Did Native Americans have access to the Bible?

It was written in Hebrew before translated into Greek and English. We have the Greek Septuagint from at least 300 BC and in 1946 found the dead sea scrolls which verified the original hebrew text.

BELIEF: Three wise men (or kings in some traditions) visited Jesus at the time of his birth.
STATUS: MYTH.
Perhaps you have seen paintings or nativity scenes that depict the infant Jesus lying in a manger, surrounded by three wise men bearing gifts. This image, however, is fiction, not fact.
It is true that a delegation from the East paid homage to young Jesus. These visitors, though, were really astrologers. (Matthew 2:1, The New English Bible; The Bible—An American Translation) And did they find Jesus nestled in a manger? No; they visited him in a house. Evidently, they arrived some months after Jesus’ birth.—Matthew 2:9-11.
As to the number of visitors, were there 2? 3? 30? The Bible does not say. Perhaps the traditional number of three arose from their three types of gifts. (Matthew 2:11) Some have even proposed that each of the so-called wise men represented a different race of mankind. But that idea is not found in the Scriptures. Rather, as one Gospel commentary notes, this particular myth is the product of “an eighth-century historian with a vivid imagination.”


Scriptures from above^:
(Matthew 2:1) After Jesus had been born in Beth′le·hem of Ju·de′a in the days of Herod the king, look! astrologers from eastern parts came to Jerusalem,

(Matthew 2:9-11) When they had heard the king, they went their way; and, look! the star they had seen [when they were] in the east went ahead of them, until it came to a stop above where the young child was. 10 On seeing the star they rejoiced very much indeed. 11 And when they went into the house they saw the young child with Mary its mother, and, falling down, they did obeisance to it. They also opened their treasures and presented it with gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

(Matthew 2:11) And when they went into the house they saw the young child with Mary its mother, and, falling down, they did obeisance to it. They also opened their treasures and presented it with gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

Thanks for making my point. Those versions you quoted are not accurate. If you can only read English (like me), then the King James version is the standard. It does not have 'astrologers' in that verse for a reason.

DO YOU speak Hebrew? are YOU versed in it? CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT in a way it makes sense across language barriers?

Yeah it's missing ENOCH.. Genesis, Enoch, exodus, Leviticus, numbers... Deuteronomy judges Ruth... I could go on and on.. Where is the astrological ENOCH? Whoops was taken out! Don't wake up the sheep!

If Enoch was written with the others, it would have been included. Its not even in the same language.

the removal of Enoch even though the name is mentioned in the Bible in other places totally removes the credibility of the BIBLE being a whole text. It just does. It's not even a question of it. They don't even have names of the ANGELS in there because they agreed to take them out. Some of them were very influential in the book of Enoch. Makes you wonder WHY they don't want you to know... you should THINK about that one ...

If we had to match all names mentioned, we would have to include the Gospel of Philip, Judas, and many books about Jewish priests mentioned in the Bible.

ok- but that has nothing to do with the time of the Book of Enoch. Enoch was written (if you follow the history) at a time where it would have a been a pivotal book in UNDERSTANDING how to read the Bible and what certain angels and names meant. The fact that it was removed, names removed and it was AGREED UPON by agenda should be a BIG RED FLAG. What did they NOT want people to know?

*the different language implies different authorship

sure, but then you have to take that into account with all the conflicting stories of Jesus life in the New Testament. They all told a different story but it was included. So what about that? How is that inconsistency left in and encouraged?

why? the language was the same? Stories are different and don't gel but the LANGUAGE is ok, so it's added?

NAMES are very important. Just like the names of God are for function and are NOT all the same God.

You gotta start thinking about the why's and not the fact that some things stayed and others were removed. If you want to explain it away by saying that the language does not work, well then you have to ask other questions

why do they tell the story of the creation of man 2 times but the story does not follow the same structure?

why does the gods of Genesis 1 go from singular to plural?

why does the God from Genesis 1 then turn to LORD God in Genesis 2 and act in a different fashion?

this is in the first few chapters of the Bible and people still can't agree on a simple explanation of them. This is NOT EVEN OUT OF THE FIRST FEW CHAPTERS OF THE FIRST BOOK.

so you can understand why I have questions can you not?

What conflicting stories in the New Testament, can you please be specific? The Bible verifies itself. Jesus and his disciples quoted the Old Testament, but never Enoch. Also Revelation speaks of an army of ten thousands or 144,000 holy ones, not millions like in Enoch. There are many more inconsistencies, and many demons names. Forget about it being a divine book.

English is a dialect and not a language. Just by quoting something that is supposed to be of God but is already in a dialect that can't even give you proper translations because WE DO NOT DEFINE EVERY WORD BY ETYMOLOGY but by accepted meaning, we are already butchering any semblance of truth in that Book.

This is how language works. Care to argue that one with a Bible verse?

Christians are being metaphorically crucified right here!!! Lol

Christians are being metaphorically crucified right here!!! Lol

Some unbelievers just relish any opportunity to harden their hearts. Just like Pharaoh of Egypt and countless other characters on the stage of time---they harden their heart, and harden it some more, then some more, and finally God hardens their heart. There will be a point of no return, so you need to be very careful.