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How We Got the Bible. Matthew 24:35 Heaven and Earth Shall Pass Away But M y W ord S hall N ever P ass A way. Early Development. 1500-400 B.C Old Testament Written. 4 BC- 30 AD Jesus’ Ministry. AD 48-96 New Testament Written. 400 Jerome’s Vulgate: Latin Trans. Middle Years.
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How We Got the Bible Matthew 24:35 Heaven and Earth Shall Pass Away But My Word Shall Never Pass Away.
Early Development 1500-400 B.C Old Testament Written 4 BC- 30 AD Jesus’ Ministry AD 48-96 New Testament Written 400 Jerome’s Vulgate: Latin Trans.
Middle Years 1073-1085 Pope Gregory VII For it is clear to those who reflect upon it that not without reason has it pleased Almighty God that Holy Scripture should be a secret in certain places lest, if it were plainly apparent to all men, perchance it would be little esteemed and be subject to disrespect; Or it might be falsely understood by those of mediocre learning and lead to error.
Middle Years 1329-1384 John Wycliffe “No man is so rude a scholar that he might learn the words of the gospel according to his simplicity.”
Middle Years 1525 William Tyndale To a Priest chasing him, “If God should spare my life, ere many years, I will cause a plowboy to know more Scriptures than you.”
Middle Years 1537 Coverdale Bible 1538 Great Bible 1560 Geneva Bible 1568 Bishop’s Bible 1611 King James Bible
Modern Times 1633 TextumReceptum 1844 Westcott-Hort 1947 Dead Sea Scrolls Found
Modern Times 1769 Modern King James 1901 American Standard 1952 Revised Standard Version 1971 New American Standard 1978 New International 2001 English Standard 2002 The Message