Inspire

If you’ve ever read the Bible in English, you’re reading something William Tyndale gave his life to make possible.

Tyndale was educated at Oxford and Cambridge, and spoke seven languages. He could have done anything. He chose to translate the New Testament into English so that “a boy that drives the plough” would know the Scriptures.
In his day, it was illegal. It cost him his life. His final prayer was, “Lord! Open the King of England’s eyes.”
Three years later, his prayer was answered. Under King Henry VIII, the Bible was authorized in English – built largely on Tyndale’s work.

The words he gave us are still referenced today:
“Let there be light.”
“A still small voice.”
“The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
“My brother’s keeper.”

We walk guests right up to a 1552 print of his Bible on the fourth floor of Museum of the Bible. Come see what many have died to preserve and gain a new appreciation for the English Bible.