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1611 King James, 5th issue 1639/40 Folio 59 line

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New Testament
Signature	Reference	Description	Price
Ddddd2	Matthew 1:1 - 2:20	Matthew Title Page The Birth of Jesus	225
Ddddd3	Matthew 2:21 - 5:11	The Beatitudes	SOLD

Ddddd4	Matthew 5:12 - 6:22	Sermon on the Mount	125
Ddddd5	Matthew 6:23 - 8:17	Seek first the Kingdom	125
Ddddd6	Matthew 8:18 - 10:2	Jairus daughter healed	89
Eeeee1	Matthew 10:2 – 11:22	The Apostles Sent	89
Eeeee2	Matthew 11:23 - 12:50	Come to Me	125
Eeeee3	Matthew 13:1 - 13:58	Bifolia leaf	89
Eeeee4	Matthew 14:1 - 15:28	Bifolia leaf	89
Eeeee5	Matthew 15:29 - 17:18		89
Eeeee6	Matthew 17:19 - 19:8		89
Fffff1	Matthew 19:9 - 20:34		89
Fffff2	Matthew 21:1 - 22:10		89
Fffff3	Matthew 22:11 - 23:32	Bifolia leaf	89
Fffff4	Matthew 23:33 - 25:5	Bifolia leaf	89
Fffff5	Matthew 25:6 - 26:24	The Last Supper	89
Fffff6	Matthew 26:25 - 27:11		89
Ggggg1	Matthew 27:12 - 28:9	JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS	125
Ggggg2	Matthew 28:10 - Mark 1:45	Mark Title Page	125
Ggggg3	Mark 2:1 - 3:33	Bifolia leaf	89
Ggggg4	Mark 3:34 - 5:19	Bifolia leaf	89
Ggggg5	Mark 5:20 - 6:34		89
Ggggg6	Mark 6:35 - 7:37		89
Hhhhh1	Mark 8:1 – 9:23	Feeding of the 4,000	89
Hhhhh2	Mark 9:24 - 10:33		89
Hhhhh3	Mark 10:34 - 12:1 SOLD		SOLD
Hhhhh4	Mark 12:2 - 13:13		89
Hhhhh5	Mark 13:14 – 14:38	The Last Supper	89
Hhhhh6	Mark 14:39 - 15:32	Christ Crucified	89
Iiiii1	Mark 15:33 - Luke 1:16	Luke Title Page	125
Iiiii2	Luke 1:17 - 2:4		89
Iiiii3	Luke 2:5 - 3:13	Bifolia leaf	89
Iiiii4	Luke 3:14 - 4:29	Bifolia leaf	89
Iiiii5	Luke 4:30 - 5:39		89
Iiiii6	Luke 6:1 - 7:2		89
Kkkkk1	Luke 7:3 - 8:8		89
Kkkkk2	Luke 8:9 - 9:3		89
Kkkkk3	Luke 9:4 - 9:62	Bifolia leaf	89
Kkkkk4	Luke 10:1 - 11:13	Bifolia leaf	89
Kkkkk5	Luke 11:14 - 12:15		89
Kkkkk6	Luke 12:16 - 13:14		89
Lllll1	Luke 13:15 - 15:2		89
Lllll2	Luke 15:3 - 16:28		89
Lllll3	Luke 16:29 - 18:23	Bifolia leaf	89
Lllll4	Luke 18:24 - 19:46	Bifolia leaf	89
Lllll5	Luke 19:47 - 21:12		89
Lllll6	Luke 21:13 - 21:39		89
Mmmmm1	Luke 21:40 - 22:34		89
Mmmmm2	Luke 22:35 - 24:42	Christ Crucified and Resurrected	125
Mmmmm3	Luke 24:43 - John 1:51	Bifolia John Title Page and Nicodemus	450
Mmmmm4	John 2:1 - 4:2	Bifolia John Title Page and Nicodemus	450
