The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, “Appendix 2C: With the Blood of God’s Own Son”
“Grammatically, this passage could be translated as in the King James Version and Douay Version, “with his own blood.” That has been a difficult thought for many. … A noun in the singular number would be understood after “his own,” most likely God’s closest relative, his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ.”
The organisation's defence. It quotes J. H. Moulton's Prolegomena (1930 ed., p. 90) on ὁ ἴδιος used absolutely as a term of endearment for near relations, and F. J. A. Hort's remark in the Westcott and Hort appendix that 'it is by no means impossible that ΥΙΟΥ dropped out after ΤΟΥΙΔΙΟΥ at some very early transcription'. It also lists six translations from 1903 onwards that supply 'Son'.
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Provenance and verification note for The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, Appendix 2C: With the Blood of God’s Own Son
Confidence note. Appendix opened in full on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; page marker 1141 read from the page-number span. I have not opened Moulton's Prolegomena or the Westcott and Hort appendix to verify those quotations against the printed originals.
Corroborated by. src-nwtv-nwtsty-note-acts-20-28, src-nwtv-bh-acts-20-28
Notes. The appendix is unusually candid: it concedes that 'with his own blood' is grammatically possible and states the theological difficulty openly.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-nwtv-int-app2c