A Black Dungeon and Death
A Black Dungeon and Death Tyndale was escorted to the castle of Filford outside of Brussels and thrown into the dungeon. He had no idea that it was his last day of freedom. Merchants and friends throughout Europe wrote letters of protest to the Brussels’ court requesting his release. Pointz delivered all of the letters personally and pleaded for the judges to reconsider the arrest, but all of the pleading fell on deaf ears, and Tyndale was kept locked up in the dank dungeon for a year and a half, while the emperor’s courts discussed the matter of his guilt. Finally, Emperor Charles V sent a royal edict from his palace in Augsburg stating that Tyndale was to be burnt as a heretic.
On October 6, 1536, Tyndale was taken to the place of execution and chained by the neck to the stake. The executioner stood behind Tyndale waiting to twist the chain to end his life. John Foxe records that Tyndale’s final words were, “O Lord, open the King of England’s eyes.” The executioner pulled roughly on the chain and strangled Tyndale to death. At least, he was spared the horrific pain of being burnt alive; but, his body was still engulfed in the flames and burnt to ashes along with copies of his Bibles.
Five Hundred Years Later!
Five Hundred Years Later! Tyndale’s friends, Myles Coverdale and John Rogers, stayed hidden and evaded arrest so that they could complete Tyndale’s Old Testament work; and, within one year, they published the entire Bible translated from the original languages into English which was the fulfillment of William Tyndale’s calling In 1539, King Henry Vill’s eyes were opened and he ordered that an English Bible be placed in every church in England for the common people to read. Nearly one hundred years after that, when James ll of England authorised the translation of the King James Version of the Bible, over eighty-three (83) percent of the New Testament and seventy-six (76) percent of the Old Testament were taken directly from Tyndale’s translations; and, that means that, today, five hundred (500) years after Tyndale’s death, when we read the King James Bible, we are still reaping the blessings of William Tyndale’s work and his unflinching determination to complete God’s call on his life. Will you do the same? Will you complete the call – large or small – that God has given to you?
2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power; so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Date: 19th October 2024
Martyr: William Tydale
Location: Pakistan
Source: God’s General-The Martyrs
Author: Robert Liardon
Suffering Saturday 113
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