In 1976 a bunch of Greek papyri and inscriptions were found revealing the common, everyday meaning of many Biblical words. Prior to that Bible translators had to guess at lots of meanings.
A classical Greek scholar has translated the entire New Testament based on these more accurate understandings of Greek words. This is a little bit unusual because translations are often done by theologians rather than language scholars, and they are often financed by some type of religious organization - which usually has some kind of bias.
One small example of a difference you'll find is that when the New Testament says to "believe in" someone, the author says it is more accurate to say "believe" someone. So "believing Jesus" would be more accurate than "believing in Jesus."
If you'd like to see how a language scholar attempts to faithfully render the Greek New Testament into modern day English, why not check out this translation. It's called, "The Source," and the author is Dr. A. Nyland.
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