Understanding The Scriptures

[readywriter]

“It shall greatly help ye to understand the Scriptures
if thou mark not only what is spoken or written,
but of whom and to whom,
with what words,
at what time,
where,
to what intent,
with what circumstances,
considering what goeth before
and what followeth after. ”
(Miles Coverdale)

Hello there,

The words of Miles Coverdale (above) is a good tool to use when reading the Bible.

Miles Coverdale lived from 1488 to 1569, and was an English ecclesiastical reformer chiefly known as a Bible translator, preacher and, briefly, Bishop of Exeter from 1551 to 1553. He produced the first complete printed translation of the Bible into English in 1535.

Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris

 

[d taylor]

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Here is another one from David L. Cooper

When the plain sense of scripture makes common sense, seek no other sense; therefore, take every word at its primary, ordinary, usual, literal meaning unless the facts of the immediate context, studied in the light of related passages and axiomatic and fundamental truths indicate clearly otherwise.

 

[Stone-n-Steel]

Excellent quote that few take to heart when they open the book. Do you happen to know where I can get a digitized copy of the MCB that I can import into my Accordance app?

 

[apollosdtr]

“It shall greatly help ye to understand the Scriptures
if thou mark not only what is spoken or written,
but of whom and to whom,
with what words,
at what time,
where,
to what intent,
with what circumstances,
considering what goeth before
and what followeth after. ”
(Miles Coverdale)

Hello there,

The words of Miles Coverdale (above) is a good tool to use when reading the Bible.

Miles Coverdale lived from 1488 to 1569, and was an English ecclesiastical reformer chiefly known as a Bible translator, preacher and, briefly, Bishop of Exeter from 1551 to 1553. He produced the first complete printed translation of the Bible into English in 1535.

Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris

Agreed. Audience and Context are vital. Too many people pick up a verse they like and apply it to... remarkably different people.

The background of the Coverdale Bible:

"In previous videos, we have seen that the Wycliffe Bible was the first major attempt to translate the Bible into English. For doing so, Wycliffe was declared a heretic; his body has exhumed; his ashes scattered; and he was condemned by the Catholic Church for allowing ordinary people to read the Bible for themselves. More than a century later, William Tyndale made another attempt to translate the Bible into English. He, too, was declared a heretic. He was strangled to death and his body burned at the stake.

But prior to his arrest in 1535, and subsequently being tortured and killed in 1536, Tyndale had made good progress in translating the Bible. He was helped by associates who shared his vision of bringing God's Word to the common people. By the time of Tyndale's death, he had translated the entire New Testament, the whole of the Pentateuch, and the Book of Jonah in the Old Testament. But eager Bible students were waiting for more. They would not be disappointed.

Following Tyndale's arrest, his work was continued to completion by Myles Coverdale (also spelt Miles Coverdale)."
Myles Coverdale's 1535 Bible translation
{NOTE: I do not subscribe to their beliefs, en masse.}

This link's website says Wycliffe's Bible was a translation of the Vulgate Latin, which is called a translation by Jerome of older Latin Bibles.

 

[apollosdtr]

Excellent quote that few take to heart when they open the book. Do you happen to know where I can get a digitized copy of the MCB that I can import into my Accordance app?

"This is the first Authorized Version of the English Bible. This was published under King Henry VIII. This version of the Bible was produced by Myles Coverdale working under Sir Thomas Cromwell."
Giving You Holy Bibles The Way They Were Originally Printed

The above link is a goldmine of Bible PDFs. They have the manuscripts from which the Septuagint must have been created, and they have Beza, too.

 

[Stone-n-Steel]

The above link is a goldmine of Bible PDFs. They have the manuscripts from which the Septuagint must have been created, and they have Beza, too

Thank You