Take this challenging trivia Bible quiz about the characters and events referenced in the Bible. The questions range from easy to difficult, testing your memory. Easy to Difficult Bible Trivia Quiz with multiple-choice answers. If you went to Sunday school, you can pass the easy Bible questions. If you did your Bible studies, the easy Bible test portion should be a breeze. Start with this section to learn from the answers to these easy trivia questions. Scroll down to the next section for hard Bible questions. For more difficult Bible questions, scroll further down to the third section. Forty Easy Bible Trivia Questions What is the Garden of Eden? a. It is the Garden of Paradise made for the first humans. b. The garden is where Jesus went off to pray. c. This area is where Satan lived. Answer A: The first home for the human race. God gave Adam and Eve the Garden of Eden as a perfect utopia to live in. The garden may have been a true paradise, but the Bible calls it a garden in Eden. In the center of the garden stood the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Unfortunately, the first couple disobeyed God when they ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge. God exiled them from the Garden of Eden. He set Cherubim and flaming swords at the entrance to keep Adam and Eve out. Genesis 2:8-14 Who is the Tempter in the Bible? a. Balderdash. b. A serpent. c. Baal. Answer B: The serpent. The serpent tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden to challenge God's commandment. Satan, the devil, is described in the Bible as the serpent who convinced Eve, who then convinced Adam to eat the fruit from the forbidden tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The serpent goes by many names, including the Devil, Lucifer, Satan, Beelzebub, the beast, the fallen angel, and finally, the evil one. Matthew 4:1-11 What is an unbelievable trivial fact about the Bible? a. It cannot be destroyed when it is blessed. b. The most shoplifted book in history. c. The least-sold book in the world. Answer B: It is the most shoplifted book. The Bible is the most shoplifted book, according to CNN and the NY Times. The most common reason given for shoplifting the Bible is that it "should be free." Some stores place Bibles out for free, which can create the impression that all Bibles are free. One of the ironies is that people shoplift them to present them as gifts, thinking they are morally doing a virtuous deed by stealing and spreading "The Word." What country prints the most Bibles? a. China. b. Germany. c. United States. Answer A: China. Most Bibles are printed in China , followed by the United States and then Germany. Germany was the first country to print a Bible on a printing press. It was completed by Johannes Gutenberg around 1455 in Mainz, Germany. The Gutenberg Bible was a printed copy of the handwritten Latin Vulgate. Many books of the New Testament are epistles. What is an epistle? a. Manuscript. b. Sermons. c. Letter. Answer C: Letter. In the Bible, epistles are known as letters. The disciples of Paul, Peter, John, James, and Jude wrote epistles to the churches they started. Their epistles are recorded in the Old Testament. What group is well known for placing free Bibles in hotels and motels? a. The Jehovah's Witnesses. b . Knights of Columbus. c . The Gideons. Answer C: The Gideons. The Gideons are well known for placing free Bibles in hotels and motels. Gideon of the Bible was an Israelite from the tribe of Manasseh. He was a judge, prophet, and renowned military leader. Gideon is famous for defeating the Midianite army with only 300 men. The Gideons were founded by John H. Nicholson and Samuel E. Hill in 1899. It began as a Christian fellowship group for businessmen to strengthen their faith while traveling. The name comes from Gideon of the Bible to symbolize faith, obedience, and reliance on God. What is the appropriate way for women to dress for church services according to the Bible? a. Women must dress in their finest and always wear their "Sunday best" outfits. b. Any type of clothing is OK as long as it includes a "one-piece" dress. c. Women are to dress "modestly" at church services. Answer C: Dress modestly. Women are instructed in the Bible to dress modestly in an unassuming fashion for church. Revealing cleavage is not appropriate for religious gatherings and socialization. Tight-fitting clothes are not befitting for church services or other Christian events. Women's clothes should cover their shoulders, chest, elbows, midriff, and knees while in church. The purpose of attending church is not to show off clothes, fashion, wealth, popularity, or beauty. The Old Testament states that women are to cover their heads, while men are not to cover theirs. Read this article from The Parkway Church about the Bible's dress code. 1 Corinthians 11:3-16 Which disciple had a face that glowed like that of an angel? a. Stephen. b. Abram. c. Noah. Answer A: Stephen. Stephen was one of the first of seven deacons appointed to office and had a glowing face. Unfortunately, Stephen was the first disciple killed for his beliefs and became the first recorded biblical martyr. Stephen had much faith and was full of the Holy Spirit, which showed so strongly that the locals did not like him for his outspoken preaching and his performance of wondrous feats. The Bible says Stephen had a face that appeared like that of an angel while on trial before the Sanhedrin. Acts 6:5-15 Who was Jesus' stepfather? a. Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a devout believer. b. Joseph, a carpenter from Nazareth. c . Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch. Answer B: Joseph . Joseph was a descendant of King David and the husband of the virgin Mary. He was a humble man and a believer who married the mother of Jesus. Joseph lived through the scandal of having a pregnant wife out of wedlock. He and Mary must have endured a tremendous amount of ridicule, especially when they announced Mary was birthing the savior of the world. Can you imagine the stir that would cause today? Luke 1:26-28 What book in the Bible reveals details about the Apocalypse? a. Apocrypha. b. Book of Isaac. c. The Book of Revelation. Answer C: The Book of Revelation. The Book of Revelation tells of the end of the world and the revealing of divine secrets. "Apocalypse" is the Greek word for "revelation." It details the prophecies in the books of Daniel and Ezekiel about God's ultimate victory. What is the apocalypse? Who persecuted the Jews and later met a divine personality that blinded him on the road while traveling to Damascus? a. Saul of Tarsus. b. King Herod. c. Balaam. Answer A: Saul of Tarsus. A divine person, the resurrected Jesus, blinded Saul of Tarsus as he was traveling to Damascus. Jesus confronted Saul and chastised him for persecuting his followers. A few days later, Ananias healed Saul by laying his hands on his head. Saul converted during this experience, and the Lord changed Saul's name to Paul. Before this event, Saul persecuted the Jews and was involved in many of their deaths, including Stephen. After his conversion, Paul was one of the most significant followers and leaders of Christianity. Acts 9:1-9 How does the famous and popular Psalm 23 begin? a. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching. b. For God so loved the world. c. The Lord is my shepherd. Answer C: The Lord is my shepherd. Psalm 23 begins with "The Lord is my shepherd." This verse offers spiritual comfort by showing God as a shepherd providing, guiding, and protecting His followers. Psalm 23 is probably the most famous psalm ever quoted, especially at funerals. Please provide the most accurate definition of an atheist. a. Such an individual is a devil worshipper . b. A person who does not believe in any god. c. An atheist is a person who sets fire to churches . Answer B: He has no belief in any god. An atheist is a person who does not believe in the existence of any god. Atheists will never enter heaven because the first step to getting there is to believe in God. They reject all religions and any event that would be considered divine or supernatural. What is the closest definition of agnostic ? a. This individual holds a strong belief in the worship of Satan, the devil. b. Agnostics believe that the existence of a God is unknown. c. This person is a strong believer in religion. Answer B: The existence of a god is unknown. Agnostics are unsure whether any divine entity exists or whether God exists. Maybe there is; maybe there isn't; there is no way of knowing. They might be convinced if shown the physical material evidence. What did Joseph of Arimathea do at the resurrection of Jesus? a. He stabbed Jesus in the side with a spear to test whether he was dead. b. Joseph gave Jesus a drink of sour wine as he hung on the cross. c. He removed the body of Jesus from the cross. Answer C: He removed the body from the cross. Joseph of Arimathea took the body of Jesus down from the cross and carried it to the tomb. He was a rich Judean and respected member of the Sanhedrin and a secret follower of Jesus. Nicodemus helped Joseph; he was a Pharisee and also a secret follower of Jesus and condemned what the religious leaders did to Jesus. Both these men came out of hiding and showed their devotion to Jesus by also providing the linen shroud and burial spices. Joseph donated his personal grave for the burial site of Jesus. Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would be buried in the grave of the rich. Isaiah 53:9 John 19:38-42 What animal did Jesus ride when he entered Jerusalem during the last week of his life? a. Goat. b. Horse. c. Camel. d. Donkey. e. None, he walked in. Answer D: Donkey. The disciples placed their cloaks on a donkey for Jesus to sit on as he rode into Jerusalem. The people thought he was coming to take over and free them from Roman rule. They were mistaken; He came to free them from their sin and their destination into hell. Matthew 21:7 What is the day Jesus entered Jerusalem on the donkey called? a. Ash Wednesday b. Palm Sunday. c. Good Friday. Answer B: Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is the day Jesus entered Jerusalem during the week he was tried and crucified. The people believed that he had arrived with the intention of overthrowing Rome. There was much celebration, and people waved and laid down palm branches before him. Unknown to them, He was arriving as the ultimate sacrifice to God for all their sins. Because the people made a display of palm leaves, this day is called Palm Sunday. What are the last hours of Jesus' life called, starting with the Last Supper? a. Hebdomana Crucifixionis. b. Palm Sunday Weekend. c. The Passion of Christ. Answer C: The Passion of Christ. The passion of Christ refers to the time from the Last Supper to the burial of Jesus. This is the time of Jesus' physical and emotional suffering, when he knew at the Last Supper the crucifixion was coming. What period of time is recognized as the Holy Week concerning Jesus? a. T he last 7 days of Jesus' life, from Palm Sunday to the following Sunday when Jesus rose from the dead. b. Holy Week is the time from Jesus' baptism and reception of the Holy Spirit until his first sermon. c. It is the week that Joseph and Mary spent in Bethlehem during the birth of Jesus. Answer A: The entire last week of the life of Jesus. Holy Week started the Sunday before Jesus' resurrection, when he entered Jerusalem, and ended a week later on Sunday when He rose from the dead. Sunday : Jesus asked his disciples to locate a donkey, and they traveled into Jerusalem. Monday: Jesus upset the money booths outside the temple. Tuesday: Jesus killed a fig tree for not producing and gave a speech on the Mount of Olives. Wednesday: Judas consented to the deal with the Sanhedrin to expose Jesus. Thursday: Day of the Last Supper in the upper room, when Jesus also washed the disciples' feet. Friday: The day Jesus was arrested, tried, crucified, and buried. Saturday: Jesus lay wrapped in the tomb all day. Sunday: Jesus lay in the tomb and rose from the dead shortly before sunrise and left the tomb. What was Peter's profession before he became a disciple? a. Tent Maker. b. Fisherman. c. Sheepherder. Answer B: Fisherman. Peter was a fisherman in partnership with his brother Andrew. The two brothers were the first ones that Jesus called to service. Peter was often called Simon Peter. Jesus called him by the Aramaic name Cephas, which means "The "Rock." It refers to Peter being the foundation of the Church. Matthew 4:18-19 What does repentance NOT include? a. Repentance involves reviewing your sins and expressing regret for them. b. The act of performing charitable deeds and helping the impoverished. c. Making a commitment to changing your sinful ways. d. Pray to God, asking for forgiveness of sins. Answer B: Performing charitable deeds. Repentance does not include performing charitable deeds or righteous works . Doing good things and charitable deeds is not what repentance is about. A person who repents may indeed perform charitable deeds and help others, but that is not exactly being repentant. It is commendable to do good things, but that does not allow us into heaven and is not part of being repentant. Being repentant is reviewing your sins, asking God for forgiveness, and changing your sinful ways . Doing good works does not get us into heaven, but the Bible does say we will be rewarded for them. 2 Corinthians 5:10 promises that each person will receive “what is due for what he has done. Ezekiel 18:30 states that we need to turn from sinful ways and do good deeds. Luke 6:35 says our rewards will be great when we do good without expecting anything back, especially to our enemies and showing love to our neighbors. How many original transcripts of the Bible are in existence? a. None. Unfortunately, only copies exist. b. One. The transcript is in a vault in the Vatican basement. c. Two. They are on display in museums in Damascus and Jerusalem. Answer A: None. There are no original transcripts of the Bible. The original Bible was actually a collection of individually written works on various materials and not all kept together as a set. Many first copies exist of those original manuscripts and were eventually placed together as a collection, forming what we now call the Bible. The Ketef Hinnom Scrolls, written in the 7th or 6th century BC, contain the oldest known biblical text , but it is only a short piece of text from Numbers 6:24–26. The words are engraved on tiny silver scrolls inside an amulet obviously worn by a believer. The Dead Sea Scrolls, written in the 2nd century AD, are the oldest known scriptures written on actual scrolls, but they do not contain the entire collection of biblical books. The Codex Sinaiticus, written in the 4th century after Christ, is the oldest and most complete collection , which includes the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and the New Testament. What is the first step(s) to entering heaven? a. The path to heaven is being ethical, attending church, and saying your prayers. b . Being a righteous person is essential for getting into heaven. c. Obeying the Ten Commandments is the only way to heaven. d. Doing righteous works will allow you to enter heaven. e. The first step to heaven is to believe in Jesus. Answer E: Believe in Jesus. The first step to enter heaven is to believe in Jesus. This would be followed by confessing that you are a sinner and asking God for forgiveness of your sins. Then follow up by repenting of your sins and requesting that God grant you entry into heaven. Jesus said, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. '” After doing the above, we are instructed to show the world what we did by being baptized. Mark 16:16 says, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” This verse says we "should" get baptized, but it does not say that baptism alone saves us; it is just a recognition that we are saved. John 14:6 states that to be saved and enter heaven, one must believe in Jesus, not in good works or baptism. Explain the main purpose of baptism . a. Baptism is a confirmation that a person is an upstanding member of the church. b. The act is a public declaration of purification and cleansing of sin. c. It is a religious "rite" that allows entry into heaven . Answer B: Declaration of purification. Baptism is a public declaration of one's faith and purification and cleansing of sin. It is a symbolic declaration of believing in Jesus and recognizing Him as the savior. It symbolizes the death of one's sin and the resurrection of a new life in Jesus. Baptism is a person's public declaration of a new way of life. What is the best explanation of salvation ? a . Being saved from sin and eternal death through faith in Jesus Christ. b . Keeping the Sabbath holy and attending church every sabbath. c. Taking communion to assure entrance into heaven. Answer A: Saved from sin and eternal death. Jesus' death provides us salvation and saves us from our sins and eternal death. You must believe in Jesus Christ, ask for salvation, and repent of your sins. This man believed he wrestled with God and won. a. Samson. b. Jacob. c. Job. Answer B: Jacob. Jacob believed he wrestled with God all night. A divine person dislocated Jacob's hip out of place at the end of the match because he was losing. Some scholars believe it was God, and others believe it to be an angel bringing a message from God. This "messenger" changed Jacob's name to Israel. As a result, the Israelite nation was about to come into existence. Genesis 32:22-31 What is the "Day of the Lord "? a. It is Sunday, the Sabbath day. b. This occasion is the day Jesus was arrested , tried, and crucified. c. It's a time of judgment for sinners and preparation for Jesus's second coming. Answer C: A time of judgment. The Day of the Lord is a time of judgment for sinners. It marks the preparation for the second coming of Jesus. Great punishments will happen, such as war. It will be a period of "divine wrath." Afterwards, Earth will be restored. Malachi 4 Which of the following happened on a day of Pentecost when 3,000 people were gathered with Jesus ? a. Jesus ascended into heaven after his resurrection. b. Eyes of fire appeared on the shoulders of all the believers. c. About 120 followers of Jesus were filled with the Holy Spirit. Answer C: The Holy Spirit filled 120 followers. 120 followers were filled with the Holy Spirit. A powerful wind filled the house as tongues of fire appeared above and touched the disciples. The Holy Spirit filled 120 of Jesus' disciples, and they began to preach in foreign tongues. Hearing the "Word" in their language, approximately 3,000 people were baptized during Pentecost. This is considered by some scholars the start of the Christian Church. Acts 2:1-13 Who will NOT be able to enter the Kingdom of Heaven? a. Atheists. b . Murders. c. Homosexuals. d. Child molesters. e. Murders. f. All the above. Answer A: Atheists. Atheists do not believe in God or any heavenly being, so they cannot enter Heaven. Everyone else will enter Heaven if they believe in God, accept Jesus as their Savior, recognize that they are sinners, repent of their sins, ask for forgiveness, and ask God for entry into Heaven. Anyone but atheists have the chance of entering heaven if they follow God's plan. God’s forgiveness is available to all sinners who repent and turn to Christ in faith. Atheists can only have a chance at heaven if they change, that is, convert from being an atheist to becoming a gnostic and then follow God's plan of "The Good News." Who will be excluded from heaven? How many righteous people were found in Sodom before God destroyed it? a. None. b. Only one, Lot. c. Less than 10 believers. Answer C: Less than ten. God found fewer than 10 righteous men in Sodom. Lot and his family were the only ones worthy of surviving the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. However, Lot's wife disobeyed God and looked back as they were leaving, resulting in her death. Genesis 19 Man does not live by ______. a. Himself. b. Bread alone. c. Being sinful. Answer B: Bread alone. We are to live a righteous life by obeying the words that come out of God's mouth. Matthew 4:4 The love of money is the root of all ______. a. Envy. b. Evil. c. Sin. Answer B: Evil. Wanting material things, available with money, leads to a path from being righteous. 