Bible Martrys

Before teaching the Bible, the church (congregation) should be taught about how we got this Bible in our hands.

This is what happened to those who translated the Bible:John Wycliffe (1383):The Council of Constance declared Wycliffe (on 4 May 1415) a heretic and under the ban of the Church. It was decreed that his books be burned and his remains be exhumed. The exhumation was carried out in 1428 when, at the command of Pope Martin V, his remains were dug up, burned, and the ashes cast into the River Swift, which flows through Lutterworth.

Martin Luther (1522):

The Old Testament was completed in 1534.
It was made a crime for anyone in Germany to give Luther food or shelter. It permitted anyone to kill Luther without legal consequence.

William Tyndale (1530):Tyndale was betrayed by Henry Phillips to the authorities, seized in Antwerp in 1535 and held in the castle of Vilvoorde near Brussels. He was tried on a charge of heresy in 1536 and condemned to death, despite Thomas Cromwell's intercession on his behalf. Tyndale "was strangled to death while tied at the stake, and then his dead body was burned". Tyndale's final words, spoken "at the stake with a fervent zeal, and a loud voice", were reported as "Lord! Open the King of England's eyes."

Within four years, at the same king's behest, four English translations of the Bible were published in England, including Henry's official Great Bible. All were based on Tyndale's work.

Since we are illiterate to this heart breaking history, we never give any regard to the word of God but rather throw it to one corner to be in the dust. If by any chance you see a Bible today, make it a point that you try to read it, at least one verse. If you think watching TV is more important to you, I urge you to please pass it on to your neighbor, perhaps he might be interested to go to Heaven to see God in His presence and to see all these heroes of history.


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