Book of Matthew, King James Bible

The New Testament 1

By: Scourby Bible Media

Narrated by: Alexander Scourby

"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand." Rev: 1-3

The books of the Bible were written at different times by different authors over a period of approximately 1,500 years from around 1400 BC through AD 90. The Old Testament was written in Biblical Hebrew excluding the Books written during "the Chaldean captivity" such as Daniel and Ezra which were written in "Biblical Aramaic" during the "Chaldean captivity". Many of the Books of the Old Testament bear the names of the Prophets who authored them. Moses compiled the earlier parts of Genesis and directly authored the remaining portion. David wrote much of Psalms, while Solomon wrote the books of The Song of Solomon and Ecclesiastes. The Books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel bear the names of the Prophets who wrote them. The Old Testament Books of the minor prophets bear the author's name as well. The four New Testament Gospels were pinned by Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. The Apostle Paul pinned authorship to 13 of the 27 Books of the New Testament. The authorship of the remaining 10 Books of the New Testament belong to the disciples of Jesus Christ.

The Hebrew Bible was then translated into Greek and finally into English. John Wycliffe first translated the entire Bible (both Old and New Testaments) into English in 13th century England. William Tyndale translated the Bible into English in 15 century England. The King James translators used the Tyndale and Wycliffe translations in the Publishing of the King James Bible in 1611, commonly referred to as "The Holy Bible".

Alexander Scourby was the first to record the King James Bible on audio in the early 1950s. Since then, millions have been sold the world over. Although many have recorded the Bible over the years, no one could ever match Scourby's unparalleled and majestic reading. The combination of Alexander Scourby reading the King James Bible is an incomparable hearing experience.

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "Alexander Scourby has the greatest voice ever recorded."

Below are excerpts from the Chicago Tribune article. Please Google it to read the entire article:

Chicago Tribune: "Next to Scourby, most readers are just good." (Sandy Bauers, Knight-Ridder Newspapers, February 22, 1990)

See a short video documentary of the story of the King James Bible, our very first Bible in English. This short 28-minute video is one you will never forget. It's a video that will give you a new appreciation for our English Bible and the people who died translating and publishing it in 14th and 15th century England.

Go to this link to see the story of the King James Bible: www.scourby.com/story-of-the-kjv-bible/

Alexander Scourby was the first to record the King James Bible in the 1950s.

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Powerful narration

If you listen to the Bible, I highly recommend listening to the Alexander Scourby narrations. His narration truly makes the scriptures come alive. I find myself being totally invested in the story while listening. It truly becomes a theater of the mind. It makes me feel like I’m there while the events happened.

Best version!!

This man's narration is superb. Best I've heard. Love the KJB, it's my favorite. You won't be disappointed

Nothing like it

Good ole Alexander Scourby. Great narrative. It’s great to have these via audible now. I had the old collection of cassette tapes.

The Book of Matthew,

I love to listen to his reading of the Bible, I own the complete Bible read by him on MP3 but don't know how to put it on my phone. I have it read by 3 different people, Alexander Scourby is the best.

There was only 5 chapters and there are 28 chapter

Why did I not get the whole book of mathew.? Alexander scorch has a wonderful voice. I would like to have the complete book.