Mmmmm5	John 4:3 - 5:13	Living Water	125
Mmmmm6	John 5:14 - 6:28	Feeding of the 5,000	125
Nnnnn1	John 6:29 - 7:26	I AM the Bread of Life	125
Nnnnn2	John 7:27 - 8:38	The Truth shall make you free	125
Nnnnn3	John 8:39 - 9:41	Bifolia The Great I AM; The Good Shepherd; The Resurrection and Life	125
Nnnnn4	John 10:1 - 11:28		125
Nnnnn5	John 11:29 - 12:34	Lazarus Come Forth	125
Nnnnn6	John 12:35 - 14:8	I AM the Way the Truth and the Life	125
Ooooo1	John 14:9 - 16:12	I AM the Vine	125
Ooooo2	John 16:13 - 18:8	The Spirit of Truth	125
Ooooo3	John 18:9 - 19:24	Bifolia Leaf It is Finished and the Resurrection	250
Ooooo4	John 19:25 - 21:4	Bifolia Leaf It is Finished and the Resurrection	250
Ooooo5	John 21:5 - Acts 1:16	Acts Title Page	125
Ooooo6	Acts 1:17 - 2:47	Day of Pentecost	89
Ppppp1	Acts 3:1 - 4:27	No other Name by which we are saved	125
Ppppp2	Acts 4:28 - 5:42	Obey God rather than man	89
Ppppp3	Acts 6:1 - 7:38	Bifolia Leaf Stephen's Address and stoning	89
Ppppp4	Acts 7:39 - 8:34	Bifolia Leaf Stephen's Address and stoning	89
Ppppp5	Acts 8:35 - 10:4	Road to Damascus	125
Ppppp6	Acts 10:5 - 11:17	Cornelius	89
Qqqqq1	Acts 11:18 - 13:11	Martyrdom of James	89
Qqqqq2	Acts 13:12 - 14:17	1st Missionary Journey	89
Qqqqq3	Acts 14:18 - 16:3	Bifolia Leaf Jerusalem Counsel and 2nd Journey	89
Qqqqq4	Acts 16:4 - 17:18	Bifolia Leaf Jerusalem Counsel and 2nd Journey	89
Qqqqq5	Acts 17:19 - 19:8	3rd Journey	89
Qqqqq6	Acts 19:9 - 20:22	Riot in Ephesus	89
Rrrrr1	Acts 20:23 - 21:40	Tears in Miletus	89
Rrrrr2	Acts 22:1 - 23:21	Paul's Arrest	89
Rrrrr3	Acts 23:22 - 25:14	Paul before Felix	89
Rrrrr4	Acts 25:15 - 27:5	Paul before Festus	89
Rrrrr5	Acts 27:6 - 28:17	Journey to Rome	89
Rrrrr6	Acts 28:18 - Romans 1:21	Romans Title Page	225
Sssss1	Romans 1:22 - 3:20		125
Sssss2	Romans 3:21 - 5:21		125
Sssss3	Romans 6:1 - 8:8	Bifolia Leaf	250
Sssss4	Romans 8:9 - 9:30	Bifolia Leaf	250
Sssss5	Romans 9:31 - 11:34		125
Sssss6	Romans 11:35 - 14:21		SOLD
Ttttt1	Romans 14:22 - 16:25		125
Ttttt2	Romans 16:26 - 1 Cor 2:16	1 Corinthians Title Page	125
Ttttt3	1 Cor 3:1 - 5:11	Bifolia Leaf	89
Ttttt4	1 Cor 5:12 - 7:35	Bifolia Leaf	89
Ttttt5	1 Cor 7:36 - 10:9		89
Ttttt6	1 Cor 10:10 - 12:5		89
Uuuuu1	1 Cor 12:6 - 14:22	Love Chapter	225
Uuuuu2	1 Cor 14:23 - 15:50		89
Uuuuu3	1 Cor 15:51 - 2 Cor 1:18	2 Corinthians Title Page	125
