MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE · KOREA

INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL MUSEUM

Museum of the Bible
Korea

한국 성경 박물관

The story of the Bible in Korea and Asia — its arrival, its words, its transformation of nations.

한국과 아시아에서 성경의 이야기 — 전래, 말씀, 그리고 국가들의 변화.

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ROSS VERSION · 1887

WING I · HISTORY

The Word Arrives

말씀의 도래

The story begins in Manchuria. John Ross, a Scottish missionary, works alongside Korean language tutors to produce the first Korean New Testament in 1887. Copies cross the border — smuggled into a closed kingdom — and change everything.

이야기는 만주에서 시작됩니다. 스코틀랜드 선교사 존 로스는 한국어 교사들과 함께 1887년 최초의 한국어 신약성경을 완성합니다.

1832 Karl Gützlaff distributes Scripture on the Korean coast
1877 John Ross begins Korean language study in Manchuria
1887 Ross Version — first complete Korean New Testament printed
1900 완역 성경 — full Bible translation completed by joint committee
1910 Million Souls Movement — Bible distribution surges during occupation
1961 개역한글판 — revised Korean Bible becomes the standard

WING II · NARRATIVE

Ancient Texts, Living Words

고대 본문, 살아있는 말씀

Explore the Bible as literature, as history, as living text. The Narrative Wing presents the Scriptures through the stories they carry — and how Korean translators have rendered these eternal words into the beauty of 한글.

성경을 문학으로, 역사로, 살아있는 본문으로 탐구하세요. 이야기 전시관은 한국 번역가들이 영원한 말씀을 아름다운 한글로 옮긴 과정을 제시합니다.

29%
of South Korea
identifies as Christian
한국 기독교 인구
27K+
missionaries sent
from Korea worldwide
한국 선교사 수
1885
First modern hospital
founded — by mission
최초 현대식 병원
140+
years of Bible-inspired
education in Korea
성경 기반 교육의 역사

WING III · IMPACT

A Nation Transformed

변화된 나라

The Bible's arrival in Korea did not merely add a religion — it catalyzed schools, hospitals, newspapers, and a national independence movement. The Impact Wing traces how Scripture shaped modern Korea.

한국에서 성경의 도래는 단순히 종교를 더한 것이 아니었습니다 — 학교, 병원, 신문, 그리고 국가 독립운동을 촉발시켰습니다.

EXPANDING EXHIBITION WINGS

The Bible Across Asia

Each nation's unique story of Bible translation, reception, and impact

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Korea

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China

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India

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