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The first English translation of The Bible was done by John Wycliffe around 1380 AD.

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Who was executed because he translated the bible into English?

William Tyndale translated the first English Bible. On October 6 1536 he was executed at Vilvorde, Belgium.


When was the Bible translated into English for the first time?

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When was the Bible translated to English?

The first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts were produced in the 1380's by John Wycliffe. It was translated from the Latin Vulgate.


Who is the saint and church father who translated the bible?

John Wycliff was the first man who translated the whole Bible into English in the 14th century. However, The Venerable Bede was the first man to translate portions of the Scriptures into English in the 7th century. (see Wickipedia - English Translations of the Bible)


Who first translated the bible from Hebrew to English?

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What is the name of the Bible that is a translation from Hebrew to English?

All English copies of the Hebrew Scriptures are translated from Hebrew to English. These books are always called The Hebrew Bible (or the Tanakh, תנ״ך)Christians refer to these books as "The Old Testament"


Why is Tyndale credited with writing the first English bible when Wycliffe started the translation years before?

Wycliffe translated it into Latin, but Tyndale translated it into English.


Did King Henry VIII allow the Bible to be translated into English?

Whether Protestant or Catholic, it's good he allowed the Bible to be translated into English. He was the first Monarch to do this.


Why was the bible translated to English?

The Bible was translated into English so that people who do not speak the original documents' languages could read it. It was originally translated into English in the 1380s, by John Wycliffe.


How many times has the Bible been translated?

The Bible has been translated into about 5000 modern languages, plus many more other languages down through the centuries that are not used now. The Bible has been translated into English about 80 times since John Wycliff's first English translation.


What languages was the Bible translated into?

when the bible was first translated it was when elizebeth was queen and was trying to find a middle way between prostastents and chatholicism (both religions are christian) sher translated the bible from latin to English and now has probaly been translated into lots more lauguages.


Who translated the bible to einlish?

The Bible was originally translated from the original Greek and from the Latin Vulgate to English by John Wycliffe. However, modern English differs greatly from Old English, and thus the first project to translate the Bible into English that best resembles modern English was commissioned by King James, and the result was the King James Version.