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280 BCE
First translation of the Bible
The Old Testament is translated in Egypt from Hebrew into Greek. -
381
The Bible is translated into Latin
Saint Jerome makes the first understandable translation of the Bible using vulgar Latin. -
635
Nestorian steel
Christians traveled from Siria and arrived in Xi'an, China, to record on a limestone block called Nestorian steel, first translation to Chinese. -
735
Gospel of John
An England monk completes his translation of the Gospel of John from Latin to English. -
862
Slavic languages
Constantine and Methodius develop an alphabet for Slavic languages. -
1380
English version
John Wycliffe translates the Bible into English using Latin Vulgate. -
1450
The invention of the printing press
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which revolutionizes communication, literacy and scripture access and publishes the Latin Bible in Mainz, Germany. -
1525
The printed Bible
William Tyndale translated the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into English and that's printed in Gutenberg's printing press. -
1534
German Bible
Martin Luther completes his translation of scripture into the German language and it's published lively thanks to the printing press. -
1536
William Tyndale dies
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1560
The Geneva Bible
The Bible written by Shakespeare, Milton, and Dunn is published which contains illustrations. -
King James
King James authorizes a new translation of the Bible into English. -
Indian Bible
William Carey (father of modern missions) moves to India and translates the entire Bible into Bengali, Sanskrit, and Marathi. -
Korean Bible
Missionaries there decide to use Korean terms instead of borrowed one's God. -
The Bible for everyone
Kamryn Townsend creates SIL to train people to serve in minority language communities. -
New testament is finished
