1- Hey, was the bible written in english?
2- No of course the bible was not written in English. The bible was originally written in these three languages.
2-But I wonder if the bible came to us the way it is today.
1- definitely not, they did not have books like us today. They began to use the stems of a plant called papyrus and they would beat it into scrolls. But that was too expensive for everyday people so people started writing on broken pottery
1-Some others, like the Hebrews in ancient times used parchment to write on
2- Parchment is sheets that are made out of sheep and goat skin.
Can you name some people in the bible? David, Jonah, Peter, Moses Do you know all these people? Do you know their stories? You do right?
2-These are some of the people who wrote our bible. God choose a very mixed bunch of people to write the bible. A tax collector, a king, a fisherman. This shows us that God is interested in everyone.
2- so now how was the bible translated to English? Because I don’t speak Hebrew or Greek.
1- Ahh good question. There was a man named William Tyndale who wanted all his friends to be able to read the bible. The bible was translated to latin from hebrew and greek but people didn’t understand latin, they spoke English. But there were some bad people who didn’t want everyone to understand the bible. So they were angry will William and they wanted to kill him. But there were some faithful people of God who helped william translate the bible to English. They would hide bibles in their sacks of food and help distribute it to others.
2- Now we all can have bibles (Raise the bible high) Now the bible is available in many different languages of the world
1- And that is the story of one of our biggest blessing – The BIBLE
