News Release: Abbott ePublishing Publishes First Five Chapters of Each Tyndale21 Version Bible Book Online

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Abbott ePublishing has published online the first five chapters of each completed book of the New Testament they have completed in their groundbreaking Tyndale21 Version.

The Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the New Testament Gospels, which was released July 1, 2011, is an updated, modern English version of the first printed English Gospels translated by William Tyndale in 1526.

It is the first stage of a planned full New Testament revision of Tyndale’s 16th Century New Testament translation.

Now, Abbott ePublishing publisher and owner Stephen Abbott says the company has decided to release work on the second phase of the project as it’s completed on its website at http://www.abbottepub.com/tyndale21first5.html

“Due to overwhelming interest in this project, we’ve decided to release a large part of the revision project to the public at the time the other books of the New Testament are completed,” said Abbott, who is overseeing the revision process. “The first five chapters of each book will be published online.”

For many of the Letters of Paul and the General Letters, that means entire books of the New Testament are now posted online free of charge.

Completed books include the Four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as well as, in their entirety, the Pauline Letters to Titus and to Philemon and the General Letters of James, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude.

The electronic book containing the full four Gospels is being sold for $2.99 on the company’s website, www.abbottepub.com/tyndale21gospels.html in Adobe Portable Document (.pdf) format, which can be loaded onto most e-reader devices such as the Amazon Kindle and Microsoft’s iPad.

Abbott ePublishing was launched in 2009 as a New England-based publisher of original, affordable electronic books. They can be found online at http://www.abbottepub.com.

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3 John 1:11 in the AeP Tyndale21 Version

"Dearly loved ones, do not imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is from God, but he who does evil has not seen God."


3 John 1:11 in the AeP Tyndale21 Version

Luke 2:25-35 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

And, Look, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon. And the same man was just and feared God and longed for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was in him. And an answer was given to him by the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by inspiration into the temple, and when the father and mother brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 


Then took he him up in his arms, blessed God, and said, Lord, now let your servant depart in peace, according to your promise, For my eyes have seen the salvation sent from you, Which you have prepared before the face of all people; A light to enlighten the Gentiles, and the glory of your people, Israel. And Joseph and his mother were amazed at these things which were spoken of him. 


And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Look, this child will be the fall and resurrection of many in Israel, and a sign who will be spoken against. And further, a sword will pass through your own soul also, so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.


Luke 2:25-35 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

Luke 4:16-21 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and, as was his custom, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all those who were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say to them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.


Luke 4:16-21 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version

John 14:1-3 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

And he said to his disciples, Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God and believe in me. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not the case, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be, too.

- John 14:1-3 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

James 1:4-8 in the AeP Tyndale21 Version

"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who gives to all men indifferently (and does not throw it back in their faces) and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, and not doubt or waver. Because he who doubts is like the waves of the sea, tossed by the wind and carried with violence. Neither let that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord. A wavering-minded man is unstable in all his ways." 


- James 1:5-8 in the AeP Tyndale21 Version. The Gospels are currently on sale at Abbott ePublishing. 


The full book of James is available on the AeP T21 Project Page.

Matthew 6:22-24 in the AeP Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

"The lamp of the body is your eye. So if your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is wicked, then all of your body will be fill of darkness. So if the light that is in you is darkness, how big is that darkness! No man can serve two masters, because either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will cling to the one, and hate the other. You cannot serve God and riches." 


 - Matthew 6:22-24 in the AeP Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

Luke 24:28-31 in the AeP Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

"And they drew close to the town to which they went. And he acted like he would have gone further. But they urged him, saying, Stay with us, because it is close to night, and the day has almost passed. And he went in to stay with them. And it happened, that as he sat at dinner with them, he took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him. And he vanished out of their sight.” Luke 24:28-31 in the AeP Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

An Introduction to Abbott ePublishing’s Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

The Tyndale21 Version of the New Testament Gospels, produced exclusively by and for Abbott ePublishing, is the first stage of a proposed full New Testament revision of the William Tyndale New Testament translation of 1526 (and later revisions.)

This is not a brand new “translation,” per se, but rather an update of the 16th Century text that Tyndale produced. And it was a remarkable and important text in the history of translations. It was the first New Testament printed in English, it laid the foundations and gave much of the familiar wording to the King James Version of 1611, and was the first English Bible to be translated directly from the Greek language.

All the English Bibles up until that time had been translations from the Latin Vulgate, but Tyndale's New Testament was taken from the compilation of all Greek manuscripts known at that time.

The scholars who created the King James Version of the Bible in 1611 relied heavily on Tyndale's translation. Some estimate that nearly 83 percent of the King James Version New Testament contains Tyndale’s wording.

His renderings are unique and sometimes more starkly beautiful than many, many that have come after it.

For more information, check out the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 page at http://www.abbottepub.com/tyndale21gospels.html