I’m nobody to argue Greek with any NT scholars, however...I’m just not a fan of this translation. Wright translates some of his pet theological projects into the text (like Christ translated “King”), but he isn’t particularly consistent in his usage. There are stilted (in English) sentences and odd word choices all over the place, and I don’t think it is due to the bumpiness that some very literal translations have. Wright began this project with creating translations for his New Testament for Everyone series, and my hypothesis from what I see here is that when the translations of various books were taken and bound into this “new” book that they were not properly edited and revised in order to make a cohesive whole. It’s disappointing from a great scholar, and it makes me wonder how much of this choice was a commercial move versus providing a great new tool or translation for Christians and Christian communities. ( )

contemporary translation