JOB AND ELIPHAZ: SORTING OUT SUFFERING (5 OF 8)
Job and Eliphaz: Sorting out Suffering (5 of 8)
Series: Job
Robert Dawson
Job 4: 2-6
William Tyndale was a 16th century Bible scholar with a passion for making the Scriptures available to the English-speaking masses. He translated the Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek into the language of the everyday person. Because the Church of England did not want the Bible in the hands of the people, King Henry VIII banned Tyndale's translation.
In 1524, Tyndale fled to Belgium to avoid being arrested. In 1535, a little over a decade later Tyndale met a student from England named Henry Philips. This young man said he wanted to learn everything he could about Bible translation, so the two men became close friends. One evening, Tyndale and Philips went out to have dinner at an inn down the street. As they reached the door of the inn, Philips stepped back and let Tyndale enter. As Tyndale stepped through the door, two men seized him - agents of the king of England. Only then did William realize his friend had betrayed him to his enemies.
For 16 months Tyndale was imprisoned in the castle of Vilvorde, Belgium. During his imprisonment, he had conversations with his guard, the guard's daughter, and several others inside the castle, and all of them converted to faith in Jesus Christ. He was tried and condemned to death as a heretic. One October 6,1536, Tyndale was led to the place of execution. His last words, as he was tied to the stake, were, ''Lord! Open the king of England's eyes!'' Then he was strangled to death and his body burned at the stake. Three years after Tyndale's death, God answered his dying prayer. Henry VIII dropped his opposition to a Bible translation for the masses and the Bible published was based almost entirely on Tyndale's translation. (Stedman, p.99)
While that story ends with a sense of victory, it also causes our blood to boil. Betrayal brings a foul odor and stabbing pain into a person's life. Job, a man who had already suffered so ...
Series: Job
Robert Dawson
Job 4: 2-6
William Tyndale was a 16th century Bible scholar with a passion for making the Scriptures available to the English-speaking masses. He translated the Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek into the language of the everyday person. Because the Church of England did not want the Bible in the hands of the people, King Henry VIII banned Tyndale's translation.
In 1524, Tyndale fled to Belgium to avoid being arrested. In 1535, a little over a decade later Tyndale met a student from England named Henry Philips. This young man said he wanted to learn everything he could about Bible translation, so the two men became close friends. One evening, Tyndale and Philips went out to have dinner at an inn down the street. As they reached the door of the inn, Philips stepped back and let Tyndale enter. As Tyndale stepped through the door, two men seized him - agents of the king of England. Only then did William realize his friend had betrayed him to his enemies.
For 16 months Tyndale was imprisoned in the castle of Vilvorde, Belgium. During his imprisonment, he had conversations with his guard, the guard's daughter, and several others inside the castle, and all of them converted to faith in Jesus Christ. He was tried and condemned to death as a heretic. One October 6,1536, Tyndale was led to the place of execution. His last words, as he was tied to the stake, were, ''Lord! Open the king of England's eyes!'' Then he was strangled to death and his body burned at the stake. Three years after Tyndale's death, God answered his dying prayer. Henry VIII dropped his opposition to a Bible translation for the masses and the Bible published was based almost entirely on Tyndale's translation. (Stedman, p.99)
While that story ends with a sense of victory, it also causes our blood to boil. Betrayal brings a foul odor and stabbing pain into a person's life. Job, a man who had already suffered so ...
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