1 Timothy 6:10 In Genesis it says, "Let there be ________. a. Water under the firmament. b. Woman to help man. c. Light Answer C: Light. God created light on the first day of creation when he made day and night. Genesis 1:3 In Geniesis, Cain said to God, "Am I my ______ keeper?" a. Father's b. Brothers. c. Mother's. d. Crops. Answer B: Brothers. After Cain killed his brother Abel, God asked Cain where is brother was. Cain's response was basically, "What? Am I supposed to be looking after him?" Genesis 4:9 I will fear no _______. a. Enemies. b. Pain. c. Evil. Answer C: Evil. The verse is basically saying that if you are with God (a believer), there is no need to be afraid because I know where I will be going after death. Psalm 23:4 On the cross, Jesus said, "My God, My God, why have you ______ me?" a. Done this to me. b. Forsaken me. c. Left me. Answer C: Foresaken me. Jesus was quoting Psalm 22, which was written hundreds of years earlier and actually describes Him. At that moment Jesus took on the sin of the entire world, past, present, and future. Jesus was separated from God for an instant to know the feeling of sin that he was paying for. Matthew 27:46 In Psalms it says, "The Lord is my ______." a. God. b. Savior. c. Shepherd. Answer C: Shepherd. Psalm 23 is a message of encouragement. King David wrote it to show that God protects, provides, guides, and cares for those who trust in Him. Psalm 23 In front of a riotous mob, Jesus said, "Let him who is without sin cast the first _____." a. Lot. b. Spear. c. Stone. Answer C: Stone. Jesus was teaching at the temple courts when the Pharisees brought him a woman adulter. The Pharisees wanted to put Jesus on the spot and get him to authorize the traditional stoning. Instead, Jesus challenged them and basically said, "Who are you, so full of sin, to condemn her?" John 8:7 The wages of sin are ______. a. Hell. b. Death. c. Eternal torment. Answer B: Death. Being sinful makes us spiritually dead and separates us from God. Romans 6:23 Who said that he baptizes with water, but Jesus will baptize with the Holy Spirit? a. Paul. b. Mathew. c. John the Baptist. Answer C: John the Baptist. Matthew 3:11 Take the challenge of answering these hard Bible questions. For difficult Bible questions, scroll down past this section. Forty hard Bible questions. What was the last command Jesus gave to his disciples? a. They were to be faithful to one another. b. Jesus instructed them to teach all nations. c. They were to obey the ten commandments as given to Moses. Answer B: Teach all nations. During His last forty days on earth, Jesus instructed the disciples to teach all nations. Matthew 28:16-20 How old was Moses when he confronted Pharaoh? a. 100, and Aaron was 90 years old. b. 80, and Aaron was 83 years old. c. 30, and Aaron was 35 years old. Answer B: 80 years old. Moses was 80 years old , and Aaron was 83 years old when they faced Pharaoh. At 40, Moses left Egypt and went to Midian on the lam because he killed an Egyptian. At 80, Moses was called by God to lead the Hebrew slaves out of Egypt and to Canaan. At 120, Moses died on Mount Nebo after leading the slaves to the promised land. Moses had three life periods: 40 years in Egypt as a prince, 40 years in Midian as a sheepherder, and 40 years in the desert as a religious leader. Exodus 7:1-7 Which apostle said he would give his life to follow Jesus? a. Peter. b. Thomas. c. Matthew. Answer A: Peter. Peter said he would sacrifice his life for Jesus. John 13:33-38 Which apostle does tradition say was tied to and crucified on an X-shaped cross instead of a traditional cross? a. Paul. b. Peter. c. Andrew. Answer C: Andrew. Andrew was Simon Peter's brother and wanted to be tied rather than nailed to a cross. He was crucified in Patras, Greece, by Aegeas, the governor of the region at the time. Tradition also suggests that Aegeas tied him to the cross and turned the X sideways. Andrew wanted to suffer more because he felt inferior to Jesus the Messiah. The Bible does not authenticate this event. Learn more about Saint Andrew. Who was the prophet that said Babylon would capture Judah and take it back to Babylon? a. Ezekiel. b. Abraham. c. Jeremiah. Answer C: Jeremiah. God instructed Jeremiah to deliver messages of judgment and repentance, as well as this prophecy. He was an Israelite prophet during the 6th and 7th centuries BC. Jeremiah predicted that Babylon would attack Judah, destroy the temple, and exile the Israelites to Babylon. Jeremiah 20:4-6 Which seventeen-year-old boy did his older brothers sell into slavery? a. David. b. Isaiah. c. Joseph. Answer C: Joseph. Joseph was seventeen years old wh en his brothers sold him into slavery. He was the youngest brother at the time and his father's favorite son. Because he was the father's favorite, the other brothers were jealous and wanted to get rid of him. Later, Benjamin was born and became the youngest of Jacob's twelve sons. Genesis 37:1-4 Who told King Abimelech that his wife, Sarah, was his sister? a. Joseph. b. Abraham. c. Jeremiah. Answer C: Abraham. Abraham lied and told King Abimelech that his wife was his sister. He thought that Sarah's beauty would lead to his death. It appears that it was a common practice to kill the husbands of beautiful women. King David was well known for killing husbands in order to take their wives. Abraham told Abimelech, King of Gerar, that Sarah was his unmarried sister. Based on this information, King Abimelech took her as his wife. God intervened before Abimelech lay with Sarah. After God explained who she was, Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham. Genesis 20 Which woman of the Bible lived her entire life in the temple? a. Deborah. b. Judith. c. Anna. Answer C: Anna. Anna was a devout believer who lived her entire life in the temple. She was a widow and a prophetess. When Mary and Joseph took the infant Jesus to the temple, Anna saw Him. Anna recognized Jesus as the Christ right away. Luke 2:22-40 Who made the contribution to Christianity with the Vulgate translation? a. Aristotle. b. Isosceles of Triangula. c. Saint Jerome of Dalmatia. Answer C: Saint Jerome. Saint Jerome of Dalmatia supervised the creation of the Latin Vulgate translation. His accolades include being a Christian priest, theologian, historian, and translator of the Bible. An intriguing piece of trivia is that, for a while, he lived as a hermit before becoming a priest. Learn more about the Vulgate. Who did God put to death for "spilling his seed"? a. Onan. b. Judah. c. Shem. Answer A: Onan. Onan was put to death by God for "spilling his seed." Er and Onan were brothers and the sons of Jacob. God killed Er due to an evil deed he committed. Er's wife, Tamar, had no male children to inherit the estate. It was brother Onan's duty to take Er's wife and impregnate her. Onan refused to carry out the tradition. He "spilled his seed" because he did want to impregnate his brother's wife. God killed Onan for not doing the rightful and traditional ritual. Both brothers disobeyed God and died for it. Genesis 38:1-10 Who slew the brother of Goliath, the giant Gittite? a. Elhanan, the son of Jareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the giant. b. Jonathan, the best friend of David, killed the Gittite. c. David also slew this giant. Answer A: Elhanan. The son of Jareoregim was Elhanan , a Bethlehemite, who slew the giant from Gath. Elhanan defeated Lahm, the brother of Goliath, during a battle with the Philistines at Gob. The Philistines seemed to have many giants on their team. 2 Samuel 21:19 Who slew a third giant at Gath? a. Jonathan, David's nephew, killed the giant at Gath. b. Jonadab, David's cousin, killed the giant. c. David slew another giant. Answer A: Jonathan. David's nephew Jonathan , son of David's brother Shimeah, slew the third giant at Gath. Apparently, it was a family tradition of slaying Philistine giants. The giant had six fingers on every hand and six toes on every foot. 2 Samuel 21:21 What was written on the plaque above Jesus' head on the cross? a. This man hangs for blasphemy against the church. b. If he is the Messiah, let him save himself. c. Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. Answer C: King of the Jews. Written on the plaque of Jesus' cross was "King of the Jews." Pilot created the plaque and had it hung on the cross. The plaque read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." Both Pilot and his wife felt Jesus was innocent. Pilot washed his hands in a bowl of water, symbolically saying, "I wash my hands. His fate is in your hands." John 19:16-22 Which Bible person was in jail with Paul when an earthquake opened the doors and loosened their chains? a. Silas. b. Timothy. c. Barnabas. Answer A: Silas. Silas was in a Roman prison with Paul for being a public nuisance. A slave girl possessed by a spirit was constantly bothering and taunting Paul and Silas. After being sufficiently irritated at the situation, they exorcised the spirit out of the slave girl to stop it. The possessed girl was making money for her owners by telling fortunes. The owners complained. On the grounds of causing a public nuisance and disturbance, authorities arrested, stripped, flogged, and placed Paul and Silas in jail at Philippi. Acts 16:16-40 Which disciple was building something when his axe head fell into the river? a. Noah. b. Elisha c. Moses. Answer B: Elisha. While Elisha was working on a project, the head of his ax came loose and fell into the river. Elisha laid the handle on the water's surface, and the ax head miraculously floated to the top and attached itself to the wood. Depending on how you interpret the scripture, Elisha performed sixteen miracles. 2 Kings 6:1-7 Who pushed a dagger deep into the belly of Eglon, King of Moab? a. Samson. b. Ussiah. c. Ehud. Answer C: Ehud. Ehud pushed a dagger into the large stomach of the King of Moab, and it disappeared inside him. The dagger penetrated so deeply into Eglon's body that it disappeared and could not be seen. Guards were not aware of how Eglon died at first, which allowed Ehud to make his escape. Judges 3:12-30 Who was the wife of Nabal, who denied supplies to David's army? a. Jael. b. Abigail. c. Jehosheba. Answer B: Abigail. The wife of Nabal, Abigail, persuaded David not to kill her husband. David needed supplies because he was traveling with his army of 600 men. He was going to kill Nabal because Nabal didn't want to give up his supplies. Abigail convinced David not to kill her husband. Later, Nabal suffered from what appeared to be a severe heart attack. Ten days later, he strangely died, and David married his wife, Abigail. Abigail became David's eighth and last wife. David married several women whose husbands died under peculiar circumstances. 1 Samuel 25 Which female Bible character, known as a "double spy," drove a tent peg through the head of Sisera, the Canaanite general? a. Jezebel. b. Delilah. c. Jael. Answer C: Jael. Jael was a spy who killed Sisera, the general, by driving a tent peg through his head. General Sisera sought refuge in Jael's tent after he retreated from the Israelite army. Jael drove a tent peg through the head of the general while he slept. Judges 4 What cave did David hide out in when Saul was after him? a. Machpelah. b. Makkedah. c. Adullam. Answer C: Adullam Cave. Adullam Cave is where David hid out so that Saul couldn't locate him. David fled from Saul first to Achish, king of Gath, for sanctuary. The locals did not accept him there, and he had to leave. David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. 1 Samuel 22 Which two midwives did the Egyptian king assign to care for the Israelite women during childbirth, with instructions to kill all males that were born? a. Gomer and Hagar. b. Shiphrah and Puah. c. Oholah and Oholibah. Answer B: Shiphrah and Puah. The Egyptian king assigned Shiphrah and Puah to care for the Israelite women during childbirth. These women were midwives that the king ordered to execute all of the boys. They refused because they were believers. Exodus 1:15-21 When Jeremiah found himself imprisoned in a cistern at Malkijah, who saved him? a. Shephatiah, the son of Mattan, saved Jeremiah. b. Ebed-Melech, an Ethiopian eunuch. c. Pashhur, the son of Malkijah. Answer B: Ebed-Melech. Ebed-Melech , an Ethiopian eunuch, rescued Jeremiah from a muddy cistern. He was a member of King Zedekiah's court when he rescued Jeremiah from a muddy cistern. Royal officials had thrown Jeremiah into the cistern because of his preaching. Ebed-Melech persuaded the king to have Jeremiah pulled out. Things were rough in those days for those that preached the Gospel. Jeremiah 38:1-13 Which Bible queen refused to appear before the court to show off her beauty? a. Simone. b. Jezebel. c. Vashti. Answer C: Vashti. Vashti refused to appear before her husband, the king. King Xerxes held a banquet for seven days, and on the last day he was very drunk. He requested Queen Vashti to come to the court so he could show off her beauty to the guests. Queen Vashti refused to appear in her husband's court to be a display for his vanity. Vashti was dethroned and no longer allowed to be in the king's presence. King Xerxes replaced her with the beautiful Jewess, Esther. Side Note: Tradition states that she was to appear naked, but the Bible does not specifically state that. Esther 1:1-22 Who suggested to Pharaoh that Joseph could interpret his dreams? a. A guard in the prison. b. An imprisoned baker. c. The chief cupbearer. Answer C: The cupbearer. The chief cupbearer referred Pharaoh to Joseph. The cupbearer had previously been in jail with Joseph. Joseph had correctly interpreted the chef's dream while in jail. Genesis 41:9-16 Which Bible character became king when he was eight years old? a. Amon. b. Josiah. c. Jehoahaz. Answer B: Josiah. Josiah was a descendant of David and son of King Amon. He became king when he was only eight years old, when his father was assassinated. His reign lasted for thirty-one years, successfully getting rid of idols and restoring the faith in God. Josiah was responsible for starting the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 34 What events did NOT occur during the slaughter of the Amorites at Gibeon by Joshua? a. The Israelites killed many Amorites with their swords. b. Hailstones from heaven killed many Amorites. c. The sun stood still for a short time. d. Amorites committed suicide. Answer: D: Commit suicide. The Amorites did not commit suicide. All the other things took place. Joshua 10 After the soldiers crucified Jesus, what did they do? a. They took Jesus down from the cross for burial. b. Divided the clothes of Jesus among them. c. They felt remorse and converted. Answer B: Divided up Jesus' clothes. The Roman soldiers divided the clothes of Jesus among themselves after he died. John 19:23-24 Who was the Syrian commander with leprosy who captured a young Israeli girl? a. Rimmon. b. Naaman. c. Mordecai. Answer B: Naaman. Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram and came down with leprosy. The young Israeli girl told her mistress to contact Elisha, who could cure the commander of leprosy. Elisha went to Samaria and healed Naaman, a Syrian commander, of his leprosy. 2 Kings 5 Whom did Paul have to revive after he fell asleep during a lengthy sermon by Paul and then fell out of a window to his death? a. Urrah. b. Eutychus. c. Bartholomew. Answer B: Eutychus. Eutychus fell out of a window and died during Paul's sermon. Paul was preaching at midnight when Eutychus was sitting on a windowsill on the second story, listening. Eutychus fell asleep, fell out of the window, and lay dead on the ground until Paul revived him. Acts 20:7-12 Who was one of Saul's concubines who stayed with her two sons after they were hung on the hillside? a. Gibeah. b. Rizpah. c. Mephibosheth. Answer B: Rizpah. Rizpah, a concubine of Saul, stayed with her sons, whom the Gibeonites hung. Armoni and Mephibosheth were sons of Saul and Rizpah. The Gibeonites hung the two sons on the mountainside, allowing them to decay and become food for animals as revenge for Saul's misdeeds against them. Rizpah stayed with her dead sons, chasing away the birds and animals. 2 Samuel 21:7-14 The church met for worship in this wealthy Laodicean's house. a. Lydia. b. Naomi. c. Priscilla. Answer A: Lydia. Lydia held religious meetings at her house. She was a wealthy businesswoman and a seller of purple cloth. The church met in Lydia's house at Laodicea. Colossians 4:10-15 Which prophet did God instruct to visit a widow's home in Zarephath and request bread and water from her during a severe drought? a. John the Baptist. b. Jeremiah. c. Elijah. Answer C: Elijah. God instructed Elijah to visit Zarephath during the drought for bread and water. Afterward, God provided this woman with a flowerpot and an oil jug that never went empty. 1 Kings 17:7-16 The Bible says that David had many mighty men. Who was the chief leader of them? a. Shammah, son of Agee the Hararite. b. Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite. c. Benaiah, son of Jehoiada. Answer B: Josheb-Basshebeth. Josheb-Basshebeth was one of David’s mighty warriors and their chief leader. He raised his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter. 2 Samuel 23:8 When Noah came out of the Ark, what was the first thing he did? a. He built a shelter to live in. b. Noah built an altar to the Lord. c. He built corrals to house all the animals. Answer B: Built an altar. Noah built an altar as soon as he departed from the Ark. He built the altar to express thanks and to honor God. Genesis 8:15-21 What did Potiphar’s wife falsely accuse Joseph of, which got him thrown into prison? a. "He came in here to sleep with me." b. "He refuses to bow down to our religious idols." c. "Joseph was sent to kill my husband in his sleep." Answer A: He came here to sleep with me. Potiphar's wife falsely said that Joseph "came to sleep with me." The truth was that Pharaoh's wife wanted Joseph to sleep with her, and he refused. Thus, the term "woman scorned" has been a prevalent saying since that time. Genesis 39:11-15 Paul had these words to say about women’s long hair. a. Hair should be groomed and kept above the shoulders. b. A woman's hair is not to be adorned with jewelry. c. A woman's hair is her glory. Answer C: Woman's glory. Paul stated that long hair is a woman's glory. He also stated that long hair on a man is a disgrace. A woman is to allow her hair to grow long. Men are to cut their hair short. 1 Corinthians 11:13-16 Which Bible woman used false testimony to have Naboth killed so that her husband, the king, could take ownership of his vineyard? a. Jezebel. b. Bathsheba. c. Potiphar's wife. Answer A: Jezebel. The wicked Jezebel had Naboth killed. King Ahab wanted Naboth's vineyard, which was next to the palace, but he was unable to make a deal with Naboth. So the wicked Jezebel made false witness against Naboth to have him killed so that evil King Ahab could take his vineyard. These two are considered the most evil pair in the Bible. 1 Kings 21 What animal(s) pulled a cart that the Philistines sent to the Israelites? a. One donkey. b. Two calves. c. Two goats. d. One Horse. Answer B: Two calves. Two calves pulled a cart from the Philistines to the Israelites. The Philistines sent the cart to the Israelites without a driver. It went to the field of Joshua in Beth Shemesh. 1 Samuel 6 What was the main item in the cart that the Philistines sent to the Israelites? a. A Golden Calf. b. An original copy of the Tanakh. c. The Ark of the Covenant with the Ten Commandments. Answer C: The Ark of the Covenant. The Ark of the Covenant was in the cart that the Philistines sent to the Israelites. Also contained in the cart were five gold tumors and five gold rats. The exact shape of the tumors is unknown, and they are accepted as just being gold objects. The Philistines decided to rid themselves of the Ark after it caused destruction everywhere it went. 1 Samuel 6:1-18 Who was the Bible person who traveled far, bringing many spices, gems, and gold to King Solomon because of his fame? a. King of Saudi Arabia. b. Prince of Ethiopia. c. Queen of Sheba. Answer C: The Queen of Sheba. The Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon because she wanted to know how wise he was. She traveled from Ethiopia in a large caravan, bringing valuable gifts of precious stones, gold, and spices. Solomon wisely answered questions that Sheba asked, which impressed her with his knowledge. 