1599 Geneva Bible - Black Leather Edition

America’s Rich Christian Heritage The Geneva Bible is unique among all other Bibles. It was the first Bible to use chapters and numbered verses and became the most popular version of its time because of the extensive marginal notes. These notes, written by Reformation leaders such as John Calvin, John Knox, Miles Coverdale, William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, and others, were included to explain and interpret the scriptures for the common people. The King (James I) was displeased by some of these notes, particularly as it pertained to tyranny of leaders, adultery, and other thorny religious differences of opinion. In an effort to censor these Scriptural explanations and settle himself as the authority on what Scripture intended, he demanded a government “Authorized” version be created –– without the notes with which he disagreed. Many who adhered to this particular Bible were persecuted, and even found themselves traveling across high seas to unknown and uncharted lands. When the Pil