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The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the GreekThe Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke
The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the Greek by William Tyndale, and finished in the year of our Lord God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the month of November.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.
Antwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534Anwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534
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¶ A prologue into the .iiii. Evangelists showing what they were & their authority. And first of S. Matthew.
¶ A prologe into the .iiii. Euangelystes shewynge what they were & their auctoryte. And fyrst of S. Mathew.
AS touching the evangelists: ye see in the new testament clearly what they were First matthew (as ye read Mat ix. Mar. ii. Luke. v) was one of christ apostles / and was with christ all the time of his preaching / and saw and heard his own self almost all that he wrote.
AS towchynge ye euāgelystes: ye se in ye new testament clearly what they were Fyrst mathew (as ye reade Mat ix. Mar. ii. Luke. v) was one of christe apostles / and was with christ all the tyme of his preachynge / and sawe and heard his awne selfe almost all that he wrote.
¶ Mark
¶ Marke
OF Mark read (acts xii) how peter (after he was loosed out of prison by the angel) came to Marks mothers house / where many of the disciples were praying for his deliverance. And paul & Barnabas toke him with them from Jerusalem & brought him to Antioch / acts .xii. And acts .xiii. paul & Barnabas toke Mark with them when they were sent out to preach: from whom he also departed / as it appeareth in the said chapter / & returned to Jerusalem again. And acts. xv paul & Barnabas were at variance about him / paul not willing to take him with them / because he forsook them in their first Journey. Notwithstanding yet / when paul wrote the epistle to the colossians / Mark was with him / as he saith in the fourth chapter: of whom Paul also testifieth / both that he was Barnabas sisters son and also his fellow worker in the kingdom of God.