[markomalley]

EVERY German who could read and write in the early 15th century could read and write Latin and usually Greek. Luther's translation into German is totally different from English translations because modern German DID NOT EXIST. NOBODY was demanding a German Bible.

You forget about Johannes Mentelin, who produced the first printed German Bible in 1466, about 70 years before Luther did his work (in fact, 18 years before Luther was born).

[wagglebee]

IIRC Mentelin’s Bible was in Early New High German and not modern German. Modern German basically began with Luther’s Bible. On the other hand, the KJV translators had the advantage of Shakespeare’s development of modern English.