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Published in 1560, the Geneva Bible is arguably the most important early English translation of the Bible. With the publication of the New Testament in 1557, and the complete Bible in 1560, the Geneva Bible predates the King James Version by 51 years. Some of history’s most influential men, such as William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Milton, John Knox, and John Bunyan, used the Geneva...

ancesters were Jewes & dwelled in Grecia: therefore these spake Greeke, and not Hebrewe. b. They were not loked unot in the distribucion of the almes. Verse 2 c. That is, to make provisiō for the maintenance of the poore, forasmuche as they were not able to satisfie bothe yc offices. Verse 5 d. He joyneth faith with the other gifts of yc holie Gost. * Chap. 21:8. e. Meaning one yc was turned to the Jewish religion. Verse 6 f. This ceremonie yc Jewes observed in solēne sacrifices, Levi. 3:2 & also