There is little doubt that Tyndale could have translated the whole of the Bible into English if he had given himself exclusively to that work. But alongside the work of translation he felt it was necessary to contend earnestly for the Reformed faith and so he threw himself into several of the key theological controversies of the times. For this ‘Apostle of England’ the Bible must not only be translated, its teachings also must be expounded and applied in a practical way. To such work of exposition and application Tyndale gave himself with a passion, and in so doing not only proved himself a master of true biblical interpretation, but has left to posterity works of lasting value.

“A reprint of this kind is no mere archaeological curiosity; one who was so intensely a man of the Bible as Tyndale was, speaks to more ages than his own, and in the following pages we shall find he has much to say to us, if we pay heed…” – F.F. Bruce