The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The Fyrst Chapter

THere was in the dayes of He∣rode [ A] kynge of Iurie / a certayne prest* 1.1 named zacharias / of y^e course of Abia. And his wyfe was of y^e doughters of Aaron: And her name was Elizabeth. Booth were* 1.2 perfect before God / and walked in all the la∣wes and ordināces of the Lorde / that no man coulde fynde fawte with them. And they had no chylde / because that Elizabeth was barrē and booth were well stricken in age.

And it cam to passe / as he executed the pre∣stes office before god / as his course came (ac∣cordinge to the custome of the prestes office)* 1.3 his lot was to bourne incēce. And wēt into y^• tēple of y^e Lorde & the whoale multitude of y^• people were with out in prayer whill the in∣cense

was aburnynge. And ther appered vn∣to him an angell of the lorde stondinge on the ryght syde of the altare of incense. And when zacharias sawe him / he was abasshed / and fea¦re came on him.

And the angell sayde vnto him: feare not [ B] Zachary / for thy prayer is hearde: And thy wyfe Elizabeth shall beare y^• a sonne / & thou shalt call his name Iohn / and thou shalt ha∣ve* 1.4 ioye and gladnes / and many shall reioyce at his birth. For he shalbe greate in the sight of the lorde / and shall nether drinke wyne ner stronge drinke. And he shalbe filled with the holy goost / even in his mothers wombe: & ma¦ny of the chyldren of Israel shall he tourne to their Lorde God. And he shall goo before him in the sprete & power of Helyas / to tour∣ne the * 1.5 hertes of the fathers to the chyldren / * 1.6 & the vnbelevers to the wysdom of the iuste¦men: to make the people redy for the Lorde.

And Zacharias sayde vnto y^• angell. Wher¦dy shall I knowe this? seinge that I am olde and my wyfe well stricken in yeares. And the* 1.7 angell answered and sayde vnto him: I am Gabriell that stonde in the presens of God / and am sent to speake vnto the: and to shewe the these glad tydinges. And beholde thou shalt be domme / and not able to speake vntyll the tyme that these thinges be performed / be∣cause thou belevedst not my wordes which shalbe fulfilled in their season.

And the people wayted for zacharias / & mer yelled that he taryed in the temple. And whē

he cam oute / he could not speake vnto them. Wherby they perceaved that he had sene so∣me vision in the temple. And he beckened vn∣to them / and remayned speachlesse.

✚ And it fortuned / assone as y^• tyme of his [ C] office was oute / he departed home into his awne housse. And after thoose dayes / his wy∣fe Elizabeth cōceaved / & hyd her selfe .v. mo∣nethes sayinge: This wyse hath God dealte w^t me in y^• dayes when he loked on me / to take from me the rebuke y^t I suffred a monge men.

And in y^•. vi. moneth y^• angell Gabriel was sent frō god vnto a cite of Galile / named Na∣zareth / to a virgin spoused to a man whose na¦me was Ioseph / of y^• housse of David / & y^• vir¦gins name was Mary. And y^• angell went in* 1.8 vnto her / & sayde: Hayle full of grace / y^• Lorde is with y^•: blessed arte thou amonge wemen.

When she sawe him / she was abasshed at his sayinge: & cast in her mynde what maner of salutacion y^t shuld be. And y^• angell sayde vnto her: feare not Mary: for thou hast foun∣de grace w^t god. Loo: thou shalt cōceave in thy* 1.9 wombe / & shalt beare a sonne / & shalt call his name Iesus. He shalbe greate / & shalbe called the sonne of the hyest. And y^e lorde God shall geve vnto him the seate of his father David / & he shall ravgne over y^• housse of Iacob for ever / & of his kyngdome shalbe none ende.

Then sayd Mary vnto y^• angell: How shall this be / seinge I knowe not a man? And y^• an∣gell [ D] answered & sayd vnto her: The holygoost shall come apon the / & y^• power of y^• hyest shall

over shaddowe y^e. Therfore also y^• holy thin¦ge which shalbe borne / shalbe called y^e sonne [ B] of god. And beholde / thy cosen Elizabeth she hath also conceaved a sonne in her age. And this is hyr sixte moneth / though she be cal∣led barren: for w^t god can nothinge be vnpos∣sible. And Mary sayd: beholde y^• honde may∣den of y^• lorde / be it vnto me even as thou hast sayde. ✚ And the angell departed from her.

✚ And Mary arose in thoose dayes / & went* 1.10 into y^• mountayns w^t hast / into a cite of Iurie & entred into the housse of zachary / & saluted Elizabeth. And it fortuned / as Elizabeth he∣arde y^• salutacion of Mary / the babe spronge in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled with the holy goost / and cryed with a loude voyce / & sayde: Blessed arte thou amonge wemen / and blessed is the frute of thy wombe. And whence hapeneth this to me / that the mother of my Lorde shuld come to me? For loo / asso∣ne as the voyce of thy salutacion sownded in myne cares / the babe sprange in my belly for ioye. And blessed arte thou that belevedst: for [ C] thoose thinges shalbe performed wich were tolde y^• from the lorde. And Mary sayde. My soule magnifieth the Lorde.

