I defy the Pope and all his laws. If God spare my life, ere many years, I will cause a boy that driveth the plow to know more of the Scriptures than thou dost.
William Tyndale, (1494-1536) produced the first English translation of the Bible. It is said that 83% of the King James Version was from his version. He was strangled to death and burned at the stake for the charge of “heresy”.
Celebrating the 400 year influence of the King James Bible in culture and history.
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