Cipriano de Valera was raised up by the Lord in Spain as one of the Gospel lights at a time of great persecution. He travelled to Geneva where he studied with Calvin, and became the editor of the first Protestant Spanish translation of the Bible. He had the duty of insuring that the Spanish text was faithful to the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. This translation, known as the Reina-Valera, is still the common Bible of Spanish Protestants throughout the world.