And my sprete reioyseth in god mysavioure ✚* 1.11 For he hath loked on the povre degre of his honde maydē. Beholde now from hence forth shall all generacions call me blessed.

For he that is myghty hath done to me grea∣te thinges / and holye is his name.

And his mercy is on them that feare him tho¦row

oute all generacions.

He sheweth strength with his arme / he scat∣tereth them that are proude in the ymagina∣cion of their hertes.

He putteth doune the myghty from their sea∣tes and exalteth them of lowe degre.

He filleth the hongry with good thinges: and sendeth awaye the ryche emptye.

He remenbreth mercy: and helpeth his ser∣vaunt Israel.

Even as he promised to oure fathers / Abra∣ham* 1.12 and to his seede for ever.

And mary aboode with hyr aboute a .iii. mone¦thes / &* 1.13 ••etourned agayne to hyr awne housse. [ F] ✚ Elizabethes tyme was come that she shuld be delyvered and she brought forth a sonne. And her neghboures & her cosins hearde tell how the lorde had shewed great mercy vpon her / and they reioysed with her.

And it fortuned y^e eyght daye: they cam to circumcise the chylde: and called his name za¦charias / after* 1.14 the name of his father. How be it his mother answered / & sayd: not so / but he shalbe called Ihon. And they sayd vnto hyr: Ther is none of thy kynne / that is named w^t this name. And they made signes to his fa∣ther / how he wolde have him called. And he axed for wrytynge tables and wroote saying: his name is Iohn. And▪ hey marvelled all. And his mouthe was opened immediately / & his tonge also / & he spake lawdynge God. And feare came on all thē that dwelt nye vn∣to them. And all these sayinges were ••••oysed

abroade throughout all y^• hyll coūtre of Iurie & all they y^t herde thē layde them vp in their hertes saying: What maner chylde shall this ••er And the honde of y^• lorde was with him.

And his father zacharias was filled with the holy goost / and prophisyed sayinge:

Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel / for he hath visited and redemed his people. ✚* 1.15

And hath reysed vp an horne of salvacion [ G] vnto vs / in the housse of his servaunt David.

Even as he promised by y^e mouth of his ho¦ly prophete which were sens y^e worlde began

That we shuld besaved from oure enemies and from the hondis of all that hate vs:

To fulfill the mercy promised to oure fa∣thers / and to remember his holy covenaunt.

And to performe the oothe which he sware to oure father Adraham / for to geve vs.

That we delyvered oute of y^• hondes of ou∣re enemyes / myght serve him with oute feare / all the dayes of oure lyfe / in suche holynes & ryghtewesnes that are accept before him.

And thou chylde / shalt be called the Pro∣phet of the hyest: for thou shalt goo before the face of the lorde / to prepare his wayes:

And to geve knowlege of salvacion vnto his people / for the remission of synnes:

Through the tender mercy of oure God / wherby the * 1.16 daye springe from an hye hath visited vs.

To geve light to thē that sate in darcknes and in shadowe of deth / and to gyde oure fete into the waye of peace.

And the chylde grew and wexed stronge in sprete / & was in wyldernes / tyll the daye cam when he shuld shewe him sylfe vnto the Is∣rahelites.

Notes

• * 1.1

  zachari∣as
• * 1.2

  Eliza∣beth
• * 1.3

  ••eniti. ••j. d
• * 1.4

  Ihon.
• * 1.5

  To ma∣ke the chil¦dren have soche an harte to God as A∣brahā and the fath¦ers had.
• * 1.6

  Psal. cxxxi. Mala. iij. a. mal. iiij. b.
• * 1.7

  A Signe is axed.
• * 1.8

  Marie.
• * 1.9

  Esa. vij. d. Iesus. Daniel .vij. d. Mic. iiij. e
• * 1.10

  Marie greteth Eliza∣beth.
• * 1.11

  Magni∣ficat.
• * 1.12

  Esaie .xlj. b.
• * 1.13

  Esaie .xxx. d. & .liiij. b. Hiere. xxxj. a. Psalino. ••xxxi. Ge. xxij.
• * 1.14

  Ihon is borne.
• * 1.15

  Benedic∣tus. P••almo. lxxiij. & ▪cxxxj. d Hiere. xxiij. a and xxx. b. Hieremie xxxj. f. Gene. xxix. c▪
• * 1.16

  Christ is the daye springe that ge∣ueth light to thē that sit in dar¦kenes of the igno∣raunce of God.