The first written Word of God: The Ten Commandments delivered to Moses.
500 BCE
Completion of All Original Hebrew Manuscripts which make up The 39 Books of the Old Testament.
200 BCE
Completion of the Septuagint Greek Manuscripts which contain The 39 Old Testament Books AND 14 Apocrypha Books.
100
Completion of All Original Greek Manuscripts which make up The 27 Books of the New Testament.
315
Athenasius, the Bishop of Alexandria, identifies the 27 books of the New Testament which are today recognized as the canon of scripture.
382
Jerome's Latin Vulgate Manuscripts Produced which contain All 80 Books (39 Old Test. + 14 Apocrypha + 27 New Test).
500
Scriptures have been Translated into Over 500 Languages
600
LATIN was the Only Language Allowed for Scripture.
995
Anglo-Saxon (Early Roots of English Language) Translations of The New Testament Produced.
1384
Wycliffe is the First Person to Produce a (Hand-Written) manuscript Copy of the Complete Bible; All 80 Books.
1455
Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press; Books May Now be mass-Produced Instead of Individually Hand-Written. The First Book Ever Printed is Gutenberg's Bible in Latin.
1516
Erasmus Produces a Greek/Latin Parallel New Testament
1522
Martin Luther's German New Testament.
1526
William Tyndale's New Testament; The First New Testament printed in the English Language.
1535
Myles Coverdale's Bible; The First Complete Bible printed in the English Language (80 Books: O.T. & N.T. & Apocrypha).
1537
Tyndale-Matthews Bible; The Second Complete Bible printed in English. Done by John "Thomas Matthew" Rogers (80 Books).
1539
The "Great Bible" Printed; The First English Language Bible Authorized for Public Use (80 Books).
1560
The Geneva Bible Printed; The First English Language Bible to add Numbered Verses to Each Chapter (80 Books).
1568
The Bishops Bible Printed; The Bible of which the King James was a Revision (80 Books).
The Douay Old Testament is added to the Rheims New Testament (of 1582) Making the First Complete English Catholic Bible; Translated from the Latin Vulgate (80 Books).
The King James Bible Printed; Originally with All 80 Books. The Apocrypha was Officially Removed in 1885 Leaving Only 66 Books
Robert Aitken's Bible; The First English Language Bible (KJV) Printed in America.
Isaac Collins and Isaiah Thomas Respectively Produce the First Family Bible and First Illustrated Bible Printed in America. Both were King James Versions, with All 80 Books.
Jane Aitken's Bible (Daughter of Robert Aitken); The First Bible to be Printed by a Woman.
Noah Webster's Bible; After Producing his Famous Dictionary, Webster Printed his Own Revision of the King James Bible.
English Hexapla New Testament; an Early Textual Comparison showing the Greek and 6 Famous English Translations in Parallel Columns.
The Illuminated Bible; The Most Lavishly Illustrated Bible printed in America. A King James Version, with All 80 Books.
The "English Revised Version" Bible; The First Major English Revision of the KJV.
The "American Standard Version"; The First Major American Revision of the KJV
The "New American Standard Bible" (NASB) is Published as a "Modern and Accurate Word for Word English Translation" of the Bible.
The "New International Version" (NIV) is Published as a "Modern and Accurate Phrase for Phrase English Translation" of the Bible.
The "New King James Version" (NKJV) is Published as a "Modern English Version Maintaining the Original Style of the King James."
The English Standard Version (ESV) is Published as a translation to bridge the gap between the accuracy of the NASB and the readability of the NIV.
