who said god open the eyes of the king of england
William Tyndale
Eventually , Tyndale was betrayed by Henry Phillips to the imperial authorities , seized in Antwerp in 1535 , and held in the castle of Vilvoorde ( Filford ) near Brussels . He was tried on a charge of heresy in 1536 and was condemned to be burned to death , despite Thomas Cromwell 's intercession on his behalf . Tyndale `` was strangled to death while tied at the stake , and then his dead body was burned '' . His final words , spoken `` at the stake with a fervent zeal , and a loud voice '' , were reported as `` Lord ! Open the King of England 's eyes . '' The traditional date of commemoration is 6 October , but records of Tyndale 's imprisonment suggest that the actual date of his execution might have been some weeks earlier . Foxe gives 6 October as the date of commemoration ( left - hand date column ) , but gives no date of death ( right - hand date column ) . Biographer David Daniell states the date of death only as `` one of the first days of October 1536 '' . 
Eventually , Tyndale was betrayed by Henry Phillips to the imperial authorities , seized in Antwerp in 1535 , and held in the castle of Vilvoorde ( Filford ) near Brussels . He was tried on a charge of heresy in 1536 and was condemned to be burned to death , despite Thomas Cromwell 's intercession on his behalf . Tyndale `` was strangled to death while tied at the stake , and then his dead body was burned '' . His final words , spoken `` at the stake with a fervent zeal , and a loud voice '' , were reported as `` Lord ! Open the King of England 's eyes . '' The traditional date of commemoration is 6 October , but records of Tyndale 's imprisonment suggest that the actual date of his execution might have been some weeks earlier . Foxe gives 6 October as the date of commemoration ( left - hand date column ) , but gives no date of death ( right - hand date column ) . Biographer David Daniell states the date of death only as `` one of the first days of October 1536 '' .
William Tyndale was tried on a charge of heresy in 1536 and was condemned to be burned to death. His final words, spoken ``at the stake with a fervent zeal, and a loud voice'', were reported as ``Lord ! Open the King of England's eyes''.
He was tried on a charge of heresy in 1536 and was condemned to be burned to death , despite Thomas Cromwell 's intercession on his behalf . His final words , spoken `` at the stake with a fervent zeal , and a loud voice '' , were reported as `` Lord ! Open the King of England 's eyes . ''
William Tyndale's final words , spoken `` at the stake with a fervent zeal , and a loud voice '' , were reported as `` Lord ! Open the King of England 's eyes . ''
His final words , spoken `` at the stake with a fervent zeal , and a loud voice '' , were reported as `` Lord ! Open the King of England 's eyes . ''