Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 5:1 | For euery hie Priest is taken from among men, and is ordeined for men, in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both giftes and sacrifices for sinnes, |
| 5:2 | Which is able sufficiently to haue compassion on them that are ignorant, and that are out of the way, because that hee also is compassed with infirmitie, |
| 5:3 | And for the sames sake he is bound to offer for sinnes, as well for his own part, as for ye peoples. |
| 5:4 | And no man taketh this honor vnto him selfe, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. |
| 5:5 | So likewise Christ tooke not to him selfe this honour, to be made the hie Priest, but hee that sayd vnto him, Thou art my Sonne, this day begate I thee, gaue it him. |
| 5:6 | As he also in another place speaketh, Thou art a Priest for euer, after ye order of Melchi-sedec. |
| 5:7 | Who in the dayes of his flesh did offer vp prayers and supplications, with strong crying and teares vnto him, that was able to saue him from death, and was also heard in that which he feared. |
| 5:8 | And though he were ye Sonne, yet learned he obedience, by the things which he suffered. |
| 5:9 | And being consecrate, was made the authour of eternall saluation vnto all them that obey him: |
| 5:10 | And is called of God an hie Priest after the order of Melchi-sedec. |
| 5:11 | Of whome we haue many things to say, which are hard to be vttered, because ye are dull of hearing. |
| 5:12 | For when as concerning ye time ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye neede againe that we teach you what are the first principles of the worde of God: and are become such as haue neede of milke, and not of strong meate. |
| 5:13 | For euery one that vseth milke, is inexpert in the worde of righteousnes: for he is a babe. |
| 5:14 | But strong meate belongeth to them that are of age, which through long custome haue their wits exercised, to discerne both good and euill. |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
This version is significant because, it came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids, which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features, all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.