1 Kings 10:1-13 How did Elisha spoil the plans of the king of Syria, who sent a large army with horses and chariots to Dothan to kill him? a. Elisha caused a thundering noise in the sky and lightning bolts to scare and strike the invaders. b. He blinded the entire invading army, causing them to retreat to another city. c. Elisha caused a firewall to erupt between the city and the invading army. Answer B: Blinded the army. Elisha prayed, and God blinded the invading army . The Syrian army arrived late at night and surrounded the city. Elisha prayed for help, and God blinded the enemy soldiers. Later, God removed their blindness when Elisha and the city were safe. 2 Kings 6 Take the challenge of answering these difficult Bible questions. They start soft and end up extremely hard. Forty difficult Bible questions about trivial biblical things. Does swearing an oath on the Bible in a court of law go against the Bible's teachings? a. NO. b. Yes. c. Only for those baptized. Answer B: Yes. Yes, it is against the Bible for anyone to swear any oath. There is a difference between swearing and cursing. Swearing is making a statement of truth or a solemn declaration invoking a deity (involving God). Cursing uses harmful or foul language, which also goes against the Bible. Matthew 5:34-37 What did the Holy Spirit look like when it rested upon the disciples at Pentecost? a. Tongues of fire. b. Bright halo. c. A dove. Answer A: Tongues of fire. The Holy Spirit looked like divided tongues of fire when it rested upon the disciples. The tongues came in on a strong gust of wind that filled the room. The room was also filled with loud heavenly noises. Acts 2:1–4 What did Jesus say was the only authorized reason for a divorce? a. Sexual Immorality. b. Not being in love. c. Physical abuse. Answer A: Sexual immorality. Sexual immorality is the only reason for a divorce. God intends that a marriage should never be broken. Sexual immorality outside the marriage of a man and a woman includes adultery, fornication, pornography, and gay activities. Matthew 19:7-9 Who cared for Jesus' mother, Mary, after He was crucified? a. Matthew. b. Peter. c. John. Answer C: John. John the disciple took care of Mary after Jesus died. It was known that John was the apostle whom Jesus loved the most. While dying on the cross, Jesus instructed John to take care of His mother. John took her to his house in Ephesus, where he had his ministry. John 19:25-27 Who had three sons when he was over 500 years old? a. Noah. b . Adam. c. Moses. Answer A: Noah. Noah had three sons when he was over 500 years old. He finished building the Ark when he was over 600 years old. Noah was 950 years old when he died. Genesis 5:32 Under the Laws of Moses, what should be done to a child who attacks or curses a parent? a. The child should be exiled from the family. b. Parents are to forgive them. c. The child is to be killed. Answer C: The child is to be killed. The child is to be killed after striking a parent according to the Old Testament laws. The fourth commandment is "Thou shalt honor thy father and mother." This commandment is the most important, following the first three, which concern faithfulness to God. It would be understandable if punishment for disobeying the fourth commandment were severe. Exodus 21:15 Who received credit for writing the first comprehensive English translation of the entire Bible, including the Apocrypha? a. John Wycliffe. b. King James. c. Socrates. Answer A: John Wycliffe. John Wycliffe wrote the first complete Bible translation in English in 1384. Why did the church burn William Tyndale's body? a. He assassinated the head priest of the Church of England in London. b. William Tyndale committed the crime of translating the Bible into English. c. He refused to say the Lord's Prayer at the beginning of his classes at Oxford. Answer B: He translated the Bible into English. William Tyndale translated the Bible into English from the original Hebrew and Greek texts. In 1536 AD, the church sentenced William Tyndale to death by strangling, and his body was burned. The church felt it would lose control of the parishioners if they could read and understand the Bible for themselves. William Tyndale is often regarded as the father of the English Bible. Who did the Catholic Church exhume 43 years after his death, burn his body, and, to emphasize their point, throw his ashes into the river? a. Dante. b. Socrates. c. Nicodemus. d. John Wycliffe. e. Nostrodamus. Answer D: John Wycliffe. John Wycliffe produced a handwritten English translation of the complete Bible in 1384. The church exhumed John Wycliffe 43 years after his death and set his body on fire. This act was John Wycliffe's belated punishment for printing the English translation of the Bible. The incident shows how the Catholic Church sought to maintain control over its teachings and influence parishioners and their passion to publicly punish those that went against them. John Wycliffe was an English theologian. Which prophet went around "preaching unclothed" for 3 years? a. Isaiah. b. Nathan. c. Jeremiah. Answer A: Isaiah. The prophet Isaiah went around preaching in his underwear for three years. God instructed Isaiah to preach in his undergarments to prove a point about how wicked the believers were. Isaiah 20:1–4 What famous book did Sotheby's Auction sell for $14 million in 2013? a. A first edition of the King James Bible. b. A Puritan minister's Book of Psalms. c. One of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Answer B: Book of Psalms. Sotheby's sold The Book of Psalms , which was written by Puritan ministers, at auction for $14 million. What are the oldest known copies of biblical scripture? a. Ketef Hinnom Scrolls. b. Dead Sea Scrolls. c. Masoretic Text. Answer A: The Ketef Hinnom Scrolls. The Ketef Hinnom scrolls are the oldest known biblical scripture. They have been dated to around 650–587 BC. The Dead Sea Scrolls are dated from 100 BC to 100 AD. The Masoretic Text is dated from the 7th to the 10th century AD. Who built the first temple in Jerusalem? a. King Solomon. b. King David. c. King Saul. Answer A: King Solomon. King Solomon built the first temple in Jerusalem. It was built as a permanent home for the Ark of the Covenant. King David, Solomon's father, purchased Mount Moriah as the site for the temple. 1 Kings 6:1-10 Who destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem? a. Babylonians. b. Philistines. c. Klingons. d. Hittites. Answer A: Babylonians. The Babylonians destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem. Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II ordered the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BC. This was done under the leadership of Captain Nebuzaradan, who also tore down the city walls of Jerusalem and took many of its people back to Babylon. 2 Kings 25:1-11 Who destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem? a. Romans. b. Persians. c. Assyrians. Answer A: The Romans. The Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 AD. It was destroyed to suppress the growing Jewish resistance. The Romans starved the city, and then they breached its walls and set fire to it. Jesus and Daniel prophesied the destruction before it happened. Matthew 24:1-2 Daniel 9:26 What evil deed could an Israelite accidentally commit and take refuge in another city? a. Accidentally kill someone. (Involuntary manslaughter, not murder.) b. Found lying in bed with a family member, not his spouse. c. Forgetting to pay for something at the market (shoplifting). Answer A: Accidentally kill someone. If someone a ccidentally kills another person (involuntary manslaughter, not murder), they can seek refuge in another city. Joshua 20:3 Unbelievably, many individuals who committed evil deeds in the Bible had this particular type of hair. a. Receding. b. Blonde. c. Bald. d. Red. Answer D. Red. Many of the villains in the Bible had red hair, including Esau, David, and Judas Iscariot. Less than 2% of the world's population has red hair. The name Adam is often associated with the color red. Mary Magdalen and Caleb the spy are believed to have had red hair. Who printed the first complete Bible on a printing press? a. Bodhidharma, a Christian monk living in China. b. Johannes Gutenberg of Germany. c. King James of England. Answer B: Gutenberg. The Gutenberg Bible was the first one printed on a printing press. Johannes Gutenberg printed the Bible in Germany in 1454. Biography of Johannes Gutenberg. Who was seduced by his daughters while he was drunk? a. Zelophehad: he had no male heirs to inherit his property. b. Phillip: while he was on a mission in Caesarea c. Lot: following the death of his wife in Sodom. Answer C: Lot. Lot's two daughters seduced him after they had intoxicated him. Lot's wife died while they were escaping from Gomorrah. There were no sons or brothers to carry on the family name. The daughters wanted the family line to continue, so they got themselves pregnant. The oldest daughter gave birth to Moab, who later started the lineage of the Moabites. The youngest daughter gave birth to Ammon, who later started the lineage of the Ammonites. Genesis 19:35 Which of these religious sects does not believe in a single God? a. Islam. b. Judaism. c. Hinduism d. Christianity. e. Mormonism. Answer C: Hinduism. Hinduism has many gods that represent different spiritual qualities of the religion. Brahman is the supreme god over all the other gods. All religious sects that trace themselves back to Abraham believe in the one God. What was the first recognized "officially authorized Bible " of the Church printed in English? a. Gutenberg Bible of 1455. b. The Great Bible of 1539. c. King James of 1611. Answer B: The Great Bible. The first "authorized" Bible printed in English was the Great Bible. The Great Bible was commissioned by King Henry VIII and supervised by Thomas Cromwell and Miles Coverdale. Which situation in the Old Testament prevents a man from going to church? a. Someone with damaged privates (testicles) or privates that have been cut off (eunuchs). b. A man who has engaged in immoral sexual relations. c. Anyone who is not circumcised. Answer A: Someone with damaged privates. A man with damaged privates (testicles) cannot attend church. Also, those with their testicles removed (eunuchs) may not attend church. Deuteronomy 23:1 What did God "smite" the people of Ashdod with in their "private bo dy parts"? a. Boils. b. Warts. c. Hemorrhoids. Answer C: Hemorrhoids. God afflicted the people of Ashdod with tumors (hemorrhoids) in their private body parts. The Philistines had captured the Ark, and terrible things started to happen to them. Dagon, their statue idol and god, fell to the ground on its face, bowing to the ark. The Philistines kept moving the Ark to different cities, and chaos always broke out. The hemorrhoids were inflicted after the Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant from Israel and placed it in the temple of their god Dagon in Ashdod. Samuel 5:5-12 What did the Philistines do with the Ark of the Covenant after it caused all this chaos? a. They placed the Ark on a cart, took it far away to the driest part of the desert, and abandoned it there. b. The Philistines sent a letter to the priests in Jerusalem demanding that they come and retrieve it. c. The Ark of the Covenant was placed in a cart and sent to the Israelites without a driver. Answer C: Placed the Ark on a cart without any driver. The Philistines loaded the Ark on a cart, attached two calves, and sent it away without a driver. The Ark seemed to have supernatural powers, causing many issues for the Philistines who captured it. After receiving tumors and hemorrhoids, the Philistines decided to get rid of the Ark. Five gold objects and five gold rats were also placed on the cart as a guilt offering. The cart traveled to the field of Joshua in Beth Shemesh, where it stopped beside a large rock. 1 Samuel 6:14 Who called down fire from heaven, which consumed 50 soldiers on three separate occasions? a. Moses. b. Peter. c. Elijah. d. Jesus. Answer C: Elijah. Elijah called fire from heaven, which consumed 50 soldiers. He called for fire on three separate occasions until the captain sent by King Ahaziah finally got the hint to stop attacking. 2 Kings 1:10 What specific instructions did God give that should be performed while in camp? a. Poop outside the camp and cover it up. b. Wash your hands before handling or eating food. c. Set out watches at all four corners of the camp at sundown. Answer A: Poop outside the camp. God provides specific instructions about pooping outside the camp. A hole is to be dug and covered up afterward. Deuteronomy 23:12-14 Which man prayed for the sun to stand still and for the moon to stop because he needed more time to conquer his enemy during a fierce battle? a. Abraham. b. Joshua. c. Moses. Answer B: Joshua. Joshua prayed, and the sun stood still, and the moon stopped so that he would have enough daylight to finish the battle against the Amorites. Five kings of the Amorites united to fight against the city of Gibeon. The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal for help. Joshua arrived with his entire army and fought against the Amorites, but they were running out of daylight. Joshua prayed to God for some help. "The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day." Joshua 10:12-14. God instructed this man to take refuge in the Kerith Ravine near the Jordan River. a. John the Baptist, who was being hunted by King Herod. b. Elijah fled to escape from Ahab's wrath. c. Moses after killing a taskmaster. Answer B: Elijah. Elijah the Tishbite prophesied to King Ahab that a famine was coming. Ahab was not happy about that prophecy and decided to have Elijah killed. God instructed Elijah to seek refuge in Kerith Ravine, located by a brook. Ravens brought bread and meat, and Elijah drank from the brook. 1 Kings 17:2-6 . What does the Old Testament prescribe for a wife who defends her husband by grabbing the opponent's privates? a. Her hand must be cut off immediately. b. She is to stay in isolation away from her husband for 72 hours. c. The wife must immediately go and cleanse her hands with water that has been blessed. Answer A: Her hand must be cut off. A woman who touches the privates of her husband's assailant must have her hand cut off. During a fight between a husband and an assailant, a woman must not touch the assailant's genitals. Deuteronomy 25:11 . In the Old Testament, what happens to a woman who marries and is not a virgin? a. She is forced to divorce her husband. b. All the men in the village must stone her. c. She is returned to her father, and the marriage is annulled. Answer B: She must be stoned to death. Every man in the village must stone to death a non-virgin who marries. This must be done at the entrance of her father's house. Before the arrival of Jesus and under the Mosaic laws, life was very strict and punishment severe. Deuteronomy 22:13-21 . Who lost his strength because of a haircut? a. Jeremiah. b. Eziekial. c. Samson. d. Isaiah. Answer C: Samson. Samson was a Nazarite who dedicated himself to God. Part of being a Nazarite is not to cut one's hair, drink alcohol, or touch dead bodies. This gave Samson his strength. Unfortunately, Samson had a weakness for women and revealed his secret to one who betrayed him by cutting off his hair. She was paid for this by the Philistines so that they could capture him. Judges 16:19 Who walked around naked and barefoot for three years as a sign of judgment against Egypt and Ethiopia. a. Jerimiah. b. Ezekial. c. Samson. d. Isaiah. Answer D: Isaiah. God commanded the prophet Isaiah to walk around naked. Isaiah's nudity symbolized the shame and humiliation Judah would suffer at the hands of the Assyrians. Isaiah 20:1–4 Which king stripped off his clothes and lay nude all day and all night? a. Saul. b. Abimelech. c. Rehoboam. Answer A: Saul. King Saul stripped off his clothes and lay nude all that day and night. Two times Saul sent messengers to capture David. Each time the spirit of the Lord went upon them, and they prophesied. The third time, Saul went himself and fell under the influence of the spirit of God. He stripped off his garments and prophesied in Samuel’s presence. 1 Samuel 19:0-24 What did Elisha put into a tainted pot of stew to make it safe to eat? a. Frankincense. b. Oriander. c. Flour. Answer C: Flour. Elisha simply put flour into a stew to make it safe to eat according to the Bible. He prepared stew for the sons of the prophets during a famine. During the gathering of ingredients, one of the prophets unknowingly added a poisonous wild gourd to the pot, making it unsafe to eat. Adding the flour made the stew potable, and they could eat it. 2 Kings 4:38–41 Who did Abraham have his second son with? a. His wife Sarah. c. The sister of Sarah. b. Sarah's handmaiden. Answer A : His wife Sarah. Abraham had his second son, Isaac, with his wife. He had his first son, Ishmael, with his wife's Egyptian handmaiden Hagar. Genesis 17:19 What did the angel Gabriel tell Zechariah? a. He said that his wife Elizabeth would give birth to John, the forerunner of the Messiah. b. That he would have a son to be named John, and he would become a king of Israel. c. That his wife's cousin, the virgin Mary, was going to give birth to the savior. Answer A: Elizabeth would give birth to John. Gabriel announced to Zechariah that Elizabeth would soon become pregnant and bear a son who would be the forerunner of the Messiah. Zexhariah and Elizabeth were old, never having a child, and Elizabeth was past childbearing age. They were told the child would be dedicated to the Lord from birth. Luke 1:5-25 Who saw a vision in the Valley of Dry Bones? a. Abraham. b. Jeremiah. c. Eekiel. Answer C: Ezekiel saw a vision. Ezekiel was carried by the Spirit of God in a dream to a valley filled with very dry human bones. He had this vision when prophesying to the Israelite exiles in Babylon around 593–571 BC. The dream is interpreted as the dry bones representing the house of Israel, which was scattered and despondent. God promised to open their graves, return them to their land, and place His Spirit within them so they live and recognize Him as their LORD. Ezekiel 37:1–10 What does the Bible state as the duty of all mankind? a. Obey the beatitudes. b. Love thy neighbor as thyself. c. To fear God and keep his commandments. Answer C: We are to "fear" God and obey his commandments. The word "fear" means to respect, revere, be in awe of, obey, and trust God. Ecclesiastes 12:13 Who saved Israel by slaying 600 Philistines with an ox goad? a. Samson. b. Shamgar. c. Potiphar. Answer C: Shamgar. Shamgar, son of Anath, struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He was a judge of Israel, who delivered the Israelites from Philistine oppression. An oxgoad is a herder's or farmer's tool for prodding oxen along as they pull plows or carts. Judges 3:31 Who fought so long that his hand stuck to his sword? a. Eleazer. b. Samson. c. Joshua. Answer C: Eleazer. Eleazar, one of King David’s mighty men, had remarkable courage during a battle against the Philistines. God gave him the strength to stay steadfast and not to retreat or waver, even though he was tired, showing a commitment to defend Israel. 2 Samuel 23:10 "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor demons, nor the present, nor the future, nor any powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God..." Romans 8:38 Return to the menu. Fun words and phrases from the 1950s: What does it mean if you said, "Ain't that a bite?" a. This verb refers to a lie that someone told. b. It refers to food, such as a hamburger, that is large. c. This sentence was another way to say, “That’s too bad." Answer C: It means, "That's too bad.” A remark like "I was laid off today" would get a response of "Ain't that a bite?"

