New English Translation
The New English Translation (NET) is a free online translation of the Bible that came from the best currently available Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew texts. It contains over 60,000 notes made by over twenty scholars. This Bible translation has been endorsed by students and scholars alike.[1]
Even scholars who do not entirely support every word choice in this translation are enthusiastic about its very informative explanatory notes.
Agreement with the Conservative Bible Project
The NET is in agreement with the Conservative Bible Project that verses 16:9–20 are not authentic in the ending to the Gospel of Mark. The NET puts brackets around those verses with the observation that they are in the earliest manuscripts.[2]. But the NET fails to recognize that the second half of Mark 16:8 is also not authentic, and obscures the powerful original ending by Mark that properly ended with the first half of verse 8.
Notable differences
- The NET often translates the term for “scribe” as “expert in the law.”
- The NET often translates "the word of the Lord" and similar phrases as "the Lord's message."
- The NET retains the title "Son of Man" in the New Testament, but uses the more generic terminology of "mortal" or "human being" for similar references in the Old Testament.