Evidences Class

Development of the English Bible

Lord … Open the king of England’s eyes!!

What does Septuagint Mean?

Old TestamentHebrew Greek

LXX

Legend of a Name

Is it a good translation?• Which Septuagint?

• The translation that the Gospel writers and Paul quoted from

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. (Luke 4:16-20 ESV)

Which OT Source did Jesus Quote?

JeromeThe Latin Vulgate

Entire BibleGreek / Hebrew Latin

Inquisition

John Wycliffe (1320-1384)

“How dare ye make a token of Christ on the cross as a banner (or as a flag) to lead us to slay Christian men …”.

Wycliffe Bible(c. 1400 A.D.)

Lollards’ Pit

Another one of those Revolutions

The Printing Press

The Return of Greek

Erasmus (1466-1536)The Greek Text of Luther and Tyndale

Novum Instrumentum

“I utterly dissent from those who are unwilling that the sacred scriptures should be read by the unlearned, translated into their own tongue.

I wish that even the weakest woman should read the Gospels, should read the Epistles of Saint Paul. I long that the husbandmen should sing some portion of them to himself as he follows the plough.”

Erasmus’s Motivation

October 31, 1517

The 95 Theses

The Diet of Worms

“… I put no trust in the unsupported authority of Pope or councils, since it is plain that they have often erred and often contradicted themselves. I stand convinced by the Scriptures, to which I have appealed, and my conscience is taken captive by God’s word, I cannot and will not recant anything, for to act against out conscience is neither safe for us, nor open to us. On this I take my stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.”

Wartburg Castle

Luther at Wartburg

William Tyndale (1494-1536)

Tyndale’s New Testament (1526)

The First English New Testament from the Greek

Modern Day Cologne

Modern Day Worms

William Tyndale (1494-1536)

83% of the King James Version

“If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the Scripture than thou doest.” 

Modern Day Antwerp

Deut. 17:14ffWhen you enter the land that GOD, your God, is giving you and take it over and settle down, and then say, "I'm going to get me a king, a king like all the nations around me," make sure you get yourself a king whom GOD, your God, chooses. Choose your king from among your kinsmen; don't take a foreigner--only a kinsman. And make sure he doesn't build up a war machine, amassing military horses and chariots. He must not send people to Egypt to get more horses, because GOD told you, "You'll never go back there again!" And make sure he doesn't build up a harem, collecting wives who will divert him from the straight and narrow. And make sure he doesn't pile up a lot of silver and gold.

This is what must be done: When he sits down on the throne of his kingdom, the first thing he must do is make himself a copy of this Revelation on a scroll, copied under the supervision of the Levitical priests. That scroll is to remain at his side at all times; he is to study it every day so that he may learn what it means to fear his GOD, living in reverent obedience before these rules and regulations by following them. He must not become proud and arrogant, changing the commands at whim to suit himself or making up his own versions. If he reads and learns, he will have a long reign as king in Israel, he and his sons.