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Discover intriguing physical facts and trivia about the Bible. Refresh your memory of how the Bible is constructed and printed with this easy and hard question set. Information and Facts about the Physical Bible Physical Bible Facts and Bible Trivia Learn the physical facts about the Bible, Bible trivia, and Bible truths. The Bible is an excellent source of information concerning how we should live. The consensus is that less than 50% of Americans believe in the Bible. The Bible is the authority of the Christian faith; it was written by divine authority and with divine inspiration. The Bible is also known by other popular names. The Scriptures. Divine Scripture . Word of God. The Book of Truth. The Canon. The "Good" Book. The Gospel(s). Holy Scripture. The Word. The Living Word. Polyglot. Book of the Law. Does the Bible include any secret codes? Several people and organizations claim to have found hidden codes in the Bible. Their efforts and the evidence they provided have been debunked and disproved by reputable sources. The answer is that there are no hidden codes in the Bible. The Bible is straightforward; however, it does contain many parables. Parables are meant to bewilder the unbeliever. However, they are meant to make sense to the believer. The belief is that if you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you can interpret the parables. The three most important messages of the New Testament and the entire Bible, for that matter, are that 1. We were created by a supreme being we call God. 2. Jesus, the son of God, offered his earthly life as a sacrifice to atone for the sins of the believers. 3. The marriage of believers to Jesus occurred at his crucifixion. The bridegroom is Jesus, who has gone away to prepare a new home for His bride, the believers, to inhabit in the afterlife. Jesus told his disciples in a parable at the Last Supper that believers are all part of this wedding. Some time in the unknown future, Jesus will return to gather his bride (believers) to live with him in a new world. These are the three most important messages that the Bible reveals to us. The foundational cores of Christianity are Creation . God created humans, Earth, and the universe. Sin: God's creation is not behaving according to his expectations and i s the ultimate cause of death for all humans. Faith. Jesus paid for man's sin by dying on the cross in place of the sinners. Afterlife. There is eternal life for those who believe in the aforementioned principles. The fundamentals of Christianity are Salvation: The death of Jesus paid for our sins. Repentance: Our lives transform from negative to positive. Judgment: What we do on Earth is judged by God. Heaven: T he path to heaven is a gift obtained by having faith in God. The Bible explains why we are here and offers hope for an everlasting afterlife. "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea." Revelation 21: " I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. In addition to God himself being with them, they will be his people. He will be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, mourning, crying, or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." The entire purpose of Jesus is His "sacrifice" for our sins and His return to "rapture" His believers. God's creation is not following the rules. We are currently committing sins and must atone for them. This approach is similar to how a father might hold his child accountable for their mistakes as they grow up. However, God provides us an escape plan to pay for our sins by allowing Jesus to take our place. Because Jesus took the ultimate punishment in our place, we won't have to bear the consequences of our wrongdoings. God also will allow believers to live forever in a new world. Jesus will return to earth, gather all his believers, those dead and alive, place their souls in a spiritual body, and settle them in a new home. The Bible describes this process as the "Second Coming" and the "Marriage." Following his crucifixion and payment for our sins, Jesus rose from the dead and ascended to heaven. At that point, Jesus became the husband, and all believers became the bride, according to the Bible. Jesus explained this relationship to his disciples. He was leaving for heaven to create a new home for us, and when that is complete, he will return and gather us up to take us to our new home in our new bodies. There are well over a hundred translations of the Bible into English. This variety includes all dialects of English, both ancient and modern. The complete Bible has been translated into approximately 724 different world languages. Over 2,000 different languages have translated individual portions of the Bible. The United Bible Society is a global fellowship of 150 Bible groups that translate, publish, and distribute the Bible worldwide. Creation of the Bible begins with copies of the original Hebrew and Greek texts, followed by translations. Some of the most popular and well-studied Bible versions are the NIV and KJV, which scholars worked hard on to make accurate translations. The New King James Version (NKJV) Protestant Bible is perhaps the most popular. Sales of the New International Version (NIV) recently surpassed the sales of the King James Version. However, the NIV did not necessarily surpass the King James in terms of general use. The Bible is not a book. The Bible is a bound collection of "individual books" translated from ancient manuscripts. Facts concerning the physical Bible depend on the translation and version. The results vary based on the websites consulted, the specific Bible version used, and the particular revision referenced. General Bible Facts and Physical Bible Information. The New and Old Testaments contain 66 books combined. 39 in the Old Testament. 27 in the New Testament. There are 1189 chapters in the combined two testaments. 929 in the Old Testament. 260 in the New Testament. A total of 31,102 verses are in the two combined testaments. 23,145 in the Old Testament. 7,947 in the New Testament. There are 788,280 words combined in the two testaments. 609,269 in the Old Testament. 179,011 in the New Testament. The Bible has 1.2 million individual letters. These are characters or letters of the English alphabet. There are 150 songs in the Book of Psalms. The Book of Psalms is the only Bible book that does not have chapters. Psalms are a collection of individual poems and songs identified as simply Psalms 1 through 150. It does have numbered verses, however. There are 14,000 words, more or less, spoken by women. Eight women talked to God. Approximately 200 women are mentioned in the Bible. Not all are identified by name. Jesus spoke 31,426 words in the Bible. This total does not count duplicate sentences in the Gospels. Some Bibles include a third set of books, the Apocrypha. There are 14 "approved" books in the Apocrypha. The Apocrypha are books considered "unauthorized" as part of the Bible. They are important enough to be valid scripture and are useful for instruction and teaching. The original Latin Vulgate and Greek Septuagint included the Apocrypha. Not all churches recognize the Apocrypha as valid scripture. The Hebrew Bible and many Protestant Bibles do not include the Apocrypha. The Bible includes the Apocrypha bound between the Old and New Testaments. The Bible contains a total of 80 books, including the Apocrypha. The Apocrypha generally recognizes 14 books. Esdras. 2 Maccabees. 1 Maccabees. Prayer of Manasseh. The Idol Bel and the Dragon. Susanna. The Song of the Three Children. Jeremiah. Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus. Wisdom. Esther. Judith. Tobit. 2 Esdras. The original scripture is in three different languages. These are Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. The Old Testament is written mostly in Hebrew. The New Testament is written mostly in Greek. This distinction is due to the popular spoken language at the time of the writing. Aramaic was spoken during the time of Jesus. This interval is the time between the Old and New Testaments. The most popular King James version was published in 1611. Before the King James Version, three other popular Bibles were written and used. Great Bible (published in 1539). Geneva Bible (1560). Bishop's Bible (1568). King James Charles Stuart is also King James VI of England and King James I of Scotland. He was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the third-generation grandson of Henry VII, King of England. King James was a converted Christian. James was a writer in his own right and is credited with writing The Book of Common Prayer. He decreed that the Bible be read aloud in church. The Great Bible was the authorized Bible at the time. James ordered a rewriting of the Bible, declaring it to be the only one in use. The change was mainly due to the Puritan sect of the church having issues with the earlier translations. King James mandated the writing of the New Bible in the prevailing language, ensuring universal accessibility and comprehension. The Bible was originally called "The Holy Bible" and not the King James Version. That came later. The King James Version included 80 books in total. There are 39 books in the Old Testament. The Apocrypha has 14 books. There are 27 books in the New Testament. The short and long of it: The shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35. "Jesus wept." The longest verse is Esther 8:9. "Then there were the king's scribes." The shortest chapter is Psalm 117. This chapter has only 30 words in its two verses. The longest chapter is Psalm 119. It has 176 verses. The shortest book is 3 John or 2 John . 3 John has 14 verses and about 219 words. 2 John contains 13 verses with 245 words. Decide whether you prefer fewer verses or fewer words. The longest book is Jeremiah. It has 25 chapters and about 33,000 words. Some say the Psalms are longer because they have more chapters. But it has only about 30,000 words. The first and last books of the Old Testament are Genesis and Malachi. The first and last books of the New Testament are Matthew and Revelation. The first verse in the Bible is Genesis 1:1. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." The last verse in the Bible is Revelation 22:21. "The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen." The original Hebrew text, before being translated, includes the following: In Psalm 119, there are 22 sections, with eight lines in each. Each of the eight lines in each section starts with a Hebrew letter in the alphabet. The Hebrew alphabet outlines the chapters from A to Z (Alef to Tav) in alphabetical order. The longest word in the Bible is in Isaiah 8:1. "Mahershalalhashbaz is the longest word in the Bible. " Mahershalalhashbaz is a Hebrew name or word meaning "swift are the spoils; speedy is the plunder." God commanded Isaiah to bestow on his son this name. The smallest known Bible is the Nano Bible. The Nano Bible resides on an aluminum disk. The disk is 600 nanometers in diameter and requires an electron microscope to read it. It was taken to the International Space Station by astronaut Eytan Stibbe. The Nano Bible now resides at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, next to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Technion created the Nano Bible. The largest modern Bible weighs over 1000 lbs. Louis Waynai of Texas completed the creation in 1930. The Waynai Bible currently resides at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. It is approximately 43 inches thick and spans about 98 inches when opened. The Bible is the most stolen book in history, which is troubling. However, it is also the most purchased book in history. The estimate is that over 100 million copies of the Bible, all translations, are sold worldwide each year. The first five books of the Old Testament create the Pentateuch . The Tanakh is the Jewish Holy Scriptures. The Torah is one section of the Hebrew Bible. The Torah is about one-fourth of the "Tanakh." It is also called the Pentateuch (five books). The translation of the Pentateuch is a volume of five. Moses has been recognized as the author of these books. We also refer to them as the Books of the Law. This section is the "Torah" or the "Chumash." Included in the Torah's five-book set are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The four sections of the Torah include: Chumash (the Five Books of Moses), Neviim (the Prophets), Treisar (the Minor Prophets), and Ketuvim (the Writings). The Torah is also one section of the Protestant Bible (the Old Testament). It's the first five books of the standard Christian Bible. Christians call this section the Pentateuch. The first four books of the New Testament are the Gospels. The Gospels include the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John . The Jewish faith also does not accept Jesus as the Messiah. Jews do not recognize the New Testament as valid scripture. The Messiah has yet to come, according to the Jews. Many Jews, over time, have come to believe that Jesus is the catalyst of the Christian movement. They admit that he was at least a teacher. We have identified and considered forty people as the main authors of the Bible. However, there is controversy over this question between ancient and modern scholars. Other writers besides the forty have been identified as authors or aides in helping. The authors of many books are unknown. Most of the authors of the Old Testament were Hebrew. Many of the authors of the New Testament were Christian Jews. However, Luke was not a Jew; he was a Gentile and a doctor. Credit is given to Luke for writing the Book of Luke and the Book of Acts. The Bible was written mostly in Israel, with some in Egypt and a few in European cities. There were many unwritten manuscripts at the time. Generations passed down the stories orally, following no set order. The order of the "Books" in the Bible is neither chronological nor authorial. The books are arranged according to their intended use. The five groups of the Old Testament are history, wisdom, poetry, and prophecy. The four groups of the New Testament are the Gospels, History, Epistles, and Prophecy. There are intriguing derivatives of biblical words to explore. The word "Bible" is from the Greek word "biblia," meaning "books." "Christ" is a word from the Greek "khristos," which translates as "the anointed." Lucifer's name is derived from the Latin phrase "lux ferre" and translates to "light bringing." "Amen" is a word derived from the Hebrew "āmēn," which means "certainty." The Protestant Bible is acknowledged to be a true and accurate translation. Many consider the Bible to be the literal word of God. Some believe the writers were full of the Holy Spirit when they wrote. Others believe the Bible is a book authored by inspired believers. The Geneva Bible is recognized as the most heralded Bible of its time. The Geneva Bible was the first Bible that had numbered verses. The Geneva Bible was what the Pilgrims used. They brought it over on the ship Mayflower. The Geneva Bible was the primary Bible used in the 16th century. It was the Bible that Shakespeare and other philosophers used. William Whittingham supervised the writing of the Bible in Geneva. The Geneva Bible is historically very significant. The Bible was published in 1560. It had an affordable cost. It was small enough for anyone to carry. The Geneva Bible was mass-produced. It came with a study guide and illustrations. It was the first Bible to have its verses numbered for quick reference and memorization. The Geneva Bible replaced the Great Bible. The Great Bible was published in 1539. It got its name, the Great Bible, because of its large physical size. The Great Bible was the first "authorized" English Bible by the Church of England. It was also known as "The King's Bible" because King James authorized it. King Henry VI mandated the reading of the Bible during services. The King James Version replaced the Geneva Bible. The authors of these two versions wrote them 50 years apart. In 1560, the Geneva Version was published. The King James Version was published in 1611. America's founders in the 1700s used the King James Bible. Pilgrims in the 1600s used the Geneva Bible. There are six most popular and recognized English Bible translations. The succession of complete English Bibles by popular use is 1535 - Coverdale Bible. 1539 - Great Bible. 1560 - Geneva Bible. 1568 - Bishop's Bible. 1611 - The King James Bible. 1991 - New Revised Standard Version. Today, church denominations use these popular translations as they see fit. Original King James Version (KJV). 1611. It is now published in the public domain. New American Standard (NASB). 1971. The NASB is published by the Lockman Foundation. New Revised King James (NKJV). 1982. The NKJV is published by Thomas Nelson. New Living Translation (NLT). 1996. The NLTR is published by Tyndale House. English Standard Version (ESV). 2001. The ESV is published by Crossway. New International Version (NIV). 2011. The NIV is published by Biblica. The previous versions were released in 1978 and 1984. Christian Standard Bible (CSB). In 2017. The CSB is published by the Lockman Foundation. Numbered verses were not in the original manuscripts or the early Bibles. The Tanakh, the Hebrew Old Testament, was the first Hebrew Bible to have phrase divisions. It was written by Nathan, a Jewish rabbi, in 1448. The Latin New Testament (Vulgate) was the first Latin Bible to use verses. The book was written by Robert Estienne in 1555. The Geneva Bible was the first English version to use numbered verses. The project was supervised by William Whittingham in 1557. Major Bible misprints. The Sinner's Bible . In 1631, the King James version had a misprinted commandment. "Thou shalt commit adultery." Exodus 20:14. Approximately fifteen copies are on display in various libraries and museums. Their estimated value is around $85,000. The She Bible. In the 1611 King James version, there was a misprint in gender . The text read, "She went into..." instead of "He went into..." Ruth 3:15 The King James Standard states, "...and she went into the city. ”, The King James Original states, "...and he went into the city.” The discrepancy arises from interpreting the original scripts. Some translators believe that Boaz, a male, entered the city. Other translators believe that Ruth, a female, entered the city. At St. Mary's Parish Church in Lancashire, England, researchers discovered a copy of the She Bible. Its value is over $65,000. David Norton wrote a book about the history of the King James Bible. It is a textual history of the King James Bible (BS186. N67 2005). Norton lists 351 printers' errors in the first edition, known as the "He" Bible. Read all about the history of the King James Bible. Below is the timeline of the most used and notable Bible manuscripts and scriptures. Bible scripture started with oral tradition. Holy scriptures were stories, songs, and poetry passed down from the time of Adam and Eve in local languages and dialects, from generation to generation, up to around 1450 BC. Ancient manuscripts and scriptures eventually appeared in various forms of languages and dialects. Hebrew was the primary language of writing. The best estimate is that the written scripture began about 1450 BC. Printing individual Bible books began during the time of Moses. Moses is recognized as the author of the first five Bible books. Manuscripts and scripture in ancient languages. Septuagint ( LXX) Koine Greek. In 3 BC, Ptolemy II Philadelphus commanded 72 Jewish translators. Codex Vaticanus (B) Greek. In 300 AD, unknown scribes wrote it. Codex Sinaiticus (S) Greek. In 30 AD, an unknown author wrote it. Vulgate Bible (V) Latin. In 382 AD, St. Jerome translated the Bible for the Catholic Church. Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in Hebrew. In 400 AD, unknown scribes penned the Torah. The Torah consists solely of the books of Moses. Codex Alexandrinus is Greek. In 400 AD, an unknown author wrote it. Ephraemi Rescriptus , Greek. In 460 AD, an unknown author wrote it. Ketef Scrolls (KH) in Hebrew. 600 AD, written on silver. This manuscript is the oldest known surviving original text. The Masoretic Text (MT) is in Hebrew. The Masoretic Text was produced by the Talmudic Academy around 700 AD. This text has been the Hebrew Bible for the last 600 years (Old Testament). King Alfred (KAF) Old English. 900 AD, Parts of the Pentateuch. This volume was the first known English translation of the Pentateuch. Cdx Aleppo (APC) Hebrew. The Aleppo Codex was written by the Masoretes in 930 AD. The synagogue riots of 1947 set it on fire. Cdx Leningrad (LNC) in Hebrew. 1008 AD, mostly Samuel Ben Jacob. This manuscript is the oldest complete Hebrew Bible known to exist. Here is a complete table of all known English translations. The Wycliffe Bible (WYC). In 1388 AD, John Wycliffe supervised this version. This edition was the first time the entire Bible was translated into English. Tyndale's Bible (TYN) In 1530 AD, William Tyndale oversaw this version. The first printed book in English was only partially completed. Coverdale's Bible (CVR) In 1535 AD, Myles Coverdale printed the first complete Bible in English. Matthew's Bible (MAT) In 1537 AD, John Rogers directed this version. It is considered a vital link in the history of Bible translations . The Great Bible (TGB) In 1539 AD, Myles Coverdale oversaw this version. It was once the "authorized" church Bible. Geneva Bible (GNV) In 1560 AD, William Tyndale supervised this version. It was once the most popular Bible. The Bishop's Bible (BSH) In 1568 AD, the bishops of the Church of England published the Bishops' Bible. Douay-Rheims (DRV) In 1600 AD, Bishop Challoner oversaw this translation. He oversaw the translation process for the Catholics in England. The King James Bible (KJV) In 1611 AD, King James VI issued the decree to create this version. Forty-seven biblical scholars were translators. Darby's Bible (DBY) In 1867, John Nelson Darby translated this version. His translation was for the unlearned . American Standard Version (ASV) In 1871, Phillip Schaff created the American Standard Version (ASV) at the request of a church conglomerate. Revised Standard (RSV) In 1946, the National Council of Churches of Christ created this version. New American Standard (NASB) In 1971, fifty-one s cholars, headed by Father Stephen J. Hartdegen, wrote this version. New King James Bible (NKJV ) In 1982, T. Nelson Publishing printed this version. The book has been updated to enhance clarity and readability. New Revised Standard ( NRSV) In 1989, the National Council of the Churches of Christ created this version. New Living (NLT) In 1996, Tyndale House printed this Bible. English Standard Version (ESV) In 2001 AD, Lane T. Dennis of the Crossway publishing ministry created the ESV. New International Version of the Bible (NIV ) In 2011, Biblica printed this latest version. The project started in 1965 and was first printed in 1973. Biblica printed revisions in 1978, 1984, and 2011. Christian Standard (CSB) In 2017, the Lockman Foundation printed it. The New International Version The NIV is the most popular version in terms of sales, but not necessarily the most widely used. It is considered the most accurate and readable English Bible to date. Over 100 scholars have translated the NIV. The translation was overseen by 15 members of the Committee on Bible Translation. It is translated directly from the Hebrew and Greek texts. Three successive editorial committees translated this version. Biblical scholars, theologians, and English stylists also examined this versio n. Since its first printing in 1965, publishers have sold over 500 million copies of the NIV worldwide. That's approximately 50 years, which means an average of 1 0 million copies sold per year. The King James Version Today, people use the King James Version as their most popular Bible. Forty-seven translators from six different panel groups translated this version. Leading biblical scholars in England divided their work among themselves. Three groups reviewed the Old Testament. Two groups held a review of the New Testament. Only one panel reviewed the Apocrypha. King James Bibles have sold an estimated 6 billion copies since their first printing. That's 412 years, equating to an average of 15 million copies sold annually. What a blessing to have the Word of God in two of the most accurate and understandable books.

