In 2006 the German Bible Society asked the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany to review the Luther Bible of 1984. About 70 theologians worked on the revision. They changed many more passages than had been expected. In the New Testament, almost half of all verses were changed. In some places, such as Psalm 42, they restored wording that the 1984 revision had changed, bringing the text closer to Luther’s language. The new edition went on sale on 19 October 2016, the first day of the Frankfurt Book Fair.