Updated American Standard Version
Giving Bible readers what God said not what translators think God meant
Tyndale’s 1526 New Testament gave English speakers a clear, faithful gospel text and reshaped Bible reading, preaching, and English itself.
Before Tyndale, England lived under Latin ritual and law, yet longed for Scripture in English. Hunger for God’s Word set the stage for a nation transformed.
Wycliffe insists that Scripture belongs to all believers, calling for English preaching, parish Bibles, and the first complete English translation.
Fourteenth-century England lived under fear, superstition, and clerical control, with the Bible locked away from the people who needed it most.
Discover why Tyndale's quest for an English Bible was seen as radical. Explore the impact of his groundbreaking vision.
On the Bible translation scene, advocates of colloquial English Bible translations regularly and rigorously debunk the King James Version. In turn, it has become common for these debunkers to attempt to drive a wedge between the King James Version and William Tyndale’s translation work nearly a century earlier.