This Bible quiz will test your knowledge about Moses. These easy to hard Bible questions include added detailed information and supporting Bible verses. Multiple Choice Bible Questions about Moses the Lawgiver Bible Quiz about the man who led the Israelites to the promised land. Learn about the three lives that Moses lived and educate yourself with this Bible quiz about him. Educational Bible quiz on who Moses was. What country was Moses born in? a. Judah. b. Israel. c. Egypt. Answer C: Egypt. Moses was born in Egypt as a son of Hebrew slaves. His first life was that of an Egyptian prince living in the pharaoh's palace. Later, he went into Midian, where he lived with Jethro's family, his father-in-law. Finally, God called Moses to live in the desert, leading the Israelites to the promised land. Exodus 2:11-2 What was Moses' second occupation? a. Moses was the captain of the guard in Pharaoh's army. b. He was a shepherd for his father-in-law, Jethro. c. Moses was a temple priest in Midian. Answer B: Shepherd. Moses worked as a shepherd for forty years in his second occupation. His life was divided equally into 40-year segments of prince, shepherd, and then prophet. Joshua 8:30-31 Who were Moses' biological father and mother? a. Amram and Jochebed. b. Abraham and Sarah. c. Isaac and Rebekah. Answer A: Amram and Jochebed. Amram and Jochebed were the biological parents of Moses. They were Hebrew, but a t the time of Moses' birth, they lived as slaves in Egypt. Exodus 6:19-22 What tribe were Moses and his family from? a. The family were descendants of the tribe of Levi. b. His family was from the tribe of David. c. They were from the tribe of Judah. Answer A: Levi. Moses' family was from the tribe of Levi. 1 Chronicles 23:14 Who was Aaron in the Bible? a. Leader of the Israelites in the promised land after Moses died. b. Aaron was a rebel who went against Moses while in the desert. c. He was the brother of Moses. Answer C: Brother of Moses. Aaron was Moses' older brother by three years. Aaron was the spokesperson for Moses when he went to Pharaoh to demand, "Let my people go." Exodus 7:1-7 How many wives did Moses have? a. Moses had only one wife, as God commanded. b. The Bible reveals that Moses had two wives, but not at the same time. c. Moses had a concubine and several wives, which was customary at the time. Answer B: Two wives. Moses had two wives but not at the same time. Moses' first wife was Zipporah, a Midianite and the daughter of Jethro. Zipporah died while Moses was in the desert. Moses' second wife was an Ethiopian who was not named in the Bible. Moses' brother and sister were upset with Moses for marrying her. Numbers 12 Exodus 2:21 Who was Miriam in the Bible? a. Miriam was the second wife of Moses b. She was the second wife of Moses. c. Miriam was the older sister of Moses. Answer C: Sister of Moses. Miriam was Moses' older sister by seven years. She followed the basket containing Moses along the edge of the riverbank. The plan was to save Moses's life, and it succeeded. Numbers 26 Who was the foster mother of Moses? a. She was a maid in Pharaoh's court. b. The Queen of Egypt. c. Pharaoh's daughter. Answer C: Pharaoh's daughter. Moses' foster mother was the daughter of the Pharaoh. A servant of Pharaoh's daughter noticed the basket containing Moses floating in the water. Pharaho's daughter instructed the servant to retrieve the basket, and then she took Moses in and adopted him as her own. Pharaoh's daughter gave Moses his name. Moses grew up in the palace as a prince. Exodus 2:2-10 What river did Moses float down while in a basket when he was a baby? a. Jordan. b. The Nile. c. Euphrates. Answer B: The Nile. Moses floated down the Nile River in a basket. Moses was born three months prematurely, and his mother hid him from the authorities for three months. The Pharaoh, desiring Moses's death, ordered the execution of all babies with the intention of killing him. In an attempt to save his life, his biological mother put Moses in a basket and placed it into the Nile River in hopes it would pass by Pharaoh's court and be discovered. Exodus 2:1-10 Why did Moses leave Egypt when he was about forty years old? a. Moses killed someone and went on the run. b. He was a priest and returned to the homeland. c. Moses returned to Judea to be the leader of the Israelite nation. Answer A: Moses killed someone. While living under the pharaoh's roof in Egypt, Moses killed someone who angered him. Exodus 2:11-15 Whom did Moses kill? a. He killed a Hebrew slave because he was upset with the slave's behavior. b. Moses killed an Egyptian taskmaster who was beating a Hebrew slave. c. He killed his jealous Egyptian stepbrother . Answer B: Egyptian taskmaster. Moses became furious at an Egyptian taskmaster and killed him for beating a Hebrew slave. Unlucky for Moses, someone saw him bury the taskmaster in the sand and reported him to the authorities. Moses left Egypt and went into hiding for fear of his life after killing the Egyptian taskmaster. He went into Midian, where he found employment as a shepherd. Exodus 2:11-14 What physical ailment did Moses have? a. Moses had a hearing impairment. b. He had a speech disorder. c. Moses had poor eyesight. Answer B: Moses had a speech disorder. Scholars believe that Moses stuttered. Tradition states that when Moses was a child, he put a hot coal in his mouth that caused a speech impediment. The Bible does not support this theory. Exodus 4:10-11 Besides the issue of stuttering in his speech, what else was significant about the personality of Moses? a. Moses had very severe anger management issues. b. He walked with a limp from a military training exercise while in Egypt. c. Moses was very cruel to his older brother and sister because he was jealous of them. Answer A: Severe anger issues. Moses was well known for his anger , so much so that God punished him for it. Moses was furious at an Egyptian slave master and killed him. He went on the lam and became a fugitive in Midian. Exodus 2:11-15 Moses was frustrated at Aaron and the multitude for worshipping a golden calf. He became so angry that he threw down the tablets that God made of the Ten Commandments and broke them into pieces. Moses broke God's workmanship, oh my. Exodus 32:16-21 Moses was furious at his generals when they returned from battle with the Midianites, bringing back the women as captives. Numbers 31:12-14 Moses was furious with Dathan and Abiram for disobeying him and rising against his command. Numbers 16:12-15 God commanded Moses to talk to a certain rock, and it would give forth water. However, Moses became so angry with the bickering of the multitude that he disobeyed God. Moses struck the rock in anger with his staff because he was furious . He disobeyed God. A definite no-no! The last thing that led to his punishment by God. Numbers 20:7-11 What is one of the most important things that Moses did? a. He supervised the construction of the temple when they arrived in the promised land. b. Moses led the Hebrews out of Egyptian slavery. c. He wrote the original Old Testament. Answer B: Moses led the Hebrew slaves out of Egypt. Exodus 3:7-12 Who was the Levite priest who rose against Moses? a. Aaron, his jealous brother, was angry because Moses made Joshua second in command. b. One of Moses' leaders, Joshua, wanted to take over because Moses was too old. c. The Levite priest Korah and his followers rose up against Moses. Answer C: Korah, who led a rebellion. A Levite priest named Korah led a rebellion and rose up against Moses. God caused the earth to swallow Korah and his closest leaders. Then God consumed the remaining followers of Korah with fire. Numbers 16 What do the Muslims believe about Moses? a. Muslims believe that Moses is exactly the same as what Christians believe. b. They believe that Moses is the father of the Islamic faith. c. Moses is a legendary figure created by Christians. Answer A: Believe the same as Christians. Both Muslims and Christians believe the same things about Moses. What do the Muslims believe about Moses? What promise did Moses keep for Joseph as the Jews left Egypt? a. Moses promised not to marry anyone outside the tribe of Levi. b. That no Egyptians were to be killed when they left Egypt. c. To take Joseph's dead body to the promised land. Answer C: Take Joseph's body. Moses promised to take Joseph's dead body and return it to the promised land. The Israelite slaves took Joseph's funeral container out of Egypt with them. Joseph's body was later buried in the promised land. Exodus 13:19 What advice did Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, provide to Moses when they were in the desert? a. To manage his anger. b. Set up a court system to judge the people. c. Place the latrines outside the camp for health reasons. Answer B: Set up a court system. Jethro recommended that Moses set up a court system. Moses was overwhelmed by the complaints he was handling himself. He created a system to allow others to judge the people under his guidance. Exodus 18:13-23 Who or what was Nehushtan in the Bible? a. The inner chamber of the temple, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. b. Tall soldiers engaged in combat with the Hebrews while in the desert. c. A brass pole with a representation of a snake head at the top. Answer C: A Brass Pole. The Nehushtan was a brass pole like a walking stick with a snake molded on it. It healed the Israelites when bitten by poisonous snakes in the desert. 2 Kings 18:4 What sea did Moses part using his arms and his staff? a. Red Sea. b. Dead Sea. c. Sea of Galilee. Answer A: Red Sea. Moses spread his arms open while holding his staff and separated the waters of the Red Sea. After the Israelites passed through the Red Sea and were safe on the other side, Moses closed the waters. And they began singing and praising God for their deliverance from slavery. Exodus 15:1-5 In what way did God first contact Moses when He gave him His message? a. Moses heard God's voice in the sky. b. He appeared to Moses in a vision. c. God spoke from a burning bush. Answer C: God spoke from a burning bush. God appeared to Moses as a burning bush in Midian at the base of Mount Horeb as he tended sheep. Moses was required to take his sandals off before approaching the bush. At first Moses argued with God that he didn't want to do the job God had for him. Exodus 3:1-6 How many books of the Bible did Moses write? a. Three. b. Four. c. Five. Answer C: Five Books. Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament. The books are commonly known as the Five Books of Law or the Pentateuch. These are also the main books of the Jewish Torah. Moses wrote the Pentateuch. How many commandments did God give to Moses? a. Ten. b. Twelve. c. Seven. Answer A: Ten commandments. God gave Moses the Ten Commandments while on a mountain. Exodus 20:1-17 Describe the tablets that the Ten Commandments were written on. a. Moses wrote the commandments on linen scroll tablets as God spoke them. b. The tablets were made of clay tablets with gold adornments around the edges. c. There were two stone tablets, etched on both sides by the finger of God. Answer C: Two stone tablets. The Ten Commandments were etched on both sides of two stone tablets by the finger of God. Exodus 24:12 What is significant about forty years in the life of Moses? a. Moses received the Ten Commandments at the age of forty. b. He lived three different life periods of forty years each. c. Moses died when he was forty years old. Answer B: Three different life periods. Moses lived three different periods of 40 years each. Moses lived as a prince in Pharaoh's house in Egypt for the first forty years of his life. He spent the second forty years in Midian as a shepherd, living with Jethro and his family. The final forty years Moses spent living in the desert, leading the Israelites to Canaan. By coincidence or design by God, Moses lives three separate 40-year lives. Exodus 7:7 What did God feed the Israelites during the forty years in the desert? a. Locusts and grasshoppers. b. Honey Dew. c. Manna. Answer C: Manna. Manna from heaven fed the Israelites while in the desert. The Bible and the Quran describe manna as a sweet bread from heaven. In the morning, manna appeared on the ground, resembling dew. The Israelites were instructed to eat it the same day it was picked. The exception was the Sabbath. Twice as much was picked on Friday to ensure there was enough for the Saturday Sabbath. Exodus 16 What did God instruct Moses to do when the Israelites were complaining about being thirsty? a. Moses had the Israelites dig a well in a special place that God had chosen at Meribah. b. God commanded Moses to talk to a rock at a certain location. c. Moses was told to go to an oasis at Elim. Answer B: Talk to a certain rock. God commanded Moses to approach Meribah and speak to a rock, and water would pour forth. Once again, Moses became so upset with the complaining Israelites that he smacked the rock in anger with his staff instead of talking to it. God was severely displeased with this action and later punished Moses for his anger issues. Numbers 20 Once again, what did Moses do when the Israelites murmured that they were thirsty and came upon a waterhole in Marah that was bitter and undrinkable? a. Used a water filter made out of camel hair. b. He talked to the water, and it became purified. c. Moses placed a piece of wood in the water hole. d. To eradicate the bitter taste, Moses seasoned the water with salt. Answer C: Placed a piece of wood in the water. Moses placed a piece of sweet wood in the bitter waterhole to make it sweet. Exodus 15:22-26 Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments from God? a. Mount Sinai. b. On Mount Ararat. c. The summit of Mount Vesuvius. Answer A: Mount Sinai. Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. He treked up the mountain and spent 40 days and 40 nights on Mount Sinai speaking with God, where he received the Ten Commandments. Exodus 19:1-6 How many sets of the Ten Commandments did God make for Moses? a. One. b. Two. c. Three. Answer B: Two sets. God made two sets of commandments for Moses. Aaron allowed the Israelites to make a golden idol to worship while Moses was on the mountain with God. When Moses returned, he was furious when he saw the Israelites having a party and worshipping the idol. Moses threw the commandments to the ground in anger, smashing the tablets. So Moses had to ask God to make a second set when he talked to God later. Can you imagine that conversation? Moses stayed on Mount Sinai for another 40 days and nights, perhaps taking anger management lessons. God instructed Moses to build an ark and put the stone tablets in it for safekeeping. Apparently, God no longer trusted Moses to hold them in his hand. Deuteronomy 10:1-4 On which trip up the mountain did God present Moses the second set of tablets? a. On the second hike up the mountain. b. During the fourth trek with his brother Aaron. c. The incident happened on the eighth and last trip. Answer C: The eighth trip. Moses received the second set of commandments on his eighth trek up Mount Sinai. Exodus 24 How many times did Moses go up Mount Sinai and speak with God? a. Twice for forty days and nights to receive the second set of the Ten Commandments. b. Eight times total to r eceive all the Ten Commandments, other commands, and instructions. c. Ten times to speak with God and do all the things needed to confirm God's covenant with the people. Answer B: Eight times total. Moses treked up the mountain to speak with God a total of eight times. First trip: God announces from the sky that he wants to make a covenant with his people. Second trip: Moses takes up the people's response and talks to God in the sky. Third trip: God physically makes his presence on the mountain with smoke, thunder, and lightning. Fourth trip: Moses takes Aaron with him, and God verbally tells them the Ten Commandments. Fifth trip: God provides Moses all the other commandments and laws. Sixth trip: Moses receives the stone tablets of the Commandments, which Moses destroys in anger. Seventh trip: Moses pleads on behalf of the people for making the golden calf. Eighth trip : Moses receives the second set of commandments with instructions to build an Ark to store them in. Moses went up the mountain to speak with God on eight different occasions. When Moses came down from visiting God on the mountain, what changed about him? a. Moses had a shining halo above his head. b. The face of Moses glowed and scared the multitude. c. The entire body of Moses had a red radiance from talking to God. Answer B: His face glowed. The face of Moses glowed after coming down from the mountain. The face of Moses shone because he was in the presence of God and had seen and spoken with Him. Moses covered his face because it frightened the multitude. Exodus 34:29–35 How old was Moses when he died? a. 80 years old. b. 100 years old. c. 120 years old. Answer C: 120 years old. Moses was exactly 120 years old at the time of his passing. He died on his birthday, the 7th day of the month of Adar. Some believe that 120 is the age we are all supposed to live. Deuteronomy 34 Where did Moses die? a. Moses died in the desert several days before the Israelites reached the promised land. b. He died inside the promised land the seventh day after the Israelites entered it. c. Moses died on Mount Nebo as he looked out at the promised land from a distance. Answer C: On Mount Nebo. Moses died on Mount Nebo. God forbade Moses from entering Canaan, the promised land, because of his disobedience. Moses was allowed to look at it from Mount Nebo, on the opposite side of the Jordan River from Canaan. He died on Mount Nebo after seeing the promised land from a distance. Moses was buried in an unmarked grave in the valley. Deuteronomy 34 Who succeeded Moses after his death? a. Aaron. b. Joshua. c. Miriam. Answer B: Joshua. Joshua succeeded Moses as the leader of the Israelite nation. God prohibited Moses from leading the Israelites across the border and into Canaan. This was God's way of reprimanding Moses for his anger management issues. Aaron did not take over because he had previously died at Mount Hor during the exodus. Miriam died and was buried in the wilderness at Kadesh during the exodus. This left Joshua to take charge and lead the Israelites to the promised land of milk and honey. Deuteronomy 31:1-8 How did the Egyptian army die when they attempted to recapture Moses and the slaves? a. Moses trained the Israelites to fight, and they defeated the Egyptians at the shore of the Red Sea. b. God sent hailstones and lightning bolts from heaven to destroy the approaching Egyptian army. c. The Egyptian army drowned as they tried to cross the Red Sea. Answer C: Drowned in the Red Sea. As the Egyptian army was approaching, Moses parted the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to escape. The Egyptian army entered the Red Sea, attempting to catch up with and capture the Israelites. Moses closed the sea after the Israelites made it out. Sadly, the army was still there when the sea returned to normal and drowned them. Exodus 14:26 How many plagues did God inflict on Egypt before Pharaoh let the people go? a. Six. b. Ten. c. Twelve. Answer B: Ten plagues. Egypt was afflicted with ten plagues that included gnats, flies, frogs, locusts, livestock pestilence, boils, and hail. Exodus Chapters 7-12 What was the first plague that God inflicted upon Egypt? a. Frogs came out of the river and hopped all over the land, causing devastation. b. God turned the skies of Egypt dark during the day. c. The Nile River turned red like blood. Answer C: Turned the Nile red. God's first plague on Egypt was to turn the Nile red like blood. Exodus 7:14-25 What was the last plague that God inflicted upon Egypt? a. All firstborn humans and animals were condemned to death, regardless of their age. b. God caused a pestilence among all the livestock, which caused them all to die. c. The skies turned dark, blocking out the sun, so no one could see. Answer A: All the firstborn were condemned to death. Exodus 11 Return to the menu. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 Here is an amusing slang term from the 1950s. What does it mean to be jitterbugged? a. This situation is when you have bugs on your body, like lice or other creatures. b. The scenario is when an undercover agent carries a hidden recording device. c. It means that someone is very nervous or jittery. Answer C: Very nervous or jittery. "Jitterbugged" is when someone is being very nervous or jittery.

Improve and test your knowledge of Jesus with this Bible quiz. Answers include explanations, details, and bible references as a study tool. Jesus was real. Take this Bible quiz to learn about Him. How much do you know about Jesus the Messiah? Can you answer these Sunday School Bible questions about the real Jesus? Jesus was real, a miracle worker, and our savior from sin. What was the first chronological miracle in the Bible that Jesus performed? a. He raised Lazarus from the dead. b. C aused fishing nets to overflow . c . He cured a blind man. Answer B: Fishing nets overflowed. Jesus caused Peter's and Andrew's fishing nets to overflow to the point of almost breaking. The first miracle may not be making wine as tradition states. It is a matter of interpretation, as the Bible states that several disciples accompanied Jesus to the wedding. If the disciples were with Jesus at the wedding, the wine event occurred after Jesus had called his disciples to serve. The first chronological miracle occurred before the wedding when Jesus recruited the fisherman. Jesus was preaching when he saw that Peter and Andrew had a poor catch and were cleaning their nets. With Jesus' intervention, they returned to the sea, and their fishing nets overflowed with so many fish that the nets nearly broke . Jesus filled the nets before he appointed his disciples and told them they would be fishers of men. Luke 5:1-11 (The fish.) John 2:1-11 (The wine.) Who did Jesus raise from the dead after lying dead for four days in a tomb? a. The wife of a Sanhedrin member who did not want to be identified for fear of being shunned. b . Mary Magdalene , who died as a result of being possessed by demons. c. His friend Lazarus, who passed away due to an unknown illness. Answer C: Lazarus. Lazarus was raised from the dead by Jesus after dying of an unknown sickness. He was properly prepped, wrapped, and placed in a tomb four days earlier. Jesus explained that Lazarus was not dead but just sleeping. As Jesus stood in front of the tomb, He simply commanded Lazarus to wake up and come forth. To everyone's amazement at the power of God, Lazarus came forth. John 11:38-44. What ailment did a man have that Jesus healed in the synagogue on the Sabbath, where the priests tried to trap Him for disobeying the Sabbath laws? a. A blind man was cured of his illness by touching the robe of Jesus as he entered the synagogue. b. A man with a shriveled hand who was not identified by name. c. A Pharisee, who was possessed by demons. Answer B: A man with a shriveled hand. Jesus healed an unknown man who had a shriveled hand in the synagogue on the Sabbath. While Jesus was preaching at the synagogue, a man was there listening. Jesus observed that he had a shriveled hand and had sympathy for him. He healed the unknown man of his ailment. Matthew 12:4-14. When Jesus got out of the boat at Gerasenes, what did he do to a man who came out of the tombs and approached him? a. Jesus caused the evil spirits to leave the man and enter some nearby pigs. b. He cured the man of the blindness he had from birth. c. Jesus made the man his tenth disciple. Answer A: Cast out evil spirits. Jesus cast out the evil spirits from the man who approached him. The man was possessed by evil spirits identified as Legion, meaning many. Jesus cast 2,000 spirits out of him and into some pigs, causing the swine to drown in the nearby water. Mark 5:1-20. What happened when Jesus was on the shore of the lake, and Peter called to Him from the boat? a. Jesus calmed the waves because the disciples were afraid. b. Peter and Jesus walked on water to meet each other on the lake. c. Because the fishing nets were torn, Jesus caused many fish to leap into the boat. Answer B: Peter and Jesus walked on water. They both walked on water. Jesus was walking on the water towards the boat, and Peter got out of the boat and walked towards Jesus. Peter did so until he lost his faith and started sinking, and Jesus had to save him from drowning. Mark 6:45-52. Biography of the real Jesus. Where was the birthplace of Jesus? a. Nazareth. b. Jerusalem. c. Bethlehem. Answer C: Bethlehem. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesus' family journeyed to Jerusalem to participate in the Roman census. Bethlehem was located in Judea, a few miles southwest of Jerusalem. The census caused all the inns in Jerusalem and nearby Bethlehem to be fully occupied Mary and Joseph had to seek shelter in a cave near Bethlehem. Jesus was born in a cave being used as an animal shelter near Bethlehem. Matthew 2:1. What nationality was Jesus? a. Roman Citizen. b. Bethlehemite. c. Nazarene. d. Gentile. Answer C: Nazarene. Jesus was a Nazarene because that is where his family was from. Nazareth was a small town in the province of Galilee. Jesus was raised in Nazareth by Joseph and His mother, Mary, who were Nazarenes. However, Jesus was also known as an Israelite, a Jew, a Judean, and a Galilean. Jesus' native tongue was most likely Aramaic with a Galilean accent. John 11:38-44. Provide the name of one of Jesus' brothers or sisters. a. His brothers were James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas, and he had sisters, but their names were not known. b. Although Jesus had siblings, the Bible does not mention any of them by name. c. Timothy, Nathan, Jacob, and Mary. Answer A: James, Joseph, Simon, or Judas. The stepbrothers of Jesus through his mother were James, Joseph (Joses), Simon, and Judas (Jude). Jesus had several sisters for whom the Bible did not provide names. Matthew 13:53-58 What was the occupation of Jesus before starting His ministry? a. Tent Maker. b. Fisherman. c. Carpenter. Answer C: Carpenter. Jesus was a carpenter by trade. The most popular trades mentioned in the Bible are farmers, herdsmen, and fishermen. However, Jesus learned the carpentry trade from His earthly stepfather Joseph, who was a carpenter. Mark 6:1-3. How old was Jesus when he died? a. 24 years old. b. Approximately 33 years old. c. Jesus died sometime after His 40th birthday. Answer B: 33 years old. It is estimated that Jesus was about thirty-three years old when He was crucified. Mark 6:1-3. The ministry of Jesus, the Savior. How long did the ministry of Jesus last? a. Approximately 3-1/2 years. b. Just over five years. c. Only 1 year. A nswer A: 3-1/2 years. Jesus' ministry lasted approximately 3-1/2 years. Jesus spread the "Gospel," teaching and performing miracles for about three and a half years. What would be considered the most important point of the messages Jesus taught? a. Jesus announced the arrival of God's kingdom. b. Obey the Ten Commandments. c. Comply with the Beatitudes. Answer A: The arrival of God's Kingdom. Jesus announced the arrival of the Kingdom of God and brought the message of "The Good News." Salvation is not earned through the works of the individuals but is a free gift of God's grace. The most important thing a person can do is love their neighbor, enemies, parents, and above all, God. Scholars say that the core of Jesus' earthly visit was to announce the arrival of God's Kingdom. John 3:16 What was the literary style Jesus used when teaching a lesson? a. Jesus taught in a descriptive form , painting a picture with words to engage the listeners' perceptions. b. He had a persuasive way of preaching. c. Jesus preached using parables . Answer C: Jesus preached in parables. Jesus taught using parables , describing things with stories that the listeners could identify with in their real lives. Matthew 13:10-17 How did Jesus spend much of his ministry? a. He spent more time in solitude, resting and praying intensely , than on any other single endeavor. b. Jesus spent long hours in the synagogue teaching that everyone needs to love one another. c. Jesus spent most of His ministry performing miracles. Answer A: Rest and prayer. Jesus spent much time intensely praying and resting. Jesus spent much time preaching the good news; however, he spent more time in prayer. Several times, the Bible mentions that Jesus went off in prayer, sometimes for 40 days. Jesus is real. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5 Return to the Menu. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23 Humorous words and phrases from the 1950s: What did it mean if someone said, "Take a picture; it'll last longer"? a. It was literally meant to take a picture of a special event so that you could remember it. b. Auto insurance companies use this phrase during a car accident for their records. c. This expression was a response made to someone who was rudely staring at you. Answer C: Stop staring at me. This phrase is something you would say to someone staring at you. It was popular for girls to say this phrase to boys who were ogling them.

