Textus Receptus Bibles
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 16:1 | And whanne the sabat was passid, Marie Maudeleyne, and Marie of James, and Salomee bouyten swete smellynge oynementis, to come and to anoynte Jhesu. |
| 16:2 | And ful eerli in oon of the woke daies, thei camen to the sepulcre, whanne the sunne was risun. |
| 16:3 | And thei seiden togidere, Who schal meue awey to vs the stoon fro the dore of the sepulcre? |
| 16:4 | And thei bihelden, and seien the stoon walewid awei, for it was ful greet. |
| 16:5 | And thei yeden in to the sepulcre, and sayn a yonglyng, hilide with a white stole, sittynge `at the riythalf; and thei weren afeerd. |
| 16:6 | Which seith to hem, Nyle ye drede; ye seken Jhesu of Nazareth crucified; he is risun, he is not here; lo! the place where thei leiden hym. |
| 16:7 | But go ye, and seie ye to hise disciplis, and to Petir, that he schal go bifor you in to Galilee; there ye schulen se hym, as he seide to you. |
| 16:8 | And thei yeden out, and fledden fro the sepulcre; for drede and quakyng had assailed hem, and to no man thei seiden ony thing, for thei dredden. |
| 16:9 | And Jhesus roos eerli the firste dai of the woke, and apperid firste to Marie Maudeleyne, fro whom he had caste out seuene deuelis. |
| 16:10 | And sche yede, and tolde to hem that hadden ben with hym, whiche weren weilynge and wepynge. |
| 16:11 | And thei herynge that he lyuyde, and was seyn of hir, bileueden not. |
| 16:12 | But after these thingis whanne tweyne of hem wandriden, he was schewid in anothir liknesse to hem goynge in to a toun. |
| 16:13 | And thei yeden, and telden to the othir, and nether thei bileueden to hem. |
| 16:14 | But `at the laste, whanne the enleuene disciplis saten at the mete, Jhesus apperide to hem, and repreuede the vnbileue of hem, and the hardnesse of herte, for thei bileueden not to hem, that hadden seyn that he was risun fro deeth. |
| 16:15 | And he seide to hem, Go ye in to al the world, and preche the gospel to eche creature. |
| 16:16 | Who that bileueth, and is baptisid, schal be saaf; but he that bileueth not, schal be dampned. |
| 16:17 | And these tokenes schulen sue hem, that bileuen. In my name thei schulen caste out feendis; thei schulen speke with newe tungis; |
| 16:18 | thei schulen do awei serpentis; and if thei drynke ony venym, it schal not noye hem. Thei schulen sette her hondis on sijk men, and thei schulen wexe hoole. |
| 16:19 | And the Lord Jhesu, aftir he hadde spokun to hem, was takun vp in to heuene, and he sittith on the riythalf of God. |
| 16:20 | And thei yeden forth, and prechiden euery where, for the Lord wrouyte with hem, and confermyde the word with signes folewynge. |
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
The Wycliffe Bible is the only Bible here that was not translated from the Textus Receptus. Its inclusion here is for the Bible's historic value and for comparison in the English language.
John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor produced the first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts in the 1380's. While it is doubtful Wycliffe himself translated the versions that bear his name, he certainly can be considered the driving force behind the project. He strongly believed in having the scriptures available to the people.
Wycliffe, was well-known throughout Europe for his opposition to the teaching of the organized Church, which he believed to be contrary to the Bible. With the help of his followers (called Lollards), Wycliffe produced dozens of English language manuscript copies of the scriptures. They were translated out of the Latin Vulgate, which was the only source text available to Wycliffe. The Pope was so infuriated by his teachings and his translation of the Bible into English, that 44 years after Wycliffe died, he ordered the bones to be dug-up, crushed, and scattered in the river.