Portrait of William Tyndale
Reformation

William Tyndale

c. 1494 – 1536 · England

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

Psalm 119:105 (KJV)

Convinced ordinary people deserved Scripture in their own tongue, Tyndale translated the New Testament into English against the law of his day. Betrayed and strangled at the stake, his translation shaped the King James Bible and the English language itself.

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