In the middle of the 15th century, in the course of the development of letterpress printing, the first Bibles were produced and distributed in German language. 1522 Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament is published and widely distributed. The late medieval and reformatory Bibles have in common that in the New Testament they contain only illustrations of the Revelation of John. It is the aim of the present work to examine these woodcuts and to explore their pictorial content and statements within their historical context.