Was the KJV the first English Bible? | Rapp Report Daily 006 | Andrew Rappaport | SFE | Striving for Eternity
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- Welcome to the Rapid Bull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. This week we're going to take a look at the
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- King James Version of the Bible. Many people have the false understanding that the
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- King James Version was the only English translation at its time.
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- That's actually not true. You see, in the 14th century, John Wycliffe completed the very first of the
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- English translations of the scriptures. Only to be followed by the work of Coverdale in 1539, when he created what became known as the
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- Great Bible. And followed by the Geneva Bible, one of the most historically significant translations of the
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- Bible into English. It preceded the King James Version by 51 years and was the primary
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- Bible of the 16th century Protestantism. It was used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Bunyan, the author of Pilgrim's Progress.
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- And it was the one that was brought over on the Mayflower. This was the version of the
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- Bible used by many of the English dissenters and the soldiers of Cromwell's in the time of the
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- English Civil War. This was a widely used Bible and the Bible that was accepted at the time before Queen Mary.
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- We're going to look at her in another podcast. The question is, what did the King James Bible originally include?
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- Well, we're going to get into that tomorrow. If you'd like to find out more about English translations, check out our classes on the
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- Striving for Eternity Academy School of Biblical Harmonetics. This podcast is part of the
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- Striving for Eternity ministry. For more content or to request a speaker or seminar to your church, go to strivingforeternity .org.