William tyndale biography new testament 1526

William Tyndale was born at North Nibley, near Gloucester, England, sometime between 1484 and 1496.

William tyndale biography new testament 1526

A brilliant scholar, Tyndale spent his early years studying at Oxford University, Magdalen College, and Cambridge University, and earned his Master's Degree at the age of twenty-one. He studied many languages over the course of his life, and became a gifted linguist.

An associate once commented that Tyndale was "so skilled in eight languages – English, Latin, Greek, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Hebrew – that whichever he speaks, you might think it is his native tongue!"

About 1520, Tyndale became the tutor for the family of Sir John Walsh.

He diligently studied the Scriptures and began to endorse the doctrines of the Reformation, even though the Catholic Church and the Church of England considered them to be heresies. According to historian John Foxe, during a dinner conversation with a clergyman one evening, Tyndale expressed