The Legacy of the King James Version

Lane Dennis: The ESV is the direct descendant of the King James' version. It's a great grandson. Yeah, we often talk about it being in the legacy or in the stream of the KingJames. And how involved were you in assembling the team that would eventually actually do the translation work? Very. Well, we'll see the first name you guys added to the list. No, Vern Poithras. John Piper decided he couldn't take the time from his pastoral responsibility. So he gave us comments throughout, but he wasn't actually on the translation committee. yeah.