40 authors wrote the Bible over a period of 1,500 years. These Bible writers wrote as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit (see 2 Timothy 3:16-17). Moses was the first person to write portions of Scripture while John, the disciple of Jesus, was the last. Other famous people who wr...
The questions, Who wrote it? and When was it written? are not easily answered. It would appear that portions of it must have been written after the time of Saul, for the phrase, frequently repeated, “there was then no king in the land,” looks back from a period when there _was_ ...
Caesar’s “Gallic Wars” were written around 100-44 B.C. The copies we have today are dated 1,000 years after he wrote it. We have ten copies. When it comes to the New Testament, written between 50-100 A.D, there are more than 5,000 copies. All are within 50-225 years of th...
The phrase "those that are afar off," was probably wide enough to cover both the Jews of the Dispersion, to whom the Apostle afterwards wrote (1Peter 1:1-2), and the heathen nations among whom they lived. The use of the phrase in Ephesians 2:13; Ephesians 2:17, inclines rather to...
The apostle Peter wrote, “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:20-21). Scripture is not a matter of man’s own...
John 1:11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.John 5:46If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.Matthew 13:14-15In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever ...
1. Heman This guy was a pretty famous wise man (1 Ki 5:11), and he weighs in lightest of all the Bible’s authors. He has 233 words to his name, but even that is a pretty generous figure. Heman coauthored Psalm 88 with the sons of Korah (whowrote several more of the Psalms)...
Daniel’s a wise man and he wrote an important book for those who want to study biblical prophecy. 16. Hosea (Hosea) Hosea’s claim to fame: God told him to enter a really unhealthy marriage. Seriously, God has Hosea marry a prostitute and have a few kids (Hos 1:2). And Hosea do...
Courtney LaPlante calls "her island" — their hometown of Vancouver, Canada — and "represents the feeling of growing up on the island I am from, and the feelings of longing to leave isolation and longing to go back," as well as "about what it feels like to be me,"she wrote on X...
3 John 1:1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. the elect lady. 2 John 1:5,13 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another… Luke 1:3 It see...