Wednesday in the Word -Lesson 4

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:04] good morning again and welcome to

[0:06] Wednesdays in the word today we're going

[0:08] to be in Psalm 78 verse number one Psalm

[0:12] 78 verse number one we're gonna read

[0:14] down through verse number seven the

[0:16] Bible says give ear o my people

[0:18] to my law incline your ears to the words

[0:22] of my mouth I will open my mouth in the

[0:25] parable I will utter the dark sayings of

[0:28] home which we have heard and known and

[0:30] our fathers have told us we will not

[0:33] hide them from their children showing to

[0:35] the generations to come

[0:37] the praises of the Lord and his strength

[0:40] and his wonderful works that he hath

[0:42] done for he established a testimony in

[0:45] Jacob and appointed a law in Israel

[0:47] which he commanded our fathers that they

[0:50] should make them known to their children

[0:52] that the generations to come

[0:55] might know them even the children which

[0:57] should be born who should arise and

[1:00] declare them to their children that they

[1:02] might set their hope in God and not

[1:05] forget the works of God but keep his

[1:09] Commandments the Word of God is

[1:12] important to pass along to the next

[1:15] generation and the Prophet there are few

[1:19] the psalmist here he describes for us

[1:21] that process of passing it down have you

[1:25] ever wondered how did we arrive from the

[1:28] original languages to our King James

[1:31] Bible so the journey to the 1611 the

[1:34] transmission of the New Testament

[1:36] autographs moved from the New Testament

[1:39] autographs to the Greek vulgate with

[1:43] branches into Latin that the Donatists

[1:46] the Novation's in wold Enzian Jews now

[1:48] those three groups those three names

[1:51] Donatists innovations and wild Indians

[1:53] we're going to talk about them in our

[1:56] next series but for today we just wanted

[1:59] to make mention of them and so they're

[2:01] part of our Baptist heritage those

[2:04] Donatists innovations and wild Indians

[2:06] and so they use the greek Vulgate and

[2:09] part of it into the latin in order to

[2:11] get it from the original New Testament

[2:13] autographs the 2700

[2:17] 60 minuscule manuscripts from the ninth

[2:20] century to the 15th century were used to

[2:24] bring us the Erasmus and Greek text of

[2:28] 1586 or 1516 80s excuse me the first

[2:33] complete English Bible was produced by

[2:36] John Wycliffe in 1380 he finished the

[2:40] New Testament and in 1382 the Old

[2:43] Testament being translated from the

[2:46] Latin Vulgate into the middle English

[2:48] while he was a professor at Oxford so

[2:51] the first thing this is the Wickliffe

[2:53] Bible secondly William Tyndale produced

[2:56] the first printed English Bible in

[2:59] modern English in 1525 AD now between

[3:05] Wickliffe and Tyndale there are some

[3:07] things of note that took place there's

[3:09] three in 1452 a movable type printing

[3:14] was invented so a movable type printing

[3:17] was invented in 1450 to and in 1516 as

[3:22] we mentioned Erasmus produced his Greek

[3:25] New Testament and thirdly the

[3:28] Reformation had begun in 1517 ad

[3:32] now speaking of William Tyndale he was

[3:36] skilled in eight languages I struggled

[3:40] with the English language let alone

[3:42] eight languages but he had a skilled and

[3:45] eight language he was a graduate of

[3:47] Oxford and a student at Cambridge under

[3:50] the influence of Erasmus the New

[3:53] Testament was complete but he did not

[3:55] finish all the Old Testament because of

[3:58] his death Tyndall's last words prayed

[4:01] out loud word Lord open the king of

[4:04] England's eyes Lord opened the king of

[4:09] England's eyes that was his last word

[4:11] said he prayed during his life at

[4:15] Cambridge graduate named Myles Coverdale

[4:18] worked with Tyndale and in 1535 eighty

[4:22] produced his first complete printed

[4:26] English Bible now he was not a

[4:29] translator but an

[4:31] editor he had revised Tyndale's work

[4:34] being compared to the German and Latin

[4:36] versions the Matthews Bible was the

[4:40] completed Tyndale version the Matthews

[4:43] Bible now John Rogers our friend and an

[4:46] assistant of Tyndale he had received

[4:49] manuscripts from him before his death

[4:51] and he took the pen name Thomas Matthew

[4:56] to enhance the acceptance of the

