Hi Darren,
This is a topic that comes up from time to time and to me it is a fascinating fulfilment of a couple of OT scriptures (there are more but these should make my point).
Pro 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
Eze 17:2 Son of man, put forth a riddle and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
We are all familiar with the parables, even the concept that the entire bible is a parable, but what are the riddles?
There aren't many here that would argue that God is not sovereign over His creation, is He sovereign over His Word, the scriptures? Could it be that the additions, subtractions, misinterpretations, etc. are there to serve His purpose as well?
Consider;
1Co 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1Co 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause, God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
The key to understanding is not man's perception or hope of some "perfect" translation, the real key is spiritual discernment, only His Spirit will open up and increase our wisdom and knowledge.
If you read Matthew and Mark you will see not very much at all written about Christ interacting with His disciples after He is risen, contrast that with Luke and John who have much to say about what transpired after our Lord rose from the dead.
Is there perhaps a riddle in this? Also, when you consider that Luke wrote Acts and John wrote the Revelation of Jesus Christ (as well as 1John, 2John, 3John), they are 2 of the 3 most prolific writers of the New Testament. Interesting?
Anyway, my aim is not to teach anything or put forward my own beliefs why this might be so I only want to spur on everyone's own search for His wisdom through His Word.
Peace,
Joe