Über diese Passagen hinweg stützen sich die veröffentlichten Erklärungen der Organisation immer wieder auf die Lehre und nicht allein auf die Grammatik: zu Kolosser 1:16, eine wörtliche Wiedergabe “could give the impression that Jesus was not created”; zu Hebräer 1:6, “worship” würde “the impression that Jesus is God” vermitteln; zu Lukas 23:43, die andere Zeichensetzung “harmonizes with … teachings found elsewhere in the Scriptures”.
Claim ID claim-bible-pattern-doctrine-trackingConcerns 2013Zusammenhang
Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: Die Organisation würde entgegnen, dass die Arbeit jedes Übersetzers von einem Verständnis der Schrift als Ganzem geprägt ist und dass sie jeden Begriff einheitlich wiedergibt, sobald dieses Verständnis feststeht — so wie sie es bei παρουσία an allen 24 Vorkommen tut.
2013 · study note, Colossians 1:16 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“all other things: A literal rendering of the Greek text would be “all things.” (Compare Kingdom Interlinear.) However, such a rendering could give the impression that Jesus was not created but was the Creator himself. And that idea would not agree with the rest of the Bible, including the preceding verse, which calls Jesus “the firstborn of all creation.””
The organisation's own study note states plainly both that the literal Greek says 'all things' and that the reason for adding 'other' is doctrinal consistency, not grammar. The note goes on to argue that 'the Greek word for “all” can in some contexts have the meaning “all other”'.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition), Study note on Colossians 1:16, 'all other things'
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.Study note read in full on the nwtsty Colossians chapter 1 page on wol.jw.org, 19 September 2026.
Notes.The note ends: 'So both the Bible’s teachings as a whole and the probable meaning of the Greek word used here support the rendering “all other things.”'
Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung.src-nwtv-nwtsty-note-col-1-16
2013 · study note, Hebrews 1:6 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“The Greek verb rendered “do obeisance to” (pro·sky·neʹo) … is broad in meaning. One lexicon gives the following possible meanings: “(fall down and) worship, do obeisance to, prostrate oneself before, do reverence to, welcome respectfully.” The context is essential in determining which is the correct rendering in this case. … Many Bible translators use the term “worship” here (Heb 1:6), giving the impression that Jesus is God. However, the Bible shows elsewhere that Jesus is not Almighty God.”
The organisation's stated reason for choosing 'do obeisance' at this verse: the lexical range permits either, and the doctrinal conclusion that Jesus is not Almighty God decides which is used.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition), Study note on Hebrews 1:6, 'do obeisance to him'
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.Study note read in full on the nwtsty Hebrews chapter 1 page on wol.jw.org, 19 September 2026. Independent audit, 19 September 2026: the quotation had silently expanded the Watchtower Online Library's own Bible-book abbreviations (and, at Hebrews 1:6, dropped a parenthetical cross-reference). Restored to the wording on the page.
Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung.src-nwtv-nwtsty-note-heb-1-6
2013 · study note, Luke 23:43 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“In this verse, the grammar of the Greek text allows for placing a comma (or a colon) either before or after the word “today.” … Scholarly editions of the Greek text like the ones prepared by Westcott and Hort, Nestle and Aland, and the United Bible Societies put a comma before the Greek word rendered “today.” However, placing the comma after “today” harmonizes with earlier statements that Jesus made and with teachings found elsewhere in the Scriptures.”
A candid statement of the organisation's method at this verse: the grammar permits either, the standard critical editions choose one, and the organisation chooses the other because of what it holds the Bible to teach elsewhere. The note also cites the fifth-century Curetonian Syriac and Hesychius of Jerusalem as early witnesses to the alternative punctuation.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition), Study note on Luke 23:43, 'Truly I tell you today,'
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.Study note read in full on the nwtsty Luke chapter 23 page on wol.jw.org, 19 September 2026. I have not opened Burkitt's edition of the Curetonian Syriac or the text of Hesychius to check those secondary citations.
2013 · study note, Matthew 14:33 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“did obeisance to him: Or “bowed down to him; paid him homage.” These people recognized Jesus as God’s representative. They rendered obeisance to him, not as to a god or a deity, but as to “God’s Son.””
The note makes explicit that the choice between 'worship' and 'obeisance' for προσκυνέω is governed by who the object is held to be.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition), Study note on Matthew 14:33, 'did obeisance to him'
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.Study note read on the nwtsty Matthew chapter 14 page on wol.jw.org, 19 September 2026.
1985 · pp.1147-1149 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“The word pa·rou·siʹa occurs 24 times in the Christian Greek Scriptures … In these 24 places the New World Translation renders pa·rou·siʹa as “presence.” … Liddell and Scott’s A Greek-English Lexicon, 1968, p. 1343, gives as the first definition of pa·rou·siʹa the English word presence. … In Matthew 24:3, as well as in other texts such as 1 Thessalonians 3:13 and 2 Thessalonians 2:1, the word pa·rou·siʹa refers to the royal presence of Jesus Christ since his enthronement as King in the last days of this system of things.”
The organisation's defence of 'presence', and the doctrinal conclusion drawn from it. The appendix also quotes Israel P. Warren's 1879 book The Parousia at length and Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich-Danker on parousia as 'the official term for a visit of a person of high rank'.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, Appendix 3B: Christ’s Presence (Parousia)
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.Appendix opened in full on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; page markers 1147, 1148 and 1149 read from the page-number spans. I confirmed from Liddell, Scott and Jones directly that 'presence' is indeed sense A; I have not opened Warren (1879) or the printed BAGD.
Notes.The final sentence is the load-bearing one for the 1914 doctrine: the lexical claim ('presence') and the doctrinal claim ('since his enthronement as King') are placed side by side, but the second does not follow from the first.
Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung.src-nwtv-int-app3b
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