[4:58] translation he became the first martyr

[5:02] under Queen Mary think about that

[5:05] someone who translated the Word of God

[5:07] was martyred for him in 1538 AD Thomas

[5:12] Cromwell and Archbishop Cranmer

[5:15] persuaded King Henry the 8th to

[5:19] authorize a new translation the

[5:22] translator was Myles Coverdale who

[5:25] compared the Matthews Bible with the

[5:27] Latin Vulgate

[5:28] he was told not to use Tyndale's work

[5:31] but to you but the Matthews Bible was

[5:35] Tyndall's work they said you can't use

[5:38] Tyndall's work but you can use the

[5:39] Matthews Bible not knowing that the

[5:42] Matthews Bible was actually Tyndall's

[5:44] work that had been preserved for us so

[5:50] they used the Matthews Bible it was

[5:53] printed in 1539 ad and it was called the

[5:57] great Bible because of its large size

[6:00] now a normal piece of paper that we use

[6:03] for our printers and different things

[6:05] our notebook paper is 8 and a half by 11

[6:09] you've seen those before 8 and a half by

[6:11] 11 do you know why the great Bible is

[6:14] called the great Bible it's because of

[6:17] its size they didn't use eight and a

[6:19] half by eleven pieces of paper they use

[6:22] 16 and a half by eleven twice the size

[6:28] twice as wide of a page can you imagine

[6:31] not just an eighth inch but a sixteen

[6:34] inch and a half page in the 1560 though

[6:38] after the great Bible the Geneva Bible

[6:41] was produced now it was the first Bible

[6:44] translated in

[6:45] tirely out of the original languages so

[6:50] not with the latin not from another

[6:52] man's word Tyndall's work or covered

[6:54] elsewhere but translated directly out of

[6:58] the original languages this Bible was

[7:01] produced by Miles Coverdale theodore

[7:04] beza and john knox this was dedicated to

[7:08] Queen Elizabeth the first

[7:09] now this Geneva Bible this was the

[7:12] Bible's that the pilgrims apparently

[7:15] brought on the Mayflower to America so

[7:18] the first Bible to come to America was

[7:21] the Geneva Bible and in 1563 ad the

[7:25] Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker

[7:28] initiated a revision of the great Bible

[7:32] 15 men mostly bishops produced this

[7:35] translation which was more Episcopalian

[7:38] than Puritan like the Geneva Bible this

[7:42] was called the bishops Bible which Appy

[7:45] and it appeared in 1568 although also in

[7:49] 1568 the first Roman Catholic English

[7:53] Bible was translated it was called the

[7:56] Reims to a Bible from the Latin Vulgate

[8:00] now in 1603 we're introduced to King

[8:04] James the first and by 1611 a new Bible

[8:07] was translated from the Hebrew Masoretic

[8:10] and the Texas Receptus the proposal for

[8:14] the authorized King James Version of the

[8:16] Bible

[8:17] began in 1603 when King James the sixth

[8:22] of Scotland became King James the first

[8:25] of England now while in route to England

[8:28] the millinery petition signed by

[8:31] approximately 1000 Puritan clergy called

[8:36] upon the King to allow certain changes

[8:39] in church government and services now a

[8:42] meeting was scheduled by King James the

[8:44] first and held at the Hampton Court in

[8:47] London

[8:48] January 14th through the 18th 1604 ad

[8:53] now there were four Puritans chosen by

[8:57] the king and

[8:58] 19 from the church dr. john reynolds the

[9:02] president of corpus christi college

[9:04] oxford was a representative of the

[9:07] Puritans now the Puritans were not

[9:12] admitted into the sessions until the

[9:14] second day Reynolds made a suggestion on

[9:17] the second day that a new translation of

[9:20] the Bible was needed that would be

[9:22] acceptable to all factions of the church

[9:25] two different versions were that were

[9:30] previously spoken of were in circulation

[9:31] at the time with the loyal following for

[9:35] each one the two authorized versions of

[9:38] the Church of English were the bishops

[9:39] and the great Bible they were favored by

[9:43] the clergy now the laity the people they

[9:47] clung to the great Bible but the janilla

[9:50] the Geneva Bible was the favorite of the

[9:53] masses of English men as well as the

[9:56] Puritan leaders in the Church of England

[9:58] now the Geneva Bible was not authorized

[10:02] by the church now the king was flattered

[10:05] by the suggestion and Men plans to see

[10:08] what would happen so in February 1604 ad

[10:12] he declared that the work was to be done

