{"id":61,"date":"2003-10-12T23:25:43","date_gmt":"2003-10-13T03:25:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"the-bible-translated-into-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-bible-translated-into-english\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bible Translated Into English"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Foxe<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“In every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
\nconcerning you” (1 Thess.5:18).<\/p>\n

The next time you read your English Bible, remember the following three
\nincidents and then give thanks that you have a Bible to read in English.

Incident One.<\/i> No effort is known to have been made to translate
\nJerome?s Latin version of the Scriptures into the language of the people until the
\nyear 706, when Eadhelm translated into the Saxon language the book of Psalms. The Gospels
\nare said to have been translated soon after, by Egbert. Some years later the illustrious
\nBede, the most famous scholar of his day, made a version for the use of his countrymen. It
\nis narrated of this good old man, by one of his pupils, that even as he lay on his
\ndeathbed he was feebly dictating to his scribe a translation of St. John?s Gospel.
\nWith the setting sun gilding the window of his cell, the old man lay feebly dictating the
\nclosing words. “There remains but one chapter, master,” said the anxious scribe,
\n“but it seems very hard for you to speak.” “Nay, it is easy,” Bede
\nreplied, “take up thy pen and write quickly.” Amid blinding tears the young
\nscribe wrote on. “And now only one sentence remains.” Bede dictated it. “It
\nis finished, master!”, cried the youth, raising his head as the last word was
\nwritten. “Ay, it is finished!”, echoed Bede. With a last prayer upon his lips
\nhis beautiful spirit passed to the presence of Him whose Word he had, almost with his last
\nbreath, striven to teach.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Incident Two<\/i>. As the Saxon language merged into what we now know as
\nthe English language, the people of England felt the time had come when the Bible in
\nEnglish ought to be in the hands of the people. John Wycliffe was raised up to do this
\ngreat work for the people of his time. We do not know how Wycliffe became imbued with the
\nspirit of biblical research and translation, at a time when the Bible was almost an unused
\nbook to the great body of the clergy. Wycliffe found a Bible, and he poured over it so
\nlong and earnestly, and with such fervent prayer to God, that it became to him the source
\nof a new spiritual existence. Wycliffe gave priority to the translation of the Bible into
\nthe common tongue of the English people. Soon copies of Wycliffe?s Bible were widely
\nscattered throughout England, in spite of the fact that all of them had to be written with
\nthe pen. The cost of written books was so great that only the wealthier class of people
\ncould afford to buy a Bible. Portions were learned by heart and recited to eager
\nlisteners, so that a knowledge of the Scriptures began to enter like a ray of light into
\nthe dark ignorance concerning spiritual things.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Incident Three<\/i>. Then came the setting up of the first printing
\npress in England. In 1482, William Tyndale was born. Tyndale quickly made himself familiar
\nwith the Bible. He set to work to translate it into English. He was not one of those who,
\nhaving put their hands to the plough, look back. He had determined that England should
\nhave the word of God spread among her people by means of the new invention of printing,
\nand he had calmly counted the cost. If his work could not be done in England, he would
\naccomplish it in Germany. There he at last accomplished his design, producing for the
\nfirst time a complete, printed New Testament in English. In boxes, in barrels, in bales of
\ncloth, in sacks of flour, he began to ship his dangerous merchandise to England. Great was
\nthe commotion they created among the hostile clergy. Wycliffe?s testaments had been
\ntroublesome enough, even though it took months to write out a single copy, and the cost
\nprevented any but the rich buying it. But here were books pouring into the country which
\ncould be printed at the rate of hundreds each day, and at a price within the reach of all.
\nIn spite of all opposition, including the public burning of some of these Testaments, the
\nbook was being everywhere talked about and read. The path of the Bible was open at last.
\nNot king nor pope could stay its progress. Over England?s long night of error and
\nsuperstition and soul-crushing despotism God had said, “Let there be light!” and
\nthere was light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Foxe “In every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thess.5:18). 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