Bible Translation Timeline 

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  • 1400 B.C.: Ten Commandment tablets given to Moses by God.
  • 500 B.C.: Old Testament Hebrew manuscripts completed.
  • 200 B.C.: Old Testament and Apocrypha Greek manuscripts completed.
  • 100 A.D.: New Testament completed.
  • 382 A.D.: Latin Vulgate manuscripts produced.
  • 1384 A.D.: First complete Bible ever reproduced. By John Wycliffe. A handwritten copy of all 80 books: the 66 old and new testaments, plus apocrypha.
  • 1456 A.D.: First printed Bible, the Gutenberg Bible. It used independently placed characters called movable type, which revolutionized book publishing.
  • 1560 A.D.: The first Bible in English, the Geneva Bible.
  • 1611 A.D.: The first King James Bible, commissioned by King James I of England.
  • 1769 A.D.: The English is edited and updated to reflect the evolving language.
  • 1885 A.D.: Apocrypha was removed, leaving 66 books.
  • 1947 A.D.: Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered which helped validate the accuracy of the Bible.
  • 1982 A.D.: New King James Version published to modernize the English.

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William Tyndale

"God's Outlaw,"
martyred by the Church of Rome for translating the Word of God
into the language of English-speaking people.