The complete Apocrypha as printed in the original 1611 King James Bible — all 14 books, in the trusted Authorized Version English. Includes Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus (Sirach), Baruch, 1 and 2 Maccabees, and the additions to Esther and Daniel. Public domain. No sign-up required.
When King James I commissioned the Authorized Version in 1604, the translators included a section of 14 books between the Old and New Testaments called the Apocrypha (Greek for 'hidden things'). These books were widely used in Jewish and early Christian communities, and they continued to be printed in nearly every English Bible — including most KJV editions — well into the 1800s. Today, the Roman Catholic Bible includes most of them as 'deuterocanonical,' the Eastern Orthodox Bible includes all of them plus additional texts, and Protestant Bibles generally exclude them.
1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, the Rest of Esther, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus (also called Sirach or the Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach), Baruch with the Epistle of Jeremiah, the Song of the Three Holy Children, the History of Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, the Prayer of Manasses, 1 Maccabees, and 2 Maccabees. Together they cover Jewish history between the Old and New Testaments, wisdom literature, prayers, and devotional narratives.
Whether you're a Protestant curious about what's in the books your Bible doesn't print, a Catholic or Orthodox believer wanting the KJV English of your deuterocanon, or a history student researching Second Temple Judaism, this PDF gives you the full Authorized Version text. The Maccabees alone provide essential background to Hanukkah and the political world Jesus was born into. Wisdom and Sirach are still quoted by preachers across traditions for their practical insights.
Yes. The original 1611 King James Bible included all 14 apocryphal books, printed in a separate section between the Old and New Testaments. The Apocrypha continued to appear in most KJV editions until the British and Foreign Bible Society stopped printing them in 1826 for cost and doctrinal reasons.
Most modern Protestant Bibles exclude them because the 16th-century Reformers, following earlier Jewish councils, did not consider them inspired Scripture on the same level as the 66 canonical books. Roman Catholic Bibles include most of them (called 'deuterocanonical'), and Eastern Orthodox Bibles include all of them plus a few additional texts.
This depends on tradition. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches affirm most or all of them as inspired. Protestant churches, including the framers of the Westminster Confession, hold that they are 'no part of the canon of the Scripture' and are useful only for historical and devotional reading. We provide them here for study, not as a replacement for the 66-book canon.
They overlap heavily but are not identical. 'Apocrypha' is the Protestant term for the 14 books printed in the 1611 KJV. 'Deuterocanon' is the Catholic term for the 7 books (plus additions to Esther and Daniel) that Trent affirmed as Scripture in 1546. The KJV Apocrypha includes everything in the Catholic deuterocanon plus 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, and the Prayer of Manasses.
Yes. The text in this PDF preserves the Authorized Version translation as it appeared in the 1611 KJV — the same translators, the same translation philosophy, and the same Early Modern English ('thee,' 'thou,' 'verily').
There are several apparent allusions — for example, Hebrews 11:35 appears to reference the martyrdom narratives in 2 Maccabees 7. There is no direct, formal quotation like Jude's quotation of Enoch, but the language and imagery of several New Testament passages echo apocryphal themes.
Yes. The 1611 King James translation is fully public domain. You may print, copy, share, or quote it freely for any personal, ministry, or educational purpose.
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Every name below appears in the King James Bible. Each page gives the meaning, the verse it appears in, and who carried it in Scripture.
Tobit, Tobias, Sarah, and the archangel Raphael — 1611 KJV Apocrypha.
View pageThe widow of Bethulia who saved her city — 1611 KJV Apocrypha.
View pageThe Maccabean revolt and the origin of Hanukkah — 1611 KJV Apocrypha.
View pageThe seven brothers and the first clear teaching on bodily resurrection.
View pageThe wisdom book behind James 3 and Matthew 11:28–30.
View pageJeremiah's scribe — confession, Wisdom hymn, Letter of Jeremiah.
View pageAlternative version of Ezra–Nehemiah with 'Great is Truth' speech.
View pageJewish apocalypse with imagery behind the Book of Revelation.
View pageThe most quoted book of the 1611 KJV Apocrypha — free PDF study guide.
View pageThe ancient apocalyptic text quoted in Jude — free download.
View pageThe lost book referenced in Joshua and 2 Samuel — free PDF.
View pageThe second-century-BC 'Little Genesis' retelling — free PDF study guide.
View pageThe 114 sayings from Nag Hammadi — origin, themes, and why it's not in the Bible.
View pageThe earliest Christian church manual (c. AD 50–120) — free PDF.
View pageThe earliest Christian writing outside the New Testament (c. AD 95).
View pageEarly Christian tract bound into Codex Sinaiticus — Two Ways teaching.
View pageSecond-century Roman apocalypse — Visions, Mandates, and Similitudes.
View pageThe Dead Sea Scrolls text about the Nephilim sons of the Watchers.
View pageEnoch's journey through the seven heavens and the birth of Melchizedek.
View pageThe heavenly palaces and Enoch transformed into the angel Metatron.
View pageThe first couple after Eden — Satan's second temptation and the Cave of Treasures.
View pageThe fragmentary Coptic text — what survives and why it isn't in the Bible.
View pageThe Gnostic text from Codex Tchacos and why the church rejected it.
View pageWhat was found at Qumran and what the scrolls prove about the Bible.
View pageThe fifteen-verse penitential prayer of Judah's most wicked king — 1611 KJV Apocrypha.
View pageThe falsely accused wife, the two elders, and Daniel's cross-examination.
View pageDaniel exposes the priests of Bel, kills the dragon, and survives a second lions' den.
View pageThe six Greek additions that give Esther her prayer and finally name God.
View pageThe Epistle of Jeremy — seventy-two verses against the idols of Babylon.
View pageThe Prayer of Azariah and the Benedicite, sung inside the fiery furnace.
View pageThe Akhmim fragment, the talking cross, and why the church rejected it by AD 200.
View pageThe Infancy Gospel that gave us Joachim, Anna, and the cave of the nativity.
View pageThe Nag Hammadi text behind the Mary Magdalene 'companion' claim — read honestly.
View pageSeven letters written in chains around AD 107, on the road to the arena.
View pageHis letter to the Philippians and the earliest Christian martyr account.
View pageThe second-century apology on Christians as sojourners and the 'sweet exchange'.
View pagethe Acts of Pilate, the trial narrative, and the Harrowing of Hell
View pagethe clay sparrows, the cursed playmate, and the boy Jesus in the temple
View pagethe second-century vision of heaven and hell that shaped Dante
View pagethe deathbed speeches of Jacob's sons, their moral teaching, and their Qumran background
View pagethe second-century story of the convert of Iconium, the arena at Antioch, and the physical description of Paul
View pagethe 1945 discovery, the 52 Coptic texts, what Gnosticism taught, and why these gospels are not in the Bible
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View pageThe original Authorized Version — free PDF of the historic 1611 KJV.
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