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New Testament.
on Pacific island
By BOB BARRETT
News-Sentlnel staff writer
work of translating.
"Meanwhile, I also read the
translation."
matical structure.
daughter.
John Pryor, a senior at Johnson Bible College, translated the book of Mark Into the Pidgin
Pryor, the son of the elder John's English used by natives on Papua New Guinea, where he lives with his missionary parents.
brother, David.
Both families now live in Pa
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day.
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