Les Feldick Bible Study

Did Tyndale want every plow boy in England to have a copy of the Scriptures?

Yes. Tyndale, one of the reformers, wanted a copy of the Scriptures in the hands of every plow boy in England. Plow boys had little education—none, perhaps enough to read—but that was sufficient for the Word of God to feed a hungry heart.

Les explains that old Tyndale, one of the reformers, said he wanted to see a copy of the Scriptures in the hands of every plow boy in England. Les then asks how much education plow boys had: none, or probably enough to read. Yet that was sufficient for the Word of God to feed a hungry heart. This fits the surrounding point that the Word itself is what matters, not merely what a teacher says, and that Paul's gift of prophecy belonged to a different set of circumstances than today.