In 1611, the King James Version of the Bible was produced— the combined masterwork of 47 scholars. However, by the time of his martyrdom in 1536, William Tyndale had translated the entire New Testament from Greek to English, along with portions of the Old Testament— alone. Only his untimely death prevented him from finishing the entire Bible. You won’t want to miss the tale of Tyndale’s life of tenacious service, with the intrigue and betrayal that eventually brought him to a fiery execution. Even in the 21st century, we still owe a great deal to this godly and extraordinary English scholar.

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