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The view of other commentators is deemed irrelevant. (Compare Mt 25:14-30 Tit 1:7-9.) Yet, the impossibility of each and every one of these individuals being placed over “all” his master’s belongings at the same time, the time of the master’s arrival, is obvious. The requirement of faithfulness in discharging responsibility clearly applies to all such. The Watch Tower Society has decided that the ‘evil slave’ is merely hypothetical, but continues to ignore that the entire story is only a parable.Ĭommentators often view this as a general exhortation to any and all who have individual positions of responsibility in the Christian congregation. Jesus Christ included a parable, or illustration, dealing with a “faithful and discreet slave.” Jesus Christ included a parable, or illustration, dealing with a “faithful and discreet slave ” and an “evil slave.” Other changes are more significant: Insight, volume 1, Faithful and Discreet Slave It may be argued that these are fairly trivial changes.

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By the seventh month of this latter year the first repatriated Jews arrived back in Judah, 70 years from the start of the full desolation of the land.Īs there is no evidence for the assertion that the Jews returned in 537 BCE, the claim of precision for the length of the period has been removed. Hence the count of the 70 years of desolation must have begun about October 1, 607 B.C.E., ending in 537 B.C.E. It was in the seventh month of this latter year that the first repatriated Jews arrived back in Judah, exactly 70 years from the start of the full desolation of the land. Rather than simply referring to dating methods, judgement is immediately imposed on the use of such methods. Problems involved in setting dates based on artifacts found in excavations are discussed under the heading ARCHAEOLOGY. Dating methods based on artifacts found in excavations are discussed under the heading ARCHAEOLOGY.Īrchaeological Dating. The change attempts to minimise the significance of their use of an astronomical diary for supporting their chronology.Īrchaeological Dating. Elsewhere, the same article asserts that astronomical diaries are unreliable. The assertion is made less definite by replacing “establishes” with “points to”. as the beginning of the seventh year of Cambyses II. Thus, this tablet points to the spring of 523 B.C.E. This is an astronomically confirmed date. Thus, this tablet establishes the seventh year of Cambyses II as beginning in the spring of 523 B.C.E. Note the following additional changes in more detail from the 2015 revision: Insight, volume 1, Chronology Capernaum, Destruction, Gomorrah, Judgment Day, Repentance, Sodom: Flip-flopping of the view about whether people from Sodom may be resurrected.Ammonites and Moab: The nations in a supposed figurative sense are no longer called enemies of ‘spiritual Israel’, but are now enemies of ‘the king of the north’.Bernice, Caesarea, Herod: Bernice (daughter of Herod Agrippa) is no longer called an immoral incestuous woman who married her brother, but is now a woman who resided with her brother and helped early Christians.2015 revisionĪ few changes introduced in the 2015 revision: The 2015 revision of the online version of Insight retained the advertisement from the 1988 print version, including the availability of Bibles and other publications at “modest prices” however, this was deleted from the 2018 revision.

Many of the changes are mundane corrections, though there are also significant alterations. The Watch Tower Society’s Bible encyclopedia, Insight on the Scriptures, was first published in 1988, with revisions in 2015, 20. (However, the Reasoning book both online and on Watchtower Library in recent years has suspiciously omitted the section about When someone says ‘I’m a Muslim’, even though Buddhists, Hindus and Jews are apparently still fair game.) Publications on the Watchtower Library CD-ROM-up until the 2013 edition-had generally not fallen victim to this trend. Occasionally, people have expressed concern about changes to Watch Tower Society publications between different printings and in digital editions without explanation.

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