Reina Valera 1960 Amen Amen ((better)) May 2026

Because once wasn't enough.

This is why, in many traditional Hispanic Pentecostal and Evangelical services, the preacher will say, "Y todos dijeron…" ("And all said…") and the congregation roars back, Not one. Two. The first for the word they just heard. The second for the word they are about to live. A Quiet War of Verses Not everyone loves the double Amen. Modern Spanish Bibles—the RVC (Reina Valera Contemporánea), the NVI (Nueva Versión Internacional)—dropped it. They call it an "unnecessary duplication" not present in the earliest papyri. And they’re right, text-critically speaking. The oldest Alexandrian manuscripts (Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus) usually have a single Amen. reina valera 1960 amen amen

Now, look at the Greek New Testament. Jesus uses a unique formula: Amēn, legō hymin —"Truly, I say to you." In John’s Gospel, he doubles it: Amēn amēn . The RV1960 translators saw this. Where the King James Version says, "Verily, verily," the Reina Valera says, —but at the end of a letter, they flipped the script. Instead of "Verily," they gave us the raw Hebrew-Greek fusion: Amén. Amén. Because once wasn't enough