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Was Jesus the First Translation?
ASAaron Shryock · Jul 21, 2021, 1:41 PM · Last modified: Sep 28, 2026, 11:39 AM
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It started with a brief suggestion by a leading scholar in missions.
Andrew Walls noted, almost in passing, that a powerful argument for Bible translation was the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, since "Incarnation is translation." Now the next step is to say that Jesus is the first translation.
Here are my thoughts on this idea. What are yours?
https://tms.edu/tyndale/articles/was-jesus-the-first-translation/
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Halvor Ronning I agree with all your points. But equating Jesus with a translation appears to be figurative. What is the value of this figurative language? Why not say that Jesus was the first translator? I think that fits better with the analogy between the life and ministry of Christ and the life and ministry of a Bible translator. If you would like to read the article in the link, my conclusion is that we don't need this figurative language because the actual statements of Jesus Christ are more than adequate to motivate us to be about the right thing.