In addition, when the Watchtower disciple explains the Greek usage of definite and indefinite articles to either speak about “the God” or “a god,” you might just assume that they must be Greek scholars. Understand that to the average person who has no knowledge of Greek, the mere fact that they can tell you that the Greek word for God is θεὸς (theos) is impressive in and of itself. If you have ever had a conversation with a Watchtower students (“Jehovah’s Witness”) about the identity of Jesus, most likely they have discussed their “scholarly” knowledge of the Greek text of John 1:1.
In fact, if you ask the current generation of Watchtower students about this interlinear, you will discover that they have never even heard of it. The organization had to pull the plug and no longer make this resource available. The Watchtower Bible is merely a man made book published to promote its false teachings. As their own students began to see for the first time the Greek text and compare it with the translation and teaching of the Watchtower, it was made clear that the New World Translation was a deceptive translation of the Greek. Why is this book out-of-print if it clearly testifies to the truthfulness of the Watchtower teachings? Simply put, the goal of the organization backfired. This Watchtower “gem” is now out-of-print. On the right side of each page, a person could compare the New World Translation. On the left side of each page, a person could see the word for word Greek and English. The goal of this book is to help the “sincere” and “humble” student of the Bible to see the accuracy of the Watchtower’s own New World Translation of the Bible which promotes its unique teachings. In 1985, the second edition was released in which 800,000 copies were produced. According the book itself, there were 500,000 copies printed for this first edition. In 1969, the Watchtower organization (“Jehovah’s Witness”) printed a Greek Interlinear of the New Testament scriptures. Thus, it is common for an interlinear to set up each page with a column of the word for word Greek and English next to a column of an actual English translation of the text.
Due to differences in Greek word order and unique idioms, the English under the text maybe rather clumsy. Typically, underneath each Greek word in the text the equivalent of the simple English word will be placed. The Watchtower Interlinear Translation of the Greek ScripturesĪn interlinear Greek Bible allows the average person to see the direct correlation between an English translation and the Greek text.