The King’s The King’s EnglishEnglish

The skin of my teeth

Suffer fools gladly

Turn the

my wits

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endin the twinkling of an eye

Born again

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er

cheek

No rest for the wicked

The extra mile

Am I my brother’s keeper?

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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)