Why did King James disallow marginal notes in his newly created Bible? The likely reason is that he wanted to emphasize the reliability and trustworthiness of the Scriptures, and not to sow doubts in reader's minds about any weaknesses, ambiguities or inconsistencies in the text. He may have thought that marginal notes would be distracting to readers. Also he probably wanted the words of this BIble to stand alone as the definitive version of The Word of God "without any admixture of error."
