Weymouth New Testament Weymouth

Who made it?

Richard Francis Weymouth; later revised/edited by Ernest Hampden-Cook.

Why was it made?

To express the New Testament in natural modern speech rather than traditional Bible English.

How did it develop?

Weymouth’s New Testament in Modern Speech appeared after his death and went through revisions. The local public-domain module represents the 1912 third edition.

What source texts did it use?

Critical Greek New Testament scholarship associated with Weymouth’s own Resultant Greek Testament