Guess who said this. You might be surprised.
“The sermons of Bishop Bilson and Miles Smith [the two final reviewers of the King James translation, rlv] which have been preserved do not show this grace of language, this blend of mystery and simplicity. It must surely have been the awesome responsibility they faced and the enabling grace of the Holy Spirit that guided their final choice of language, for the version of the Bible they produced was so much more than the sum of their combined human skills.” p. 6
“But there is still a need for a standard Bible—one that is widely accepted and used, one that speaks clearly, yet does not bend to the quickly passing expressions of our time, one that preserves a sense of majesty and beauty.” p. 7
“The Editors” of the New King James Version, in Why the New King James Version, Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1982
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