Topic(s): Bible Study

Todd Clippard

The King James version of the Bible is so named because England’s King James the First commissioned 47 scholars to produce a new translation of the Scriptures. This was done in the early 1600's, and the King James is generally accepted as being first published in 1611. The King James Version is sometimes called the Authorized Version for this same reason.

Many people are confused about the King James Version. The King James Version we have in our possession today is in few ways similar to the original translation. The first translation was written in Old English and contained the apocrypha.

Today’s King James Version has been revised to reflect modern English, and there are slight variations even among today’s renditions (e.g., some use the word “Timotheus” while others use “Timothy”).