Any fair, objective, consistent, sound analysis and evaluation of some typical KJV-only assertions and accusations concerning the NKJV compared to their assertions concerning the pre-1611 English Bibles such as the Geneva Bible would lead to the conclusion that they must be based on different measures, standards, or weights. Throughout this volume the margins make what can best be described as a running commentary on the whole Bible. The English churchmen It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Bible that was completed in 1611. This Bible was originally published for my own personal use. BONUS OFFER: Get a FREE Geneva Bible CD-ROM with your purchase! It was produced more than 50 years before the King James Bible, and it remained the most popular English language Bible among the people until decades after the introduction of the King James Bible. This is a paperback StevenAvery is VIP+ Member Support this group and join the ads-free movement to make online forums a better place. Asked in Bible Statistics and History The Geneva Bible existed before the King James as well as a German Bible from Martin Luther and Tyndale's Bible in England. 'The Geneva Bible was the word of God in English before the KJV ever existed. Geneva Bible, new translation of the Bible published in Geneva (New Testament, 1557; Old Testament, 1560) by a colony of Protestant scholars in exile from England who worked under the general direction of Miles Coverdale and John Knox and under the influence of John Calvin. The following is from International Standard Bible Encylopaedia which covers the versions before the Authorized or KJV of the Bible. Born in a time of religious and political upheaval it helped foster scripture literacy among the common people of England.The first English Bible to be fully translated from the original languages, the Geneva Bible was the product of some of the finest biblical scholars of its day. Related Questions. The Bible in use by those groups until it went out of print in 1644, was the Geneva Bible. The Puritan’s Bible: The Bible every Puritan family had in their home was not the KJV of 1609 or 1611. I decided to offer it to the Saints (my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus) at the lowest price possible. The Geneva Bible was the most widely read and influential English Bible of the 16th and 17th centuries, which was printed from 1560 to 1644 in over 200 different printings. The Geneva Bible 1560: The Breeches Bible [The Protestants] on Amazon.com. The Bible which they carried was the Geneva Bible. The Geneva Bible (also known as the “Breeches” Bible) was the Bible of the Protestant Reformation. The Bishops' Bible is an English translation of the Bible which was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. I have copies of both the 1599 Geneva Bible and the King James Version, and as of yet, I have found very few differences between them, aside from spelling. The Geneva Bible preceded 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, author of Pilgrim’s Progress. The Geneva Bible (also known as the “Breeches” Bible) was the Bible of the Protestant Reformation. It has been commonplace among historians that the Geneva Bible had to be replaced in 1611, or was later absolutely to be rejected, because of the ‘unacceptable Calvinism’ of its notes.