I was really wanting to try out this Bible. Since modern translations are corrupt, and I would only use KJV, I decided to try an even older translation. I am so blessed by this Bible. It is not hard to read at all. Please don't be scared away by some of the other reviews. You will be blessed by it. Learned so much and use it every day. It is my new go to translation. The price is amazing and I absolutely love and cherish this Bible. God's Word is such a blessing and we should cherish it always!!

I bought this bible after I obtained a 1611 KJV, I learned the modern translations were corrupted. I want to compare that with this Matthews bible. The font is Gothic and the language is old English. Not just thees and thous but words like heauenm and is a + and s are l. Old English is not hard to read and it does not take 3 PHDS in Linguistics to grasp the old English. In fact the English we know today is derived from O English.

O English is more efficient than the numbed down English we now use. I found a page online that explains how to read OE and it is not hard to do. I spent a few hours and I can read most of this fluent now.

Its great! You can not skip words and read a chapter in minutes. Your forced to think and its great!

I have found a difference from KJV and Matthews already. In Genesis God refers to the gathering of waters as seas and in MB it is ICE!

The word Giants is not found in this bible, it is actually Tyrants.

Deuteronomy 6 4 KJV, Hear oh Israel the Lord our God is one LORD.

Correctly translated in Matthews bible is

Hear Israel the Lord thy God is LORD only.

I look fore ward to mulling over this MB.

The book is beautifully bound and the print is clear.

I love reading the origins of Gods word and as it should be!

KJV 1611 is great and the new versions are distorted.

Personally I believe the reasons these new bibles are destroyed is because of mans pride.

His intelligence in language.

I know about the Alexandrian Manuscripts playing a roll in destruction but I can see words changing based on "Intelligence" all the while the integrity of the word is destroyed all for some guys who think "I know better".

I encourage all Nazarenes! Christians alike to buy this book.

Learn the ways of old and embrace the beauty of his word.

It is worth every thing.

Praise Jesus!

This is easily one of the best facsimiles of an older Bible version that I have ever seen. This is much more than a simple copying of the original material, but is, instead, a very careful reproduction of the original. Further, this edition of the Matthew's Bible does include the original (to the Reformer's) prologue to the epistle to the Romans, which is a historical treasure in itself. I highly recommend this Bible for anyone interested in studying early Bible translations (into English) or who is trying to study the Reformation via first-hand materials.

Great accurate facsimile with a helpful introduction. Includes the Apocrypha as well as the notes, study helps, and remarks in the original.

What a privilege to hold a reprint of one of the most influential early English translations of Scripture in my hands! 100% delighted. I don't mind the text being in black and white at all, as I didn't purchase it to be my everyday reading Bible, but to examine a reproduction of one of the true spiritual masterpieces of English literature. I also have reprints of Tynedale's New Testament, the Geneva Bible, and the first edition of the KJV, which I hold in equal esteem.