Bible translations2

History of Bible Translation

  • First translation of the Bible
    280 BCE

    First translation of the Bible

    The Old Testament is translated in Egypt from Hebrew into Greek.
  • The Bible is translated into Latin
    381

    The Bible is translated into Latin

    Saint Jerome makes the first understandable translation of the Bible using vulgar Latin.
  • Nestorian steel
    635

    Nestorian steel

    Christians traveled from Siria and arrived in Xi'an, China, to record on a limestone block called Nestorian steel, first translation to Chinese.
  • Gospel of John
    735

    Gospel of John

    An England monk completes his translation of the Gospel of John from Latin to English.
  • Slavic languages
    862

    Slavic languages

    Constantine and Methodius develop an alphabet for Slavic languages.
  • English version
    1380

    English version

    John Wycliffe translates the Bible into English using Latin Vulgate.
  • The invention of the printing press
    1450

    The invention of the printing press

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which revolutionizes communication, literacy and scripture access and publishes the Latin Bible in Mainz, Germany.
  • The printed Bible
    1525

    The printed Bible

    William Tyndale translated the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into English and that's printed in Gutenberg's printing press.
  • German Bible
    1534

    German Bible

    Martin Luther completes his translation of scripture into the German language and it's published lively thanks to the printing press.
  • 1536

    William Tyndale dies

  • The Geneva Bible
    1560

    The Geneva Bible

    The Bible written by Shakespeare, Milton, and Dunn is published which contains illustrations.
  • King James

    King James

    King James authorizes a new translation of the Bible into English.
  • Indian Bible

    Indian Bible

    William Carey (father of modern missions) moves to India and translates the entire Bible into Bengali, Sanskrit, and Marathi.
  • Korean Bible

    Korean Bible

    Missionaries there decide to use Korean terms instead of borrowed one's God.
  • The Bible for everyone

    The Bible for everyone

    Kamryn Townsend creates SIL to train people to serve in minority language communities.
  • New testament is finished

    New testament is finished