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It is referred to as "The King James Bible" as it was King James 1st who ordered its translation.

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Perhaps you are referring to the 'Authorized Version.'

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Q: Where did the nickname The King James Bible come from?
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Where can i find come as you are in the king James version Bible?

In the King James version the phrase - come as you are - does not appear at all.


Where does your knowlede of Jesus come from?

My knowledge is from the bible, the King James version. And attending bible studies at the church.


Is dismas and Gestas mentioned in the king James Bible?

No those two names are not found in the King James Bible. Those names come from the Gospel of Nicodemus, which is an apocryphal book.


How do you come up for a bible?

You should be able to purchase a King James Version Bible at your local Christian Bookstore.


How many times is come said in the bible?

In the King James version the word - come - appears 1971 times


Is the king James Bible more reliable than the study Bibles?

Study Bibles come in most translations of the Bible, including the King James Version, and are not a translation in themselves. They have notes and information to complement, illuminate, and expand upon the text of the Bible.


What tribe did King Josiah come from in the King James Bible?

King Josiah was a descendent of King David and an ancestor of Jesus Christ - all from the tribe of Judah.


Where did the King James bible come from?

When James 1 succeeded Elizabeth in 1603, there were at least three popular versions of the Bible at that time: The Geneva Bible, the Great Bible and the Bishop's Bible. In October, 1603, he called a conference, to meet in Hampton Court Palace, in the coming January, "for hearing and for the determining things pretended to be amiss in the Church." Out of this began the movement for the version of the English Bible, which became known as the King James Version because King James promoted and authorised it. King James instructed that the new Bible was to follow the text of the existing Bishop's Bible as far as possible.


How many times does the word WORLD come out in the Bible?

The word "world" is in the King James Version of the Bible 287 times. It is in 248 verses.


When did the protestant bible come about?

Well, Martin Luther wrote a New Testament (in German) in 1522. But the first official Bible without the Apocrypha was The "English Revised Version" of the The King James Bible in 1885.


How did the King James Bible come about?

When James I succeeded Elizabeth in 1603, there were at least three popular versions of the Bible used in England at that time: The Geneva Bible, the Great Bible and the Bishop's Bible. He instructed the translators to produce a new Bible, following the ordinary Bible read in the Church, the Bishops' Bible, with as little alteration as the original would permit.


The most influential prose to come out of the seventeenth century?

The most influential prose work to come out of the seventeenth century was the translation of the Bible organized and sponsored by James I and known as the Authorized or King James Version (1611).