Uncover the enchanting Bible facts on our website. Delve into biblical insights and truths with our engaging content. True Bible Facts and Biblical Stories Discover the truth about Jesus and learn facts about the Bible and Bible trivia. Discover intriguing stories, truth, and biblical insights that are revealed in the Bible. Facts in the Bible are intriguing and have much truth, insight, and inspiration. Here are intriguing insights and truths concerning the Bible. The Old Testament has five sections: The five sections of the Old Testament are Law, History, Poetry, Major Prophets, and Minor Prophets. The New Testament has five sections: They are the Gospels, Acts, Letters of Paul, General Epistles, and Revelation. The Pentateuch is the first division of the Bible. The Pentateuch is a collection of the first five books of the Bible. Moses wrote the Pentateuch. Therefore, they are known as the Mosaic Laws. The five books of the Pentateuch are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The Gospels are the first division of the New Testament. They consist of the first four books of the New Testament. These are the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The Gospels reveal the truth about Jesus' ministry. Three major religions recognize the Old Testament as valid scripture. Christianity—Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox. Judaism—The Jewish nation. Islam—Muslims, Jihadists, Sunnis, and Shiites. Yes, that's right; Muslims recognize the Old Testament. Muhammad gave the Muslims the Quran. But they also recognize the Old Testament as valid scripture. Muslims follow the Old Testament in a way. Muslims believe the Christian Bible is a revelation from God but that man has corrupted it. They believe the angel Gabriel dictated the Islamic Quran to Muhammad, and it is the uncorrupted revelation of God. Therefore, the Quran is their truth, and it supersedes the Bible. They believe Jesus was a prophet and a powerful speaker, but not the Messiah. Like the Jewish community, Muslims believe the Messiah is yet to come. We must remember that Father Abraham, the first Jew, began God's church. Scholars trace the roots of the three major religions back to Abraham. Judaism: The original Jewish faith became fully consecrated with God's visitation with Moses on Mount Sinai. The "Laws of Moses" were created for the followers of the Old Testament (Torah). This testament is the foundation of the Jewish faith. Islam: This faith started with Gabriel's visitation with Muhammad. The Quran came into being. The visitation from Mohammed caused a split from Judaism. Later, Islam split into the two factions of Sunni and Shia due to politics in the ranks between Muhammad's successor and his son. Christianity: Jesus arrived as the Messiah for the entire world. The New Testament came about for the Gentiles. Only the Gentiles believe Jesus was the Messiah. The Hebrews considered Jesus a false prophet and had him executed. Why are God's people referred to as Hebrew, Israelite, and Jew? First, the Bible refers to God's people as Hebrews and states that Abraham was a Hebrew. The use of Hebrew is traceable to Noah. Hebrew is a derivative of Eber, a descendant of Noah. The use of Israel is traceable to Abraham's grandson, Jacob, when God changed his name to Israel. The twelve sons of Jacob created the twelve tribes of Israel. The use of the word "Jew" originates with Jacob's son, Judah, who strayed from the pack, and his tribe became the Judahites. Eventually, all the tribes converted to Judaism following Judah's line. The word "Judah," or "followers of Judah," was translated as "Jewish." Unfortunately, the Assyrians attacked and took ten of the twelve tribes to the north into captivity. These became known as the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Through marriage, assimilation, wars, the scattering of the tribes, and other social events, the tribes essentially disappeared. The tribes of Judah and Benjamin survived in the south, keeping Judaism alive. Jesus is from the tribe of Judah and the house of David. The Great Bible of 1539 was the first recognized official church Bible printed in English. The last word in the New Testament is "Amen." Revelation 22:21 The last word in the Old Testament is the word "curse." Malachi 4:6 No original transcriptions of the Bible have been discovered. There are many true copies of the ancient scriptures. No originals exist. Four important codices contain the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Codex Sinaiticus, 325 AD, contains the majority of the Old Testament, the complete New Testament, and parts of the Apocrypha. Codex Alexandrinus, 4th century (?), 630 pages of the Old Testament and 143 pages of the New Testament. Codex Vaticanus, 5th century (?), 21 parchment leaves of the New Testament. Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, 5th century (?), 145 pages of the New Testament and 64 of the Old Testament. Discover the facts and insights into the events of the Bible story of the End of Times, as revealed in Revelation. Only God knows when the events of the end times will occur. Even Jesus does not know. Scripture reveals that knowledge will significantly increase in the future. This growth in knowledge began during World War II and has continued at an increasing pace since then. Without a country, the Jewish people dispersed throughout the world. It wasn't until after WWII that the State of Israel was established as a sovereign nation. Israel declared Jerusalem its capital in 1950. America and the world finally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in 2017. An intriguing fact from the Bible has come true regarding the prevalence of open homosexuality. This openness started in the 1970s. Today, open homosexuality is considered common and acceptable behavior. Same-sex marriage is legal. The media and movies endorse it. Homosexuality has emerged from the confines of closets, rooms, and houses and is now visible in public spaces. The Bible reveals that false prophets will appear, and some will say they are Jesus or God. Here are the most famous self-proclaimed prophets and people claiming to be Jesus. The self-proclaimed messiah, Arnold Potter, is the author's favorite example of a false prophet. Potter was a Mormon leader (Latter-Day Saint, 1804–1872). He claimed that the spirit of Jesus Christ had entered his body. Potter claimed to be the son of the living God. He died while attempting to "ascend into heaven" by jumping off a cliff. The last false prophet was Gabbie Hanna, who made this claim in 2022. At least four dozen other self-proclaimed prophets claimed to be Jesus during those years. The most famous self-proclaimed figure claiming to be Jesus was Charles Manson. There will be a falling away in the "church." A few megachurches will survive, but many small ones will close. This author can attest to that. Three churches that he has attended in the past years have closed their doors. The good news will be preached to the whole world. The Joshua Project has officially taken the gospel to every country in the world. Approximately 7,000 small groups of Earth's inhabitants remain unreached by the gospel. Approximately one-third of the earth's population has yet to hear the work of God. It is a belief that such an event will happen before the end of times. Jesus will come and take all the believers up in the air to meet with Him. No one, not even Jesus, knows when such an event will happen. Jesus is now building the New Jerusalem to house his people. After it is built and God is ready, the rapture and end of times will be fully implemented. Here's a Bible fact: all believers will be judged for their works. Believers are judged as to whether their work glorifies God. Spreading the "good news" is work that glorifies God. Building an empire and making cars is not good work that glorifies God. The Antichrist and false prophet will control the remaining nonbelievers for seven years at the end of times. The 7 years will see the sealing of 144,000 Jews to Christ, who will serve Him faithfully. All the non-believers and those who lived after those 7 years will experience the "white judgment. " The events of the 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 vials, and 2 witnesses will occur. The Battle of Armageddon will happen next. Satan will be thrown into a "bottomless pit" for 1,000 years, and Jesus will reign for 1,000 years of peace. Later, Satan will be let loose. He will fight heaven, lose, and be thrown into the Lake of Fire. The book of Revelation reveals that Jesus will come with a new earth for His righteous believers to live in. Below are some intriguing stories, trivia, and biblical insights. When was the term "Christian" first used? The consensus is that the original use of the coined word "Christian" is unknown. However, the term is first visible in the Book of Acts in the Bible. Paul and Barnabas were in Antioch preaching. Herod Agrippa II asked Paul the Apostle if he was a Christian. Before this event, most people referred to the Apostles as Nazarenes, followers of the Jesus movement, or followers of "the Way." During this time, most of the "followers" were Jewish. Herod stated that Paul's acceptance of the term "Christian" led to its widespread use and spread. The earliest written use of the term "Christian" outside of the Bible was by Josephus and Pliny the Younger. During this time, the "Christian faith" had swelled in numbers among the Gentiles. Both of these writers referred to the followers of Jesus as Christians. Soon after, the term "Christian" became widely known. The followers of the "Faith" split into a Jewish following and a Gentile following. The Jewish sect follows the time-tested Old Testament. They follow and obey the Mosaic Laws. The Messiah has yet to arrive; they are waiting for the Savior's arrival. They do not believe that Jesus is the Messiah (Savior). After all, the Jewish leaders crucified Jesus because he claimed to be the Messiah. . The non-Jewish Gentile sect follows the New Testament. Gentiles recognize that the Savior has already arrived and that it is Jesus. They follow the teachings of Jesus. China prints the most Bibles. The Bible is estimated to have been printed in 724 different languages. Every year, the world sells over 100 million copies of the Bible. The Bible is t he most stolen book in history. However, it is also the most purchased book in history. Swearing on the Bible in a court of law is against the teachings of Jesus. Swearing is taking an oath. It is not cursing. Cussing is saying negative things. Therefore, one should "affirm" and not "swear." "I affirm allegiance," not "I swear allegiance." "I affirm to tell the truth" is an appropriate statement. It is not, "I swear to tell the truth; so help me, God." Matthew 5:33-37. Cannibalism is a little-known Bible truth. The first instance occurred when God punished the followers by causing them to experience hunger. It would come about because the followers would eat the flesh of their children. Deuteronomy 28:53-57 O n the second occasion, the king hears the story of two women making a pact to eat each other's child. 2 Kings 6:26-29 The oldest known biblical writing is the Ketef Hinnom Inscription. The inscription is believed to have been created during the 7th century BC. It is a silver scroll rolled up as an amulet. The writing is so tiny that it is impossible to read with the human eye. The words in the inscription are the same as what's in Numbers 6:24. What is the biblical truth about which day of the week is the Sabbath? Many believe that the specific day of the week is not relevant. Pick a day and observe it. Christians believe that it is Sunday. Jews say that it is Saturday. Muslims have it on Friday. The Book of Genesis states it's on Saturday, the seventh day of the week. It is a matter of interpretation. Some interpret the New Testament as saying that the Sabbath no longer exists. Many believe it was changed from Saturday to Sunday to somehow coincide with the resurrection of Jesus. Others interpret the Old Testament as stating that the Sabbath still exists and is observed on the seventh day, Saturday. Below is a link to a lengthy paragraph. Take note of the last few sentences. Review this explanation of the Sabbath. The original languages of the manuscripts are Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. Ancient Hebrew is the language of the Old Testament and was written before the birth of Jesus. The New Testament is in Koine Greek and was written after Jesus' birth. Aramaic was the spoken language during the time of Jesus. This phase was the time between the Old and New Testaments. "The silent period." The mother language of Jesus was Aramaic. Aramaic was the common language of Judea in the first century AD. As a native of Galilee, Jesus would have spoken Aramaic with a Galilean accent. Jesus inevitably spoke multiple languages. He would have spoken Hebrew. Hebrew was the language used in the synagogues and temples at that time. In Matthew and Mark, Jesus is recorded using Aramaic terms and phrases. Jesus was recorded as reading from the Hebrew Bible at a synagogue. Luke 4:16. Greek and Latin were the common languages used in trade and economics during the time of Jesus. Before preaching, Jesus worked as a carpenter and must have known several languages for buying and selling. Jesus must have been familiar with several languages. The ancient Hebrew language does not have small or capital letters. Hebrew is the language of the Old Testament. Early Israelites spoke and wrote in Hebrew. The language had only 22 letters, all in one size, in uppercase. Ancient Hebrew has no vowels, only consonants. The language was written from right to left. All Middle Eastern languages are still written this way today, including modern Hebrew. Ancient Hebrew was called the "Language of Judah." The Book of Kings identifies it as Judahite. Ancient Hebrew was phased out of general spoken use around 200 AD. Hebrew resurfaced as a common language in the 1900s. A derivative has survived (aka "modern Hebrew") and is the "official language" of Israel. There are four main sections in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh): The Jews also refer to the Bible as the Mikra. Protestants refer to it as the Pentateuch (Five), also known as the "Five Books of Moses." The word "Tanakh" is derived from the first letters of the three main sections of the original Masoretic Hebrew texts. Torah (the Laws). Neviʾim (the Prophets). Ketuvim (the Writings). There are a total of 24 books. Below are some intriguing stories, trivia, and biblical insights. Revelation reveals the future story of several beasts. At the end of time, Satan puts on his best show and pretends to be God. The false prophet is the Holy Spirit (the Beast of the Earth). The first beast will symbolically come out of the sea (masses of humanity). Satan will provide this beast with power. This beast will rule for 42 months. Some people believe this period reestablished the Roman Empire. This first beast will have seven heads, 10 horns, and 10 crowns. (Several political powers.) The beast is symbolically a combination of a leopard, a bear, a lion, and 10 horns. The second beast will come out of the earth and have powers given by Satan. The second beast will preside over the world's economic and religious agendas. He is known as the "false prophet" due to his dominance over the world's religions. This beast is symbolically described with two horns like a lamb and speaks like a dragon. Despite his outward gentle demeanor, he will be a true "devil." He causes all people to symbolically receive the mark of the beast "in their right hand or their forehead." Revelation does not describe how the third beast originates. The third beast has seven heads and ten horns, according to the description. He is described as being colored scarlet with a harlot who reigns over the kings of the earth, riding them. It is believed that seven world powers will have the purpose to unite the world's nations. Some believe it to be the League of Nations, now known as the United Nations. A godless man will preside over this coalition of nations and rule the world during the Tribulation. The story in the book of Revelation named this godless man the Antichrist. He presides over a political agenda with an evil government in power at the end of times. At first, he will broker peace between Israel and the rest of the world. The mantra to convince the world to buy into his leadership is "peace and harmony." He will say he is God, demand worship of him, and persecute those who believe in the true God. Some believe that the present is when 144,000 Jewish believers will preach the Gospel. Jesus returns at the end of the beast's reign. Jesus returns to earth after the tribulation. There will be a massive war between Jesus and Satan at Armageddon. Satan will be tossed into the lake of fire, along with the false prophet and the antichrist. Christ will reign on earth for a thousand years of peace. The monumental white judgment will occur. All the unbelievers will be resurrected and stand before Jesus for their final judgment. They are judged for their works, and many will be cast into the lake of fire. Jesus will bring the New Jerusalem down to earth. Revelation reveals the story of the 144,000. They will be the leaders on Earth during the Millennial Reign of Christ. They are Hebrew males. All of them are virgins. They come from the 12 tribes of Israel. There will be twelve thousand believers from each tribe. God will protect these believers during the Tribulation and end of times. The 144,000 believers will remain unmarked by the beast. They will evangelize during the Tribulation. Here are some more stories and trivia I've discovered by searching the internet. Animal Sacrifices The question is, when did the Israelites last perform animal sacrifices? According to the New Testament and church history, it was around 70 CE (AD). This date is when Rome went into Jerusalem and destroyed the temple for the second time. Only the temple in Jerusalem was the authorized place for sacrifices. Burnt offering practices vanished along with the temple. The world's largest ancient biblical manuscript is the Codex Gigas. It's also known as the "Devil's Bible" due to its rendition of the devil on page 577. Codex Gigas contains scripture from the Old Testament and New Testament, works by Joseph Flavius, a medical book, a calendar, and several other items of interest. The Codex Gigas book weighs 165 pounds. The composition consists of 310 leaves. The claim is that it is made of vellum from the skins of 160 donkeys, or perhaps calfskin. The Codex covers 142.6 m² (1,535 sq ft). The manuscript has red, blue, yellow, green, and gold coloring. The world's largest modern Bible is the Louis Waynai Bible. The Bible is a copy of the King James version. Louis Waynai, a Hungarian immigrant, created this Bible in Los Angeles between 1928 and 1930. The Waynai Bible weighs over 1,000 pounds. Mr. Waynai gave the Bible to a church in Fort Worth. The church later passed it on to Abilene Christian University in Texas. The Catholic and English churches were very strict in discipline in the early years. Death was a common punishment. The church wanted full control of its subjects, and the "government" backed it. Since the church was technically against the death penalty, the government carried out the sentences. Lashings, excommunication, and seizing of property were also common. The church used the excuse of heresy, blasphemy, and treason against individuals they did not approve of. Anyone who did not fully obey the rules of the " church" or who dared speak against the church ended up being executed. Only the church owned and was allowed to have Bibles. The Bible was generally in Latin; only the church had it, and only priests could understand and read it. It was illegal for the public to print or even possess Bibles that were printed in English. The church had a greater interest in its sovereignty than in preaching the truth about Jesus. Here are more tidbits of Bible trivia, information, insights, and understanding. The Gideons are a well-known religious organization that spreads the truth. Gideon was a judge and warrior whom God called upon. He freed the Israelites from the Midianites. Modern-day Gideons place Bibles in hotels, motels, and other places for free. What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit? Generally, this event occurs when someone is "saved," "converted," or "called to service" by God. In the Bible, it is revealed that the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of God) comes upon a believer when he believes in the truth of Jesus. The spirit provides the believer with certain gifts and takes control of one's abilities. The believer becomes overcome by the Holy Spirit, and they receive a genuine understanding of the truth in their soul. The guidance of the Holy Spirit is required to understand and interpret the Scriptures. Many villains in the Bible have a certain hair color. Red hair. Perhaps this is why Irish girls with red hair are said to be "hot-tempered." Cain killed Abel. He is believed to have red hair. The Bible describes Esau as having red hair, like a fur coat, as he sets out to kill his brother Jacob. Genesis 25:25 David had an adulterous affair with Bathsheba and then murdered her husband, Uriah. 2 Samuel 11:1-17 Salome, the dancer, requested the head of John the Baptist on a platter from King Herod. She was a redhead. The Gutenberg Bible was the first complete Bible printed on a printing press. Johannes Gutenberg printed this Bible in Mainz, Germany. It was printed around 1450 AD on a movable metal type printing press. This Bible is a copy of the Vulgate. The Gutenberg Bible was printed in Latin. About fifty copies have been discovered. Harvard has a copy.

