NOTES on this Example:
- There are only a few types of punctuation marks used here.
There's a period ("."), a
colon (":"), a comma that is printed like a slash ("/"), and a question mark that is printed
rather like an upside down semi-colon —
 .
You can see an example above, in the fourth line from the bottom --
"what he hath done?"
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Scripture is formatted into paragraphs, but notice that it is not divided into verses; it would be 20 more
years before verse divisions were instututed. At the top of this page in the left margin is a capital
letter "F", and halfway down that margin is the letter "G" (they're a
little smeared and a trifle hard to read). In lieu of verses, chapters were divided into sections, and each
section was given a letter. So at the time of Tyndale, the text on this page was called
John 7:f-g. This was hardly a handy way to refer to Scripture, and
it was quickly dropped once verse divisions came on the scene.
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Notice the note in the right margin at the bottom — "Rulers and Phasises
believe not." Because everything on this page is in the same typeface, sometimes it's hard to distinguish
between Tyndale's notes and the Bible text.
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If you are having trouble reading this page, that's understandable. Between the typeface and the
spelling, it sure looks a lot different than today's English. If your browser is Internet Explorer,
take your mouse and point to a
line of text; a "modernized" translation of that line will pop up.
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