Tyndale lived his adult life as a fugitive outrunning both the King and the Church, all in an effort to provide everyone who spoke English access to the words recorded in the Bible. Tyndale gave the ultimate price to stand firm in his belief that everyone should have the right to read the words of God in their own language. If this sounds interesting to you, stay tuned to see why the English Bible you have in your hand (or digitally) costs much more than the price on the cover.

Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:59 The Student
4:20 Journey Away From Acadamy and Church
6:08 Going to Germany
9:25 Henry Phillips
10:14 Dungeon
11:22 Living Legacy

Born in Western Gloucestershire, Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tynsdale, Tindall, Tindill, Tyndall) went to Oxford and excelled in his studies in theology while mastering eight languages and setting himself up as a very respected scholar. But the educational system of the time cared little about Biblical studies and focused more on Catholic procedures and philosophical debates. But with the printing of Erasmus' Greek Bible, Tyndale found his passion, translating the Bible from its original language into the common English tongue. There was only one problem, this was illegal and the Church had no intention of letting him do it.

After trying for years to get the Church to sign off on the translation, he finally fled to Germany to print his translations himself. Constantly on the run, his passion would only grow deeper as after he translated the New Testament Greek into English, he sought to translate the Hebrew Old Testament into English as well. This would, unfortunately, be cut short however as after only getting through roughly half of the Old Testament he was betrayed, arrested, and was burned at the stake, all for simply translating the Bible.

His efforts would not be lost, sadly only a few short months later the King would commission the Bible translated into English and it wouldn't stop from there. Without the work that Tyndale put into crafting the translation into a smooth reading, many of the popular phrases English speaking Christians know today would have never occurred (for a shortlist of phrases watch the "Living Legacy" part of the video above). Knowing the life and trials of Tyndale, Christians are challenged to look at the Bibles they have differently. The English Bible cost the lives of many people, but ultimately their lives live on every time we pick up and read the magnificent and life-saving words of God.

Resources:
-Daniell, David. William Tyndale: a Biography. New Haven: Yale Nota Bene, 2001. (One of the best sources for the full life of Tyndale, if interested in knowing all about Tyndale you must read through this book.)
-   • 22. The Effects of the Reformation an...   (Gives a pretty in-depth look at the life of Tyndale within the scheme of the Reformation movement, he starts talking about Tyndale at 21:00 if that is all you care about)
-William Tyndale YouTube Video:    • Video   .(A Documentary style of video, I'm pretty sure it's linked to the movie that they made since one of the guys played him in that movie)
-   • William Tyndale - John Piper   (John Piper-This is from a talk he did on William Tyndale, this is more similar to a sermon, but it is a great way of seeing how the life of Tyndale challenges the modern Christian today.)