This is an easy, free online Bible quiz designed for children to test their biblical knowledge. Each answer has supporting Bible verses and further details. Menu page for Children's Easy Bible Quiz Select an easy Bible quiz for children. Quizzes are so easy that even a child can pass them. Click on a blue icon button below to start a quiz. Comprehesive Bible People Biblical Events Biblical Places In the Bible, Jesus had a tender and protective love for children. He spoke of protecting and loving children throughout his ministry and welcomed them to his presence and sermons. Return to the main site Home Page. "And He called a child to Himself, set him before them, and said, 'Truly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:2-5

Do you know Bible history? Where did the Bible come from? Who wrote the Bible? When was the Bible written? What language was the Bible written in? The History of the Bible from its Creation Facts about the Bible and information about the Bible's history. Ponder these Bible facts and Bible trivia commentary on the Bible's history, authenticity, and truth. The Bible is accurate and authentic. The Bible is the Christian's book for all matters of faith and religion. The Bible is the guiding principle of the Christian faith. It provides personal guidance, moral improvement, and counsel. The "Good" Book tells Christians how to live. It is called the "Gospels" because the Bible tells a story of why Jesus is here. This story is called the "Good News." Books of the Bible are considered "scripture" because the writings come from God, the creator. The Bible is said to be "the Word" because it contains the words of God and Jesus. The Bible is built on the foundation of ancient religious documents. We may refer to ancient documents as the Bible. However, they are not traditional books in the modern sense. Documents of antiquity are individual and separate scriptures or manuscripts known as codices. Ancient documents are on sheets of vellum, papyrus, parchment, or animal skins. Researchers have found several ancient manuscripts chiseled on stone and engraved in various metals . The Bible's history before the written word: Passing down information was traditionally done verbally. Biblical doctrines and scriptures were oral and meticulously handed down from generation to generation. Priests were meticulous in passing down beliefs from the time of creation until about 2000 BC. The written word: It is believed that around 2000 BC, the alphabet emerged, and writing came into being. Several schools of thought say that between 2000 BC and 1000 BC, written manuscripts began to appear in their various forms. Joseph, while serving under Pharaoh, is believed to have developed the earliest form of conventional writing in the ancient Hebrew language. There is a belief that Joseph was a popular personality in Egypt under the direction of the pharaoh at that time. Raised as a prince in Egypt, Moses would have written in this language. Credit is given to Moses for writing the Pentateuch, the first known biblical scripture. The language of Joseph is the core root language that developed into Arabic, Phoenician, and Old Hebrew. However, archaeologists have found walls, rocks, and caves with drawings, pictographs, hieroglyphics, and cuneiforms. These are stories and recordings of history that carbon date back as far as 63,000 years. Scientists assume that carbon dating is accurate. However, research has proven its inaccuracy. This method dates the findings to 57,000 years before the creation story in the Bible. Note: Some scholars regarded these drawings as art, not as languages. The history of the Bible began with the earliest religious manuscripts written in the Hebrew language. It was the most spoken language among believers in the Middle East before the birth of Christ. Koine Greek was the language of scriptural manuscripts after the birth of Christ. Manuscripts written during the time of Christ included a small sprinkling of other dialects. The early Hebrews used these manuscripts as their religious scriptures. Scriptures were not in the book form like modern Bibles. The scriptures were mostly in the form of handwritten individual scrolls, not as books. Eventually, twenty-four manuscripts were put together. They became known as the Tanakh and the Hebrew Bible. The first Bible (Tanakh ) was written in Old Hebrew and later translated into the modern Hebrew of today's Old Testament. The translation of the Tanakh from Hebrew into Koine Greek is called the Septuagint. The Septuagint earned its name due to the purported translation efforts of seventy-two scholars. There were six translators from each of the twelve tribes of Israel. The early Jewish Church eventually adopted the Tanakh. The next significant translation in the history of the Bible was written in Latin and known as the Vulgate . St. Jerome made this translation for the Catholic Church in 382 AD. The Vulgate has additional scripture, "books" called the Apocrypha , added to it as well. Eventually, the Vulgate became the "official authorized Bible" of the Western Christian churches. Up until the 20th century, the Catholic Church used the Vulgate. However, the Jewish community still uses the original Hebrew Bible instead of the Vulgate. Today, people still use the Tanakh, a derivative of the Hebrew Bible, and often refer to it as the Torah. Thereafter, the New Testament books were written in Koine Greek. (The language of the day.) The names of all the New Testament groups of scriptural manuscripts and their authors are unknown. A complete list of the 27 books of the New Testament is said to be in a letter written by Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria around the year 367 AD. So, we know the New Testament books had the same names and number 2,000 years ago as they do now. Eventually, the Greek New Testament and the Hebrew Old Testament were translated into English. These highly regarded "first early translations" started with John Wycliffe in the 1380s and were followed by William Tyndale and John Rogers in the 1520s. Because of their efforts to translate the Bible into English, the Church burned all three of their bodies out of disrespect and blasphemy. "How dare they create an English abomination of the scriptures?" so say the religious leaders of the time. English translations took away the religious leader's control of the congregation. They couldn't stand for that. The more we learn about the early Christian Church, the more we realize how non-Christian they were. They had the same self-righteous "holier than thou" behavior as the Pharisees of the Bible. Simply brutal! The traditional Bible comes in two or three sections, depending on the version. The Old Testament describes events before the birth of Jesus. Books of the New Testament describe events during and after the birth of Jesus. The Apocrypha contains scripture that was not acceptable to the church. The word "apocrypha" means "hidden." The Greek language is the source. Not all modern Bibles include the Apocrypha. When incorporated, the Bible prints and binds the Apocrypha between the Old and New Testaments. What methods are used to translate the manuscripts into the Bible? Translating the meaning of phrases from one language to another is a challenge. This is especially true when the original language is one of antiquity, dead, forgotten, or no longer in use. There are two basic ways to translate the ancient scriptures. Literal "word for word" or paraphrase "the meaning of the text." Not all languages have the same voices , pronouns, verbs, or family relations, such as aunts or cousins, etc. Gender affects which words are feminine or masculine and which have no direct translation. One word that comes to mind is the Spanish word "sobremesa." Another is the German word "fremdschämen." Google these for yourself. Here is a personal example: I rode on the railroad train to a town up in the mountains of Madagascar. There is no word for "train" in the Malagasy language. They call it the "Maschine." The Malagasy adapted the name to their language from the German employees who built the railroad. Thus, my railroad story, translated from Malagasy into English, would be, "I took a ride on the machine." I would not have taken a ride on the train. See my point? How would the translator interpret "Maschine"? Would it be a truck, car, oxcart, scooter, motorcycle, bus, taxi, limo, roller skates, UFO, pogo stick, or helicopter? Perhaps it could be an airplane, rocket, fiery chariot, go-cart, bicycle, tractor, steamboat, canoe, hot air balloon, ski lift, or possibly some other mechanical contraption? Well, you get the point. So it is with the Bible. "It is difficult to translate with accuracy and proper meaning." Think about these translations: Spanish to English: "por favor." The word-for-word translation is "for a favor." However, the common translation is "please." This definition is a paraphrase of the meaning. There is no direct word for "please" in Spanish. It is often impossible to make an accurate word-for-word translation. Consider that correct translation is not straightforward. French to English: "Jock a peint la maison noire avec de la peinture blanche." Word-for-word translation: "Jack a painted the house black with of there paint white." Is this direct word-for-word translation clear and logical? Paraphrased translation: "Jack painted the black house with white paint." This paraphrase of the text makes more sense. How about "aloha" in Hawaii? It means both "hello" and "goodbye." How can the word be properly translated by itself when taken out of context? A word-for-word literal translation is impossible because it has several meanings. Which makes a better translation, literal or paraphrased? Think about it! Egyptian is the oldest known language, with Greek being the second oldest and Sanskrit in India being the third. According to estimates, there are over 2500 languages and more than 7500 dialects worldwide. We print Bibles in more than 750 languages. Did you know that the written Hebrew language, as well as early Greek, has no vowels? Alaskans look out their windows and see snow. Scots look out their windows and may see 420 different types of snow. In Florida, people look out the window and see rain. Hawaiians can see over 200 different kinds of rain. What about those languages that use a click sound? Talk about a translation nightmare. Some languages, like German, have three genders. In America, the recognition of new genders is increasing every year. Cambodia has 74 characters in its alphabet. The Papuan language has only 11 characters in its alphabet. China has no alphabet. Instead, they use characters. There are over 100,000 (yes, one hundred thousand) characters in its language. The average Chinese newspaper uses about 2,500 characters. Someone would be extremely naive to think that a word-for-word translation of the Bible would be understandable, let alone accurate. Could a person truly understand and interpret the correct meaning of the Word of God as it was originally written unless they lived during the time the scripture was written and understood the language? Our best hope is that the translators were truly inspired by the Holy Spirit and made an accurate "paraphrase" translation of the original meaning of the scriptures. People passed down stories orally and accurately for thousands of years before written language reached Moses. Perhaps God and the angels informed Moses on Mt. Sinai of everything that happened before his time. Moses was up there for forty days and nights talking about something apart from the commandments. The point is, "It is difficult to translate with accuracy." It requires a great deal of "faith" to accept that humans have accurately translated the original scriptures. Believers acknowledge that the original authors of the Bible were divinely inspired and therefore written by God through man. Believing that man-made translations are accurate and without errors requires even more faith. The King James Bible, the most popular translation, has been updated several times for "small" errors in the translation. There have also been corrections for simple printing errors and misprints. It was not 100% accurate as translated or published by humans. The early scriptures were not organized into sections, chapters, or verses. The Biblical Scriptures are individual writings (manuscripts, parchments, and codices) similar to magazine articles, short stories, essays, letters, tales, poems, songs, and other narratives that resemble modern writing. The lines were not numbered; they ran together and often had no grammatical marks like periods, commas, question marks, or colons. Can you imagine the difficulty in reading such a document? Generally, the early believers only had one or two of these "scriptural manuscripts" in their possession, as they were all handwritten and few copies existed. Many copies of these ancient documents, manuscripts, and codices have been preserved. We can accurately learn about and deduce insights into the early life of humanity as perceived through the watchful eye of God and the life of Jesus during His time on earth. Ancient scriptures do not contain a publishing date. Therefore, it is impossible to determine the exact date of authorship for any particular manuscript. Deciphering the true meaning of ancient languages in these early religious texts can be demanding. When comparing various translations, many words are translated differently due to the views, understanding, logic, and perhaps the translator's conjectures. There is a difference in grammar, word placement, tense of verbs, lack of grammatical marks, and local vernacular. The original Hebrew and Greek of the Bible have different verb tenses than modern English. Some languages have only two tenses, like ancient Hebrew. Turkish has dozens of tenses. English has twelve. Kione Greek has seven. Can you imagine translating this modern-day statement 2000 years from now? "My Daisy was pretty ugly!" How can that sentence be properly translated? What is a "daisy," and how can it be considered both beautiful and unattractive at the same time? My Daisy is a female pug dog. Our local vernacular uses the word "pretty" to sometimes mean "very" or "big." How would translators in 1,000 years know that Daisy was a common pet name? Would they understand that the word "pretty" sometimes means "very"? So the question remains: are the Bible translations 100% word-for-word accurate? The answer is no. We can accept that the scriptures' meaning is as accurate as possible, with a few translation flaws. The most famous fluke in the Bible states that a son is older than his father. The story is in Chronicles. When using either translation technique, paraphrasing or literal, the entire script must be read in context to extract the beneficial, most accurate, and "true meaning" the author was trying to convey. A word-for-word translation may not accurately capture the true meaning of the text. Only by reading the entire text in context and paraphrasing can one provide a true translation and meaning. The early believers and followers of God used many manuscripts. The translators did not place all of those manuscripts into the Bible. Many Bible facts and biblical information were lost due to the "weeding out" of scripture that was believed not to be relevant enough to be included in the final selection. The first qualification to accept a codex or manuscript as true Bible scripture was based on the author's reputation. Was the author an apostle, someone close to Jesus, or a devout believer? The author could have been someone like Moses or a member of Moses' group. The second requirement for acceptance was that believers had already accepted and heavily used the Scriptures throughout history. Did the manuscript already have a history of being believed? Was it already accepted as the Word of God? "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths." Proverbs 3:5-8.

Explore the rich history and significance of biblical Christmas traditions. Discover how Christians view and cherish these timeless traditions. Modern Christian Christmas Traditions How do many Christians view Christmas traditions? Christmas traditions vary in America based on the ethnic backgrounds of families. Here is how this Christian author and family view the Christmas traditions. Christian Christmas Traditions The Christmas tree is perhaps the main Christmas tradition. The most popular modern Christian Christmas tradition is the practice of having a Christmas tree. Strangely, the idea of a tree for celebration in the winter started as a pagan tradition. Evergreen trees were associated with everlasting life, representing the eternal life that Christ offers. It was common to celebrate the winter solstice, which occurs around the week of December 25th. Before Christianity became popular, people long used plant life that flourished in the winter as decorations, giving it special meaning. Many ancient people believed that evergreens had special powers to ward off witches, evil spirits, ghosts, demons, and poltergeists. The Germans were the first culture to embrace and start the tradition of using evergreen Christmas trees. They brought the tradition to America in the early 1800s. The Pilgrims outlawed the tradition of Christmas tree planting in early America. This practice was viewed as pagan, and the Puritans considered it unholy. The governor actually made it a penal offense to celebrate December 25th. It was also illegal to hang any decorations during the celebration. Many Christian traditions have origins in pagan practices. The Christmas tree is a reminder of Jesus' crucifixion. To this Christian author, the tree has come to symbolize life, redemption, and salvation. A Christmas tree is often considered a representation of the cross on which Jesus was crucified. It highlights the sacrifice Jesus made for humanity's sins. Furthermore, it represents spiritual growth and eternal life, reminding believers of their faith and the promise of forgiveness of sin. Paul claims that Jesus' execution took place on a tree. Trees were popular for executions, but in the case of Jesus, Such an event is unlikely. Most likely, the cross was an accurately milled 12" x 12" piece made from hand-hewn lumber. Carpentry was a prolific profession during the time of Jesus. Jesus himself was a carpenter. Tradition says the cross is made of dogwood. The Bible does not specify the type of wood, but the common woods of the time were dogwood, gopher, shittim wood, acacia, and cedar, as mentioned in the Bible. Tradition has it that the main support of the crucifixion cross was made of dogwood. Another traditional theory states that his body was held by cypress wood, his feet were held by cedar wood, and his hands were nailed to a crosspiece made from the wood of a palm tree. The inscribed plaque was made of wood from an olive tree. Pine trees with a complete set of needles are the most common Christmas trees. Using pine trees at Christmas is a natural choice and has been a tradition for many years. The Star of Bethlehem. A star is placed at the top of the tree. The star is a Christian Christmas tradition that is a reminder of the birth of Jesus, the Savior. The Magi were guided to young Jesus by the bright star of Bethlehem. The most common stars have five points to represent the Star of Bethlehem. Some stars have three points to represent the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Other stars have six points, representing the symbol of the ancient Hebrew (Jewish) faith. People often place a star at the top of the Christmas tree to symbolize one of these traditions. Matthew 2:1-12 Angels on the Tree An angel at the top of the Christmas tree is a tradition that reminds us that an angel announced to the shepherds the birth of Jesus. Angels are often placed on the tree branches to remind us they joined in celebrating Jesus's birth after the first angel approached the shepherds. Luke 2:8-13 Lights on the tree. Lights on the tree represent a Christian Christmas tradition that is reminiscent of two historical practices. Lights symbolize the Tabernacle, where God communicated with his people. One or more sacred candelsticks, called menorahs, lit the tabernacles. The original menorahs had extensions that appeared like tree branches. Candles were placed on Christmas trees in early traditions. Light bulbs became more popular than candles thanks to Thomas Edison. This author can remember bubbly lights on Christmas trees that resembled candles during his youth. Some cultures still use lit candles for tradition. Electric candles were common, but now a string of LED lights is standard. Lights on Christmas trees symbolize that Jesus is the "Light." Jesus is the light, and without him, we would stay lost in the darkness of sin. Being the Light, He helps sinful people discover their way to salvation and everlasting life. Secular Christmas Traditions Who is Santa Claus? The character of Santa Claus is based on a real person. He is not exclusively associated with Christian traditions. "Santa" lived during the 4th century in Patara, Turkey, an area in Greece. He was Bishop Nicholas of Myra, a very religious and generous person who helped the underprivileged. Nicholas was later referred to as Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Sinterklaas, or Saint Nick. The public generally did not see "Saint Nick" when he performed his humanitarian deeds or gave gifts to the underprivileged. Many believe he carried out much of his work in the shadows of darkness to avoid recognition. The giving of Christmas gifts. There are several stories of how modern gift-giving started. The strongest belief is that gift-giving at Christmas started to honor Bishop Nicholas , as proposed by Martin Luther. A more common belief is that it comes from the gift-giving of the Magi to the newborn Christ. The Bible instructs us to contribute to the less fortunate, and what better time than Christmas? A Christian should give gifts with love, showing compassion for others and following the Bible's instructions. Throwing Dear Santa letters into the fireplace. My mother brought this tradition from England when she immigrated to America. This custom is to magically send the letter instantly to the North Pole. The postal system is bypassed to ensure that Santa receives deliveries on time. The tradition of hanging stockings on the fireplace mantel at Christmas has gained popularity. Hanging stockings by the fireplace mantel became popular because of the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas." The tradition's roots are in the legend of Saint Nicholas, who dropped gold into a poor man's stockings. The stockings were drying by the fireplace, a common place for drying clothes. The practice quickly became a custom of leaving gifts in a central place. A hanging stocking reminds us to lend to those less fortunate than ourselves and to express thanks to God for what we have. Return to the main site Home Page.

