Archaeologists have consistently discovered the names of government officials, kings, cities, and festivals mentioned in the Bible – sometimes when historians didn't think such people or places existed. For example, the Gospel of John tells of Jesus healing a cripple next to the Pool of Bethesda...
So who wrote the Bible? The succinct answer is, God is the Author of the Bible.The succinct answer is, God is the Author of the Bible. One of the men responsible for a large portion of the New Testament, the apostle Paul, wrote: “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and...
Paul was actually born as Saul. He was born in Tarsus in Cilicia around AD 1–5 in a province in the southeastern corner of modern-day Tersous, Turkey. He was of Benjamite lineage and Hebrew ancestry (Philippians 3:5–6). His parents were Pharisees—fervent Jewish nationalists who adhere...
Diversity of Bible writers Those who wrote the Bible lived at different times, some separated by hundreds of years. In many cases they were complete strangers to one another. Some Bible writers were businessmen or traders; others were shepherds, fishermen, soldiers, physicians, preachers, kings—...
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_ ...
In a way, both of these answers are true, but by now you’re probably looking for a little more detail about the authors of the Bible. And rightly so: when you’re studying a book or passage of the Bible, it’s pretty important to know who wrote it. ...
King James BibleAnd they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil....
Bible Book List Font Size 1 Kings 12:17-19 GOD’S WORD Translation 1 Kings 12:17-19 New International Version 17But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah,Rehoboam still ruled over them. 18King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram,[a]who was in charge of forced labor, but...
The primary challenge, of course, is that there are no complete historical records documenting kings who lived 5,000 years ago. There's also the matter of which ancient words referred to what we think of as kings. In the area around Egypt, for example, the word "pharaoh" didn't come ...
But the rest of the acts of Josaphat, and his works which he did, and his battles, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?And there was then no king appointed in Edom.… As Sodom and Gomorrha and the neighbouring cities, in like manner, ...