Uuuuu4	2 Cor 1:19 - 4:15		89
Uuuuu5	2 Cor 4:16 - 7:9		89
Uuuuu6	2 Cor 7:10 - 10:2		89
Xxxxx1	2 Cor 10:3 - 12:6		89
Xxxxx2	2 Cor 12:7 - Galatians 1:19	Galatians Title Page	125
Xxxxx3	Galatians 1:20 - 3:29	Bifolia Leaf Fruit of the Spirit	295
Xxxxx4	Galatians 4:1 - 6:10	Bifolia Leaf Fruit of the Spirit	295
Xxxxx5	Galatians 6:11 - Eph 2:19	Ephesians Title Page	125
Xxxxx6	Eph 2:20 - 5:4		125
Yyyyy1	Eph 5:5 - 6:24	Whole Armor of God	125
Yyyyy2	Philippians 1:1 - 2:25	Philippians Title Page	125
Yyyyy3	Philippians 2:26 - 4:23	I can do all things through Christ	225
Yyyyy4	Colossians 1:1 - 2:23	Colossians Title Page	125
Yyyyy5	Colossians 3:1 - 1 Thess 1:7	1 Thessalonians Title Page	SOLD
Yyyyy6	1 Thess 1:8 - 4:17	Jesus Coming	89
Zzzzz1	1 Thess 4:18 - 2 Thess 2:5	2 Thessalonians Title Page	125
Zzzzz2	2 Thess 2:6 - 1 Timothy 1:20	1 Timothy Title Page	125
Zzzzz3	1 Timothy 2:1 - 5:16		125
Zzzzz4	1 Timothy 5:17 - 2 Tim 1:15	2 Timothy Title Page	125
Zzzzz5	2 Tim 1:16 - 4:13	Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth	125
Zzzzz6	2 Tim 4:14 - Titus 3:9	Titus Title Page	125
Aaaaaa1	Titus 3:10 - Hebrews 2:1	Philemon and Hebrews Title Page	175
Aaaaaa2	Hebrews 2:2 - 5:5		125
Aaaaaa3	Hebrews 5:6 - 7:28	Bifolia Leaf	125
Aaaaaa4	Hebrews 8:1 - 10:11	Bifolia Leaf	125
Aaaaaa5	Hebrews 10:12 - 11:35	Hall of Faith	225
Aaaaaa6	Hebrews 11:36 - 13:22		125
Bbbbbb1	Hebrews 13:23 - James 2:26	James Title Page	125
Bbbbbb2	James 3:1 - 5:20		125
Bbbbbb3	1 Peter 1:1 - 2:24	Bifolia Leaf 1 Peter Title Page	125
Bbbbbb4	1 Peter 2:25 - 5:12	Bifolia Leaf 1 Peter Title Page	89
Bbbbbb5	1 Peter 5:13 - 2 Peter 2:20	2 Peter Title Page	125
Bbbbbb6	2 Peter 2:21 - 1 John 2:9	1 John Title Page	225
Cccccc1	1 John 2:10 - 4:12		125
Cccccc2	1 John 4:13 - 3 John 6	Johanine Comma	225
Cccccc3	3 John 7 - Jude 25	Jude Title Page	225
Cccccc4	Revelation 1:1 - 2:20	Revelation Title Page	SOLD
Cccccc5	Revelation 2:21 - 5:4	7 Churches	225
Cccccc6	Revelation 5:5 - 7:17	Worthy is the Lamb	225
Dddddd1	Revelation 8:1 - 10:11	The Little Book	125
Dddddd2	Revelation 11:1 - 13:7	The Two Witnesses	125
Dddddd3	Revelation 13:8 - 16:3	The Beast	125
Dddddd4	Revelation 16:4 - 18:12	Mystery Babylon	125
Dddddd5	Revelation 18:13 - 20:12	King of kings and Lord of lords	225
Dddddd6	Revelation 20:13 - 22:21	New Heaven and New Earth	225