Explore the fascinating history of the Bible timeline. Discover the events and milestones that have shaped Earth's creation. When did biblical events happen? The Christian Bible Timeline and other Timeline alternatives. Do science and religion agree on the timeline of Earth's creation? Earth's creation is a mystery, and Bible scholars and the scientific community are at odds about it. The Bible and other sources suggest the timeline of Earth's creation. The Christian Bible says that Earth has existed for 6,000 to 10,000 years. Many scientists, including zoologists and archaeologists, as well as followers of other religions, believe Earth is much older. Consider the following information gathered from the internet and the wisdom of this site's author. There are several ways to interpret the length of "time" in biblical time, which can be confusing. Time is variable and changes depending on many factors, such as the circumstances and interpretation of a story. Educated biblical scholars sometimes disagree about biblical time and quibble over what a day means in certain circumstances. In the past, a day in the Bible was of variable length. In some cases in the Bible, a day means a year. Occasionally a day can be a thousand years or a hundred years long. Such variations complicate calculating when the Earth was created. Some believe the Earth's creation was 6,000 years ago based on the interpretation that a day is a true 24-hour day. However, if a day is a year or a thousand years, then the Bible could be in sync with the scientific view. The scientific community is difficult to discredit, even though we know that many times they have been in error. A physical day in the Bible starts at sunset on the first day and ends at sunset on the second. The third hour is neither three hours after noon nor three hours after midnight. The biblical third hour is three hours after sunrise. Using a modern clock, the biblical third hour is 9:30 a.m. on average at the equator but varies throughout the year at other locations. Just like today, ancient people divided their days into two 12-hour periods. Over the period of a year, the sun rises earlier or later depending on the season. This caused the 12-hour periods to be flexible and varied. The first period was 12 hours from sunset to sunup, no matter how many minutes it took. During the second period, the 12 hours start at dawn and finish at dusk, regardless of the minutes it took. The Biblical hour was not exactly 60 minutes; the modern-day hour is exactly 60 minutes. The hours' length was variable due to the year's seasons, when nights were shorter and days were longer. Summer daytime hours were longer in minutes than the nighttime hours. The winter daytime hours were shorter in minutes than the nighttime hours. The official modern time standard for America since 1880 has been the responsibility of the US Naval Observatory. Its clock is currently in Washington, DC, and is accurate to one picosecond, aka 0.000000000001 seconds. We use the Roman day, which starts at midnight and ends at the following midnight. During ancient Rome, they had variable hour lengths, too. There are several intriguing things about the calendar and days of the week. Parts of the world, present and past, use the moon to record time. Some use the sun as we do in North America. There are many calendars, including the Julian, Gregorian, Roman-Byzantine, Egyptian, Iranian, Islamic, Jewish, Turko-Mongol, and Western calendars. The Pope's decree in October 1582 removed ten days from the calendar by switching from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. Removing the ten days allowed the calendar to keep the vernal equinox from March 11 to March 21. This adjustment was important for the farmers to keep all celebrations consistent with the seasons. Most countries in the modern world use the Gregorian solar calendar, which has 12 months. Every four years, we change the calendar by one day to align the four seasons with the sun's orbit. The time it takes for Earth to orbit the sun (solar year) is approximately 365. 25 days. Most of the Islamic world uses the lunar calendar, which also has 12 months. Every few years, a leap month is added to align the seasons with the moon's orbit and keep it in sync with the solar calendar. The time it takes the moon to orbit the Earth (lunar month) is approximately 29.53 days, totaling about 354 days a year. A lunar month goes from new moon to new moon. How did early America set its clocks? Clocks were synced to noon, when the sun passed directly overhead. Shadows of a stick or sundial were used to determine noontime, and all clocks would be reset or synchronized at noon. Noon did not occur at the exact same time every day; some days were shorter or longer than others during the year because of the elliptical orbit. This phenomenon meant that 12 o'clock in Houston, Texas, did not occur at the exact same minute as 12 o'clock in Austin, Texas, due to the rotation of the Earth. In modern times, we don't care if 12 o'clock happens at noon. Every day 12 o'clock comes exactly 24 hours after the last one. 12 o'clock noon can occur before or after noon throughout the year, just the opposite of the old time standard. "Seeing is believing." "Reading is faith." Reading someone's rendition of an event that happened a thousand years ago is difficult to believe if scientific evidence does not support it. Which is correct, someone's recollection or the scientific evidence? In certain instances, neither interpretation might be accurate. So that's it. There are two ways of looking at the past. 1. Biblical faith refers to believing someone's recollection and interpretation of biblical stories. 2. Scientific approach to discovered facts. Which is correct: faith or science? What is the true interpretation of the past? It's either one, the other, both, or neither. Everyone knows that eyewitnesses are not 100% dependable. Personal accounts of an event, like faith, sometimes lack proof and can be unreliable. We are all aware that science has occasionally proven to be incorrect. Once upon a time, scientists believed the Earth was the center of the galaxy, and some considered it flat. In fact, there are still some idiots who believe the Earth is flat. Therefore, I have to ask, "How reliable were these people?" Perhaps both scientists and eyewitnesses are reliable to some degree. The reality is that we don't understand or properly interpret either method. The Bible was written over the course of 1500 years. Experts have never decided on the exact years when the ancient manuscripts and biblical scriptures were written. Furthermore, it is not known who the specific authors are for many of the books. The early biblical scriptures and Old Testament writings date from around 1650 BC to 1000 BC. Moses lived between 1500 and 1300 BC. It is true that Moses or his aides wrote the Pentateuch (the first five Bible books). Somehow, Moses was aware of all the events that took place before his time. He most likely learned through traditional oral stories passed down through the generations. Alternatively, Moses might have received revelations from God and the angels on Mount Sinai during the Exodus. Then again, there is evidence that Abraham may have used a written language. It is not known for sure how the Bible stories got to Moses. It could have been generations of storytelling, written media that have long disintegrated, or divine sources. If we believe the story of Noah and the Flood wiping out the planet, everything flows from Noah. The entire mammal world, humans and animals, drowned except the eight in Noah's family and the mammals that God told Noah to take aboard the ark. It makes sense that all humans descended from Noah and his eight family members. All the animals (land mammals), as well as the human race, are descendants of the Ark. Noah, before the flood, had to have known everything in the Bible up to that time. Did he memorize it or write it down? Perhaps he was ignorant, and God later passed on the history of past times to Moses. However, Moses became aware of the past, and he wrote it all down. We have no idea how Moses became aware of the Bible stories before his time. Like Noah, Moses had to have been knowledgeable of the entire biblical past from the beginning of God's creation. Moses knew everything, from creation through the flood to the Exodus. There is no evidence that this knowledge was in written documents before Moses. Did Noah have manuscripts on the Ark? We don't know. Was the biblical history passed down orally from generation to generation before Noah? We don't know. Most likely, Adam and Eve orally passed down stories and traditions to Moses through each generation. Another theory is that Moses learned humanity's history during the eight times that he spent on Mount Sinai with God. God and Moses must have talked about something. Moses had 40 years to write the first five books of the Bible while roaming in the desert. However Moses got this information, he wrote about it. If stories were passed down orally, how accurate were the 1600 years of oral tradition from Creation until the Flood? How many renditions are there in 1600 years of biblical passdown? One would anticipate an entirely different story than the original after 1600 years of oral transmission. The wonderful thing is that the stories never changed. Writing documents accurately is one thing. Telling a story orally for 1600 years without variations is something else. Just thought-provoking. When we compare the creation described in the Bible with the scientific explanation of creation, we detect something amiss. Ultimately, one must place their trust in either the Bible or the scientific community. Which is accurate? Maybe neither. However, we must recognize that for the past 100 years, the scientific community has been slowly and continuously proving the accuracy of the Bible. Is science 100% accurate? Surprise! Science is not 100% accurate. It turns out that all the scientific dating methods have flaws and are not exact sciences. Many scientific methods disagree with each other and are thousands and sometimes even millions of years apart. The scientific explanation of Earth's creation began as a "theory" in the 1800s by one man, a mathematician, whom others bought into. The theory didn't evolve based on scientific evidence but only on "reasoning" to explain Earth's creation using the logic of the day. One geologist bought into it and developed the radiometric dating system. Two geologists in the 1950s bought into the theory and developed a radiocarbon dating system. Since then, many other dating methods have been created using uranium, samarium, potassium-argon, rubidium-strontium, fission track, uranium-thorium, chlorine-36, luminescence, beryllium, and more. It turns out that these dating methods have significant inaccuracies and inconsistencies, and the dates of two or more dating systems do not agree with each other, with discrepancies spanning hundreds, thousands, and, in at least one case, a million years. It turns out that scientists tend to interpret their findings with bias. The scientific community uses these dating systems with bias to support their "theory" of a 5-billion-year-old Earth. Scientists cannot agree on a single theory about the Earth's creation. They are still arguing over it. One source is Space.com. The internet hosts various theories. The two prominent theories are the core accretion and the disk instability models. The U.S. Geological Survey is the nation's largest biological science and civilian mapping agency. It collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides a scientific understanding of natural resource conditions, issues, and problems. They are the ones who have the authorization to "scientifically" determine the age of the Earth. Here is the direct quote from their web page. "So far, scientists have not found a way to determine the exact age of the Earth." Their website reveals that rocks from other planets are used to determine the Earth's age. Note that the sampling of those rocks is limited and comes from only a few sources. According to the theory, the Earth must be as old as other materials discovered in space. Really? Here is a theoretical story to ponder. Henry Bessemer forged a sheet of steel in 1881. The sheet was stored for future use. In 1981, Ford Motor Company purchased that sheet of steel. Ford created a new prototype vehicle that never went into production. They used this piece of steel, created in 1881 , to manufacture a prototype in 1981 . Don't get ahead of me in this story. In the year 3981, a construction crew excavated a plot of land in Detroit to build a high-rise building. The workers dig up a weird-looking vehicle and have no idea what it is. They are curious about its age and call in the science crew. The scientific dating system used in the year 3981 is very accurate and precise, down to the exact year. How old does this dating system determine the vehicle to be? Don't get ahead of me. Their dating system indicated that Ford built the vehicle in 1881. This information is totally inaccurate because the vehicle was actually built in 1981. If you haven't already figured out the story, you probably don't believe man walked on the moon, either. The dating system calculated the age of the steel. It did not calculate the vehicle's age. Do you see the correlation of this story to Earth's creation? The rocks are older than the planet, just as the metal was older than the car. Another fascinating piece of trivia is that scientists now admit that some moon rocks are older than the Earth. Figure that one out. How accurate is the scientific community? As always, in the scientific community, anyone challenging their "golden standard" goes unheard, ridiculed, shunned, laughed upon, and denied participation in their club meetings. Pythagoras theorized that the Earth was round. The scientists of the day shunned him for making that statement. The scientist said, "That idea can't be real. You're dismissed from our club." Aristarchus figured out in BC that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This revelation defied the "scientific norm" of the sun rotating around the Earth. The self-righteous scientists of that time responded, "Not true. It is absurd to think the earth revolves around the sun." The scientific community shunned Aristarchus, laughed him out of their meetings, and discredited him. Copernicus went further. He proposed that we are part of a solar system and that all the planets revolve around the sun. It took decades for the scientific community to accept the idea of a solar system. Meanwhile, he was disgraced and thrown out of the scientific club. Semmelweis, an obstetrician, published evidence that when doctors washed their hands before examining or treating patients, there was a reduction of illness and mortality. It went against the medical approach at the time. He was shunned and discredited. No more AMA meetings for him. His hospital proved him correct, but it went against the "accepted" tradition of the medical community of self-righteous doctors. Our human nature was at its peak. And the list of "scientific misinformation" goes on and on until a rogue scientist is brave enough to challenge the "Club." The scientific community (the club) still has the self-egotistical "We know better than you" and "Don't challenge what we think we know" attitudes. If we look, there is evidence available to challenge the scientists. According to the Christian interpretation of the Bible, Earth was formed 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. Since then, God has created life and caused the flood, and the world has experienced the rise and fall of Jesus. The Genesis creation story is a viable explanation of the scientific world. Modern "rogue scientists," like those listed above, are going against the egos of the mainstream scientific community and are being proven to be correct in showing that the Bible's creation story is viable and plausible. The mainstream scientific community refuses to examine the evidence and admit its mistakes. As a side note, watch the documentary " Is Genesis History ? " There are also several books out. Scientific Timeline This is the timeline generally accepted by the scientific community and proposed by American geochemists Patterson and Tilton, developed by their dating system for decaying uranium in the 1950s. The timeline assumptions are that scientific radioactivity and carbon dating are accurate. It has since been proven to have flaws. Event that took place. Years ago. Earth was created. 4.4 billion Microbial life is evident. 3.5 billion Oxygen-producing cyanobacteria evolved. 2.4 billion Fungal life was found. 1.5 billion Plant life formed. 800 million Land animals. 600 million Fish came about. 500 million Dinosaurs appeared. 100 million Primates on Earth. 65 million Apes appeared. 8 million Caveman. 4 million Stone tools found. 3 million Fire and cooking. 1.5 million Modern Humans. 800 thousand Oldest pictograph. 5.5 thousand First hieroglyphic. 5.1 thousand Oldest Hebrew Text. 4.3 thousand First Cuneiform. 4.0 thousand Chinese inscription. 3.3 thousand Hebrew manuscripts. 3.2 thousand Earth's timelines of learned individuals and religious organizations vary. Each entity has its own way of calculating, estimating, or determining its beliefs. The length of a day or a year within religions can vary. In some cases, a day can mean a year, and a year can mean a century. Irish physicist and mathematician Lord Kelvin calculated the Earth's age using cooling models to be 20 to 40 million years old. French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, calculated Earth's age based on the cooling effect of iron to be 75,000 years ago. Buddhists believe that the Earth has always existed. It has no beginning or end. Muslim scripturalists believe the Earth was created by God approximately 4 to 5 billion years ago. The Hindu text suggests that Earth was created by Brahma, the secondary creator of the trinity, 4.3 billion years ago. The Christian Bible implies that Earth was created by Yahweh. 6 to 10 thousand years ago. Shintos and Taoists have no particular time. This is a timeline based on the Christian Bible, providing the best estimate of events. God created Earth. Genesis 1: Year 1 4004 BC Cain killed Abel. Genesis:4 1000 3004 BC Lamech sired Noah at the age of 182. Genesis:5 1056 2986 BC Noah finished the ark at the age of 600. Genesis 7 1656 2348 BC All humans on Earth died in a flood except for Noah's family of 8 adults. Noah died at age 950. Genesis 9 2006 1998 BC The Book of Job was written. Job: 1 2504 1500 BC Moses led the Exodus at age 80. Exodus:1 2557 1447 BC The Lord gave the Ten Commandments. Exodus:20 2604 1400 BC Moses died at age 120. Deut:34 2597 1407 BC The Hebrew Bible was created. It consists of 24 parchment scrolls. 3400 400 BC The Silent Era. It exists between the Old and New Testaments. There was no writing for 400 years. The Septuagint Bible was written. Greek Text. 3974 30 BC Jesus is born. Luke: 2 3945 1 AD Jesus is crucified. Matthew:27 3977 33 AD The last apostle, John, died at 93. According to the Hebrew scrolls: 4070 66 AD The "Dead Era," or "Betrothal Era," began with the crucifixion of Jesus. Since then, people around the world have been waiting for the return of Jesus. Vulgate Bible Latin translation. Handwritten. 4386 382 AD The Hebrew Bible (Tanakh). It is finalized and authorized. 4454 450 AD The Catholic Church authorized the Latin Vulgate. 4504 600 AD Latin Vulgate (first printed Bible). This is the first Gutenberg printing. 5359 1455 AD The Tyndale Bible This is the first English translation. 5434 1530 AD The King James Bible This Bible has become the most popular text. 5515 1611 AD Revised Standard The King James Version. 5805 1901 AD Hundreds of translations have been created since 1901. There are 6,000 years of Earth's biblical history, divided into the first, middle, and last years. There are no discoveries of any biblical documents during the first 2,500 years. The assumption is that all Scripture must have been passed down by oral tradition from Adam and Eve, through the family of Noah, and finally to Moses. Only during the middle 1,500-year period were biblical scriptures and manuscripts physically written down. Moses is believed to have written down all the scripture that was passed down orally from the time of creation. He wrote this history down in manuscripts and codices. These books comprise the first five books of the modern Old Testament, known as the Pentateuch. This text is the foundation and source of the Jewish religion. During those 1,500 years in the middle period, there were 400 silent years between the writing of the Old and New Testaments. No written documents exist from the silent period. These "silent years" occurred between the writing of Malachi in 430 BC and the Gospel of Luke in 50 AD. Approximately thirty men authored the Old Testament books before 430 BC. It is believed that eight men authored the New Testament between 50 AD and 95 AD. During the last 1,500 "dead years," no new written documents have been produced. The mainstream Christian community has produced copies and translations but has not created any new revelations, manuscripts, or documents. Other religions recognize new texts, but the mainstream Christian community is skeptical about their authenticity. The Mormons possess the Book of Mormon, while the Islamic world has the Koran, as two examples. Are they the true revelations from the heavenly maker of the earth and humanity? Believers in those religions believe the books came from God. No "new" documented written biblical history has emerged during the past 1,500 years since the deaths of the apostles. This belief stems from the "wedding story" that Jesus explained in a parable to his disciples before his crucifixion. The "groom" (Jesus) has left to prepare a "new home" for his "bride" (the believers). During the "betrothal period," direct divine communication will not occur until the day Jesus returns to gather his believers. The specific date of Jesus' return, bringing his bride a new home, is unknown and determined by God. Even Jesus does not know the day of his return according to the Bible. During this betrothal period, we are expected to reconcile ourselves with God. IIt is time to pray for forgiveness, repent, and prepare ourselves for the marriage of Jesus' return. If someday people standing or sitting next to you instantly disappear, and you don't, you need to worry.