Erasmus' Greek & Latin New Testament: photographic reproduction of the first page of Matthew first edition 1516 mounted in a 10 by 13 inch frame. Desiderius Erasmus published the first Greek New Testament which also had the Latin in another column called a diglot. His Greek New Testament was used by Martin Luther to translate into German, and Tyndale to translate into English and the foundation for the Textus Receptus produced by Stephanus in 1550.