066 | Celebrate Tyndale and His Translation

Hey Fellow Dads,

This year marks the 500th anniversary since William Tyndale began publishing the first edition of his translation of the New Testament into English. Why should we celebrate William Tyndale and his 1525 English New Testament? In this episode, I want to pass along seven reasons we should become familiar with Tyndale, emulate his character, and appreciate his translation of the New Testament.

—Nathan

Why we should become familiar with William Tyndale, emulate his character, and appreciate his translation of the New Testament:

1. Tyndale was converted to Christ through the scripture itself.
2. His translation was the first of its kind.
3. Tyndale worked from the purest of motives.
4. Tyndale’s life overflowed with character qualities worth emulating.
5. Tyndale influenced the English language itself.
6. Tyndale sealed his testimony with his blood.
7. Tyndale exhibited a Christ-like attitude.

More Info

• https://www.textusreceptusbibles.com
• Five “sola” pillars of the Reformation
  • sola scriptura (the Bible alone is sufficient)
  • sola fide (by faith alone)
  • sola gratiae (by grace alone)
  • solus Christus (in Christ alone)
  • soli Deo gloria (glory to God alone)
• William Tyndale was born in the early 1490s.
• “Tyndale” rhymes with “spindle.”
• Desiderius Erasmus published his Greek New Testament (later termed the “Textus Receptus”) in 1516.
• Tyndale left England in 1524, never to see his homeland again.
• In 1526, Tyndale completed the first edition of the New Testament in English.
• In 1528, Tyndale published The Parable of the Wicked Mammon and The Obedience of a Christian Man.
• London is located 745 miles north of New York City.
• Tyndale was kept in the Vilvoorde Castle, in Belgium, and martyred by strangling and burning at the stake outside its walls on October 6, 1536.
• Some words Tyndale introduce into the English language via his Translation of Scripture or other writings:
  Agreeing, brotherly, castaway, divider, fisherman, holy place, intercession, long-suffering, network, open door, passover, peace offering, zealous, allegorical, clear-eyed, impure, satisfactory, thanksgiving
  (For a fuller list, see Tyndale, by David Teems, Appendix B)

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