William Tyndale Complete Video

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:01]This is 16th century England. With me is William Tinale, a great church father.

[00:00:10]>> The Roman Catholic Church has now banned the translation of the Bible into English.

[00:00:19]for William Tindale.

[00:00:32]William forum.

[00:01:13]William King James version.

[00:01:54]Born in England in 1494, Tinddale was a brilliant scholar, mastering Hebrew and Greek at Oxford and Cambridge. But more than scholarship, he carried a burning conviction that the scriptures should not remain locked away in Latin. He declared, "If God spares my life, I will cause the boy that drives the plow to know more of the scripture than the Pope himself."

[00:02:23]Every door in England was slammed shut against him. The church opposed him. The crown outlawed him. So Tindale fled to Europe. There, in secret workshops, presses clattered through the night.

[00:02:39]Copies of the English New Testament were smuggled across the channel, hidden in sacks of grain and bales of cloth. In England, men and women huddled in candle lit rooms, weeping with joy as they held the word of God in their own tongue. But the cost was heavy. In 1535 near Antworp, he was betrayed by a false friend, dragged into prison, tried for heresy, and condemned to die. On October 6th, 1536, tied to a stake, he prayed aloud, "Lord, open the king of England's eyes."

[00:03:23]Then the fire consumed him. The man who gave us the English Bible paid with his blood. God answered his prayer. Just 3 years later, the King of England authorized the Great Bible for every parish. Tinddale's words formed the backbone of the King James Bible. Nearly 90% of its New Testament is his translation.

[00:03:51]From that day forward, the English Bible spread across the world. Today, every English translation bears Tinddale's fingerprints. The prophet Isaiah wrote, "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God shall stand forever."

[00:04:13]William Tinddale gave his life to place that word in our hands. Will we treasure it as dearly as he did?