Tag Archives: John Wycliffe and the Modern Wycliffe Translation

When I was raising support to return to Chad, I came across John Wycliffe’s translation of the Bible into Middle Ages English… and fell in love.  It’s full of castles, knights and other imagery from Medieval England.  However, the English used in the translation is not at all what we speak today.  Most people would find it difficult to understand.

The director of support warned me that I wasn’t raising support fast enough.  If something didn’t change fast, I would not be allowed to go back.

That’s when I believe God gave me the idea to bring Wycliffe’s Bible into Modern English, as a means to raise funds for the ministry to continue.

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My struggle to return to the Sahara

The story of this Bible translation began with a struggle I was facing in Chad, in 2007.

Just two of the reasons why we willing struggle to serve in the Sahara DesertWe had just joined a new mission agency.

The budget I was asked to raise from churches was double what it had been.

Our previous supporters easily got on board to support us.

However, I was having a difficult time asking new churches of New England to support us as well. They were already supporting as many missionaries as their budget could afford.

And these pastors were struggling to make ends meet themselves. (more…)

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The Missing Bible Verses

Below is a list of the Bible verses missing from most modern translations of the Bible.

They aren’t missing from Wycliffe’s Bible.  Or from Luther’s Bible.  Or from Tyndale’s Bible, or the Geneva Bible.  We can find them in the King James Version of 1611 and the New King James Version.

Textual Criticism

Wescott & Hort's Greek New TestamentThey disappeared around 1881, when Westcott and Hort developed a new source text for New Testament Bible translation called The New Testament in the Original Greek. 

Since then, the study of textual criticism of the Bible has been popular with theologians.

If my understanding is correct, proponents of Textual Criticism believe that they can discern words from the original Books of the New Testament by applying man-made rules by committee to ancient biblical manuscripts.

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