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The Great Bible 1539
| 28:1 | Vpon an euening of the Sabbothes, whych dawneth the fyrst daye of the Sabbathes, came Mary Magdalene & the other Mary, to se the sepulcre. |
| 28:2 | And beholde, ther was a greate earthquake. For the angell of the Lord descended from heauen, & came & rowlled backe the stone from the dore, and sat vpon it. |
| 28:3 | Hys countenaunce was lyke lyghtnynge, and his rayment whyte as snowe. |
| 28:4 | And for feare of him the kepers were astonnyed, and became as deed men. |
| 28:5 | The angell answered, & sayd vnto the wemen, feare ye not. For I knowe, that ye seke Iesus which was crucifyed: |
| 28:6 | he is not here: he is rysen as he sayde. Come se the place where the the Lord was layed: |
| 28:7 | & go quickly, & tell his disciples, that he is rysen agayne from the deed. And behold, he goeth before you into Galile, there ye shall se him. Lo I haue tolde you: |
| 28:8 | And they departed quickly from the sepulcre, with feare and greate Ioye, & dyd runne, to bryng his disciples worde. |
| 28:9 | And as they went to tell his disciples: beholde, Iesus met them, sayinge: All hayle. And they came, & held him by the fete, & worshipped him. |
| 28:10 | Then sayd Iesus vnto them: be not afrayde. Go tell my brethren, that they go into Galile & there shal they se me. |
| 28:11 | When they were gone, behold, some of the kepers came into the cytie & shewed vnto the hye prestes, all the thinges that had happened. |
| 28:12 | And they gathered them together with the elders, & toke counsell, & gaue large money vnto the soudiers, |
| 28:13 | saying: Saye ye, that his disciples came by nyght & stole hym awaye whyle ye slept. |
| 28:14 | And yf this come to the rulers eares, we will persuade him, and saue you harmeles. |
| 28:15 | So they toke the money, & dyd as they were taught. And this sayinge is noysed amonge the Iewes vnto this daye. |
| 28:16 | Then the .xj. disciples went awaye into Galile, into a mountayne where Iesus had appoynted them. |
| 28:17 | And when they sawe him, they worshipped him. But some douted. |
| 28:18 | And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, sayinge: All power is geuen vnto me in heauen, & in erth. |
| 28:19 | Go ye therfore, & teach all nacions, baptising them in the name of the father, & of the sonne, & of the holy goost: |
| 28:20 | Teachinge them to obserue all thinges, whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you. And lo I am wyth you allwaye, euen vntyll the ende of the worlde. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."