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1611 King James Bible Leaf, 5th issue 1639/40
59 line pulpit folio leaves
16 x 11- authentic rag cotton

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This listing is for one premium 1611 King James Bible leaf, 5th issue 1639/40
Included is a Certificate of Authenticity from the Historical Bible Exhibit
The original General title page of the 1639/40 King James Bible is not included, but a replica will be sent with each purchase

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The History of the King James Bible

On March 24th, 1603, Queen Elizabeth died having ended her forty-four-year reign known as the Golden Era being succeeded by James VI of Scotland. King James, though born of Roman Catholic parents, publicly pledged himself against the extremes of both Romanism and Genevanism, again, like Elizabeth, trying to bring uniformity to the church. He had a distaste for the Reformers of Geneva, thus disliking the Geneva Bible, and with the unpopularity of the Bishop’s Bible, King James sought for a new translation, in which case would result in the third Authorized Version of the English Bible. The first in 1539 named “The Great Bible”, being that of Henry VIII. The second authorized by Queen Elizabeth in 1568 named “The Bishop’s Bible”, and now the third in 1611 by King James VI.

The king declared, “That a translation be made of the whole Bible, as consistent as it can be with the original Hebrew and the Greek; and this is to be set out and printed, without any marginal notes, and only to be used in all the churches of England in time of divine service”. The king commissioned several “learned persons of both the universities and other places, to meet, confer, and consult together in order to make a new and more correct translation of the Bible”.

In 1604, the king had selected 54 men for the translation of the Bible, but for reasons unknown, only 47 engaged in the work all of whom were known for their piety and learning. The King established XV rules to use as guidelines for their translation as given by Burnet in his History of the Reformation.

The translators used the Greek “Textus Receptus” of Erasmus and Stephanus, along with the English translations of William Tyndale and the Geneva Bible. It is said that the process spanned a total of 5 years; 3 years by the translators and 2 years through the presses, and in the year 1611, from the press of Richard Barker, the new translation was complete.

This first edition was a large folio, 11” wide x 16-1/2” tall. There were five separate issues of the 1611 printing in total; 1611, 1613, 1617, 1634, and 1640/39. When King James authorized this large pulpit folio to be printed, Richard Barker did so by facilitating 5 separate printing presses working tirelessly for two years. By 1611, the pages of several thousand copies were printed and ready to be bound and issued to the churches of England. It is estimated that in 1611 roughly 300 Authorized Bibles were issued to the churches. The remainder of the printed pages were stored away until the next issue was decreed by the king of England. Over the next two years, this Bible was read in the churches and small errors began to be discovered. The most famous of these misprints is Ruth 3:15. In 1611, this verse was printed as “he” went into the city, when the correct translation should read “she” went into the city. Thus, naming the first edition-first issue of the King James Bible in 1611 as the Great “He” Bible. As these misprints were discovered, these specific leaves, and only these leaves, were re-printed, and then bound with the other leaves originally printed in 1611. These were then issued at the next decree of the king. The next issue was in 1613. At this point, several of the known misprints were corrected along with Ruth 3:15 being changed to “she”, thus the second issue was named the Great “She” Bible in 1613. Over the course of the next 29 years, there were five pulpit folios issued to the churches with the majority of the leaves being printed originally in 1611, and with each issue, small errors were fixed, and these pages were reprinted. In the 4th and 5th issues, 1634 and 1640, the text layout stayed exactly the same but with a larger number of small changes made to the marginal notes which suggests a larger reprinting done in the latter years. Finally, in 1640, the 5th and last issue was released concluding the legacy of the 1611 printed folios. These misprints, corrections, and small changes will clearly define the different issue dates of the 1611 King James Bible.

The King James Bible has become the standard of the Reformed Christian. It is the best and most reliable English translation of God’s Word because of its use of the Textus Receptus instead of the gnostic Alexandrian Greek texts. The King James Bible illustrates the Greek Textus Receptus preserved through the Byzantine Greek texts of the New Testament and the Masoretic Hebrew text of the Old Testament, most accurately capturing the whole council of God in the written Word.