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Demand by the public in England was high for this Bible, but the supply was low due to limitations of the printing press and the opposition by the authorities.  High demand and low supply cause this:  a high price.  The King and church authorities began buying up copies of this Bible in Europe to keep it out of the hands of the public, but often had to pay the "market price" to buy up the copies.  This money then went to the printers and provided the funds for them to pay for the printing of more Tyndale Bibles, and 15,000 copies were printed between 1525 and 1530.  This effect of supply and demand made it difficult -- perhaps impossible -- to censor and suppress this English Bible.

Demand by the public in England was high for this Bible, but the supply was low due to limitations of the printing press and the opposition by the authorities.  High demand and low supply cause this:  a high price.  The King and church authorities began buying up copies of this Bible in Europe to keep it out of the hands of the public, but often had to pay the "market price" to buy up the copies.  This money then went to the printers and provided the funds for them to pay for the printing of more Tyndale Bibles, and 15,000 copies were printed between 1525 and 1530.  This effect of supply and demand made it difficult -- perhaps impossible -- to censor and suppress this English Bible.

Supply and demand comprise a very powerful force, stronger than any individual or government.  Over time, supply and demand prevail, and ultimately the authorities endorsed the idea of an English translation of the Bible, leading to the printing of the magnificent King James Version (which was very similar to the Tyndale Bible) less than a century later, in 1611.  But the unstoppable effect of supply and demand did not occur soon enough to help Tyndale himself.  He kept improving his translation of the New Testament (his final version was completed in 1635) and also worked on completing an initial translation of the Old Testament.  But he was captured in Belgium before he could translate all of the Old Testament.  His last words were "Lord, open the king of England's eyes" before he was executed as a heretic in 1536.

Supply and demand comprise a very powerful force, stronger than any individual or government.  Over time, supply and demand prevail, and ultimately the authorities endorsed the idea of an English translation of the Bible, leading to the printing of the magnificent King James Version (which was very similar to the Tyndale Bible) less than a century later, in 1611.  But the unstoppable effect of supply and demand did not occur soon enough to help Tyndale himself.  He kept improving his translation of the New Testament (his final version was completed in 1635) and also worked on completing his own translation of the Old Testament.  But he was captured in what is now Belgium, before he could translate all of the Old Testament.  His last words were "Lord, open the king of England's eyes" before he was executed as a heretic in 1536.  His assistant, Miles Coverdale, finished Tyndale's translation of the Old Testament and published the complete English Bible in 1537.  The King then approved it.

== The "Free Market" ==

== The "Free Market" ==