UK, quite a lot of hotels no longer place Gideon bibles in rooms. My guess is that this will happen elsewhere too.

For me, the greatest shame about the Gideon texts is that they are in such old-fashioned language. This is true even with the NKJV. The impression given to readers is that Jesus requires us to think in a strange language that has no bearing on our real lives. But this is far from the truth! Jesus takes us as we are, without jargon, pretension, legalism and religiosity. The bible should reflect this, especially for those who do not yet know him.

[Tyler John]

"And yet Jesus had plenty of success quoting the LXX"

But even more by taking action instead of quoting!