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The King’s The King’s EnglishEnglish
The skin of my teeth
Suffer fools gladly
Turn the
my wits
’
endin the twinkling of an eye
Born again
oth
er
cheek
No rest for the wicked
The extra mile
Am I my brother’s keeper?
atoneme
ntWoe
is me
Putting Words in our Putting Words in our MouthMouth
Sometimes misquotes:
Money is the root of all evil
Putting Words in our Putting Words in our MouthMouth
Sometimes paraphrases:
Pride goeth before a fall
Going the extra mile
Putting Words in our Putting Words in our MouthMouth
Sometimes summaries:
Giant killing
The Good Samaritan
The Prodigal Son
Putting Words in our Putting Words in our MouthMouth
Professor David Crystal
Putting Words in our Putting Words in our MouthMouth
At least twice as many idioms as Shakespeare.
Professor David Crystal
Putting Words in our Putting Words in our MouthMouth
Only 18 are original to the King James Bible!
Professor David Crystal
Nothing New Under the Nothing New Under the SunSun
1380s – Wycliff Bible
1526 – Tyndale’s New Testament
1535 – Coverdale Bible
1537 – Matthew’s Bible
1539 – The Great Bible
1560 – The Geneva Bible
1568 – The Bishop’s Bible
Nothing New Under the Nothing New Under the SunSun
1380s – Wycliff Bible
1526 – Tyndale’s New Testament
1535 – Coverdale Bible
1537 – Matthew’s Bible
1539 – The Great Bible
1560 – The Geneva Bible
1568 – The Bishop’s Bible
Nothing New Under the Nothing New Under the SunSun
“If God spare my life ere many years, I will cause a boy that driveth the plow, shall know more of Scripture than thou doest.”
Great Bible1539
Placed in every church in the land.
Heavily dependent on Tyndale
Geneva New Testament1557
William Whittingham and others
1380s – Wycliff Bible
1526 – Tyndale’s New Testament
1535 – Coverdale Bible
1537 – Matthew’s Bible
1539 – The Great Bible
1560 – The Geneva Bible
1568 – The Bishop’s Bible
Nothing New Under the Nothing New Under the SunSun
“[We ask] that a translation be made of the whole Bible, as consonant as can be to the original Hebrew and Greek; and this be set out and printed, without marginal notes, and only to be used in all Churches of England in time of divine service.”
Dr John Reynolds, President of Corpus Christi College Oxford
Two panels in Oxford
Two Panels in Cambridge
Two Panels in Westminster
Commanded to use Bishop’s Bible as a base text.
“Appointed to be read in churches.”
King James Version1611
83% of NT76% of OTStraight from Tyndale
The The Serpent Serpent tempts Eve:tempts Eve:“Tush, thou
shalt not die!”
Genesis 3:4
“They heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day” (Genesis 3)
“God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes” (Rev 21)
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle” (Job 7)
“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning” (Isaiah 14)
“The shadow of a great rock in a weary land” (Isaiah 32)
“Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you” (Matthew 7)
“In Him we live and move and have our being.” (Acts 17)
“The unsearchable riches of Christ.” (Ephesians 2)
“Fight the good fight of faith: lay hold of eternal life” (1 Timothy 6)
“Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.” (Hebrews 12)
“Behold I stand at the door and knock.” (Revelation 3)
Nothing New Under the Nothing New Under the SunSun
PoliticsPolitics
Science Science
EconomicsEconomics
Turn the World Upside Turn the World Upside DownDown
PoliticsPolitics
Turn the World Upside Turn the World Upside DownDown
By the people, for the peopleBy the people, for the people
Servant LeadershipServant Leadership
Authority of the WordAuthority of the Word
ScienceScience
Turn the World Upside Turn the World Upside DownDown
Patterns and Patterns and PracticalitiesPracticalities
'Men became scientific because they expected law in nature and they expected law in nature because they believed in a law giver'- C.S Lewis
EconomicsEconomics
Turn the World Upside Turn the World Upside DownDown
Horde or DisplayHorde or Display
The Surprising Supremacy of Christ!The Surprising Supremacy of Christ!
Long Live the KingLong Live the King
404 – Latin Vulgate
1215 – Fourth Lateran Council
““The secret mysteries of the faith ought The secret mysteries of the faith ought not to be explained to all men in all not to be explained to all men in all places... For such is the depth of divine places... For such is the depth of divine Scripture that, not only the simple and Scripture that, not only the simple and illiterate, but even the prudent and illiterate, but even the prudent and learned are not fully sufficient to try to learned are not fully sufficient to try to understand it.” understand it.”
Fourth Lateran Council, 1215
404 – Latin Vulgate
1215 – Fourth Lateran Council
1380s – John Wycliffe and the Lollards
St John’s Gospel in John Wycliffe’s Bible (manuscript) 1380
404 – Latin Vulgate
1215 – Fourth Lateran Council
1380s – John Wycliffe and the Lollards
1408 – ABC forbids the Bible in English
1428 – Wycliffe’s body exhumed and burnt
404 – Latin Vulgate
1215 – Fourth Lateran Council
1380s – John Wycliffe and the Lollards
1408 – ABC forbids the Bible in English
1428 – Wycliffe’s body exhumed and burnt1450s – Moveable type printing press
Reading the original Greek:
““Either this is Either this is not the not the Gospel or we Gospel or we are not are not Christians.”Christians.”
“If God spare my life ere many years, I will cause a boy that driveth the plow, shall know more of Scripture than thou doest.”
404 – Latin Vulgate
1215 – Fourth Lateran Council
1380s – John Wycliffe and the Lollards
1408 – ABC forbids the Bible in English
1428 – Wycliffe’s body exhumed and burnt1450s – Moveable type printing press
1517 – Martin Luther and the 95 Theses
Coverdale’s Bible1535.The first complete printed Bible in English
Used Tyndale, Vulgate, Luther, Zwingli and another Latin OT translation.
Matthew’s Bible(John Rogers)1537
Mainly used Tyndale
Great Bible1539
Placed in every church in the land.
Essentially Matthew’s Bible.
Geneva New Testament1557
William Whittingham and others
Bishops Bible1568
Essentially the Great Bible reprinted.
1380s – Wycliff Bible
1526 – Tyndale’s New Testament
1535 – Coverdale Bible
1537 – Matthew’s Bible
1539 – The Great Bible
1560 – The Geneva Bible
1568 – The Bishop’s Bible
Nothing New Under the Nothing New Under the SunSun
“[We ask] that a translation be made of the whole Bible, as consonant as can be to the original Hebrew and Greek; and this be set out and printed, without marginal notes, and only to be used in all Churches of England in time of divine service.”
Dr John Reynolds, President of Corpus Christi College Oxford
Two panels in Oxford
Two Panels in Cambridge
Two Panels in Westminster
Commanded to use Bishop’s Bible as a base text.
“Appointed to be read in churches.”
King James Version1611
83% of NT76% of OTStraight from Tyndale
The The Serpent Serpent tempts Eve:tempts Eve:“Tush, thou
shalt not die!”
Genesis 3:4
“They heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day” (Genesis 3)
“God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes” (Rev 21)
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle” (Job 7)
“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning” (Isaiah 14)
“The shadow of a great rock in a weary land” (Isaiah 32)
“Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you” (Matthew 7)
“In Him we live and move and have our being.” (Acts 17)
“The unsearchable riches of Christ.” (Ephesians 2)
“Fight the good fight of faith: lay hold of eternal life” (1 Timothy 6)
“Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.” (Hebrews 12)
“Behold I stand at the door and knock.” (Revelation 3)