Miles Coverdale’s Bible in 1535 was the first complete Bible printed in English. Coverdale was a friend of Tyndale’s, and he made no claim to have translated from Hebrew or Greek. Instead, he essentially revised Tyndale’s translation, utilizing Luther’s translation as an aid. Two years later, in 1537, Thomas Matthew’s Bible was published. It was the first English Bible published with official approval by the king of England. It was compiled and edited by John Rogers (writing under a false name),