Part III: From Erasmus to Tyndale and Luther

• The Gutenberg Bible, 1453-56, and the Greek Text of Erasmus, 1516.

• The Translation of William Tyndale, 1484-1536, and forward, the Bible in English.

• The Translation of Martin Luther, 1483-1546, and forward, the Bible in German.

Gutenberg Press, Mainz, Germany

Johannes Gutenberg ca. 1400-1468

Moveable Type, ca. 1450

Mainz, Germany

Gutenberg

Town CentreMuseum Area

Gutenberg Bible, 1st Printed Bible, Latin Vulgate, 1456

Erasmus Greek Text of N.T., 1516

Desiderius Erasmusof Rotterdam 1466-1536

William Tyndale, 1484-1536

Tyndale

Gutenberg Luther

Erasmus

Wycliffe

Tyndale: First Printed English New Testament, 1525

Translated from the Greek N.T.

Tyndale Sites

Tyndale MonumentNorth Nibley Village St. Adeline’s Church

John Walsh home, Little Sodbury Village

Tyndale Martyred, 1536Vilvorde, Belgium

Prisoner at Vilvorde Castle

Tyndale’s Prayer Answered:“Lord, Open the King of

England’s Eyes”

Coverdale’s Bible, 1535Matthew’s Bible, 1537Taverner’s Bible, 1539

THE GREAT BIBLE, 1539Appointed to be Read in Churches,By Order of King Henry VIII

The Geneva Bible, 1560,the “Breeches Bible” Gen. 3:7

GENEVA BIBLE 1560Loved by the English-SpeakingPeople

The Bible of the English Family,of Shakespeare, of the JamestownSettlement in Virginia, brought toPlymouth on the Mayflower: Wentthrough some 140 Editions in N.T.or the whole Bible.

Reaction from the Bishops:Anglican and Roman Catholic

ANGLICAN: Bishops’ Bible, 1568

ROMAN CATHOLIC:Rheims - Douai BibleN.T. 1582 O.T. 1609-10

Hampton Court PalaceKJV Convocation, 1604

James VI, Ir. 1603-1625 Richard Bancroft 1544-1610

Archbishop of Canterbury

King James I, 1603-1625

John Knox, et. al., Geneva Bible, 1560, the step between Tyndale’s and the KJV

1611 KJV

Martin Luther’s German Translation, 1522-30

Wittenberg, Germany

City Church

Castle Church

The 95 Theses

Eisenach, Wartburg Castle,Luther’s Hiding Place

The Castle

Luther Statue

Luther’s Study

“Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.”

Psalm 119:89

“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”

Matthew 24:35

“For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: but the word of the Lord endureth forever.”

1 Peter 1:24-25; Isaiah. 40:8