Friday, August 8, 2008

Tyndale on Understanding the Scriptures

Here's a great quote from the martyred William Tyndale, found in a brief history of the Bible in English, a history marked by the desire to have a Bible in the common language of the people:

"William Tyndale fought and died for the right to print the Bible in the common, spoken, modern English tongue of his day… as he boldly told one official who criticized his efforts, 'If God spare my life, I will see to it that the boy who drives the plowshare knows more of the scripture than you, Sir!'"

Given the reading ability of today's schoolchildren, the KJV, however....

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