[10:15] by the best learned in the Universities

[10:18] he gave rules for what was to be done

[10:20] and how along with the Archbishop of

[10:23] Canterbury Richard Bancroft rules for

[10:26] translation on July 22nd 1604 a.d the

[10:31] king of now said he had chosen 54 men to

[10:36] translate the new bible only 47 accepted

[10:40] and worked on the translation the work

[10:43] began in 1607 18 the King had 40 unbound

[10:47] folio copies of the British Bible excuse

[10:51] me the bishops Bible in 1602 editions

[10:55] sent two translators early translations

[10:58] were also used the men were divided into

[11:01] six panels to at Westminister to Oxford

[11:05] and to at Cambridge the groups were

[11:08] divided into Old Testament and New

[11:10] Testament translator

[11:12] each person made his own translation

[11:15] that compared it to others this was done

[11:18] until the completion after each group

[11:21] had completed their work it came before

[11:24] a select committee of 12 men - from each

[11:28] group in 1609 this group met for nine

[11:32] months at stationers Hall in London

[11:36] after verification and editing by Bishop

[11:39] Thomas Bilson and Miles Smith it was

[11:42] sent to the royal printer Robert Baker

[11:45] excuse me

[11:47] Barker not Baker I don't know why I said

[11:49] Baker the new Bible was a beautiful

[11:52] black leather folio edition printed on

[11:55] the most expensive rag paper the Bible

[11:59] measured 16 by 10 and a half inches and

[12:02] was larger than the great Bible and

[12:05] similar in appearance to the bishops

[12:08] Bible two editions were published that

[12:11] first year Myles Smith in his book the

[12:15] translator to the readers wrote zeal to

[12:19] promote the common good whether it be by

[12:22] devising anything ourselves or revising

[12:25] that which has been labored by others

[12:28] deserve with certainty much respect and

[12:32] esteem well yet find it but cold

[12:35] entertainment in the world it is as

[12:38] welcomed with suspicion instead of love

[12:41] and with emulation jealousy instead of

[12:45] things and if there be any hole left for

[12:48] the Cavill the criticism to enter and a

[12:52] Cavill if it does not find a hole will

[12:54] make one it is sure to be misconstrued

[12:57] and endanger to be condemned

[13:00] thus in May of 1611 the King James folio

[13:05] was completed and in 1613 the first King

[13:10] James cart or hand-sized Bible was

[13:13] printed that's the journey from the

[13:18] original languages into the English now

[13:21] if you picked up a copy of a 1611 Bible

[13:24] today

[13:25] it'd be a little difficult to read

[13:27] there's some trends there's some English

[13:31] differences from what we speak of today

[13:34] and the way they spoke thin very much in

[13:37] the time of success that was a very

[13:39] audible language not as many written to

[13:42] find moments and so if you're ever

[13:45] curious stop by my office I've got one

[13:48] on the Shelf a reprint of an original

[13:51] 1611 and so I'll let you read it you may

[13:56] stumble along and you may have some

[13:58] words that you don't fully understand

[14:01] but the Bible that we hold in our hands

[14:04] today has been preserved for us now

[14:07] after 1611 there were revisions made

[14:11] primarily punctuation spelling changes

[14:15] until we arrived at the Bible that we

[14:18] hold today so that's the journey from

[14:22] the original language to the English

[14:24] Bible that you hold today so thankful

[14:28] for how God preserved his word now that

[14:31] preservation is not just the ink on the

[14:35] pages the preservation deals also with

[14:38] the thoughts that were preserved for us

[14:42] the meaning of the verses and next time

[14:46] we'll dive into what it means to have

[14:51] preservation of Scripture and what how

[14:55] important that is to know that in your

[14:58] hand you hold the preserved Word of God

[15:03] thanks for tuning in today to those

[15:06] Wednesday's in the word we look forward

[15:08] to seeing you next time again in the

[15:11] description below is the notes links to

[15:14] get the notes for this section and a lot

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[15:26] because people need to know about the

[15:28] journey of their 1611 King James Bible

[15:31] thanks again for tuning in we hope to

[15:33] see you tonight in church have a blessed

[15:36] blessed day