Easy To Understand Answers To Questions About God, Life, And The Bible
The intertestamental period is the period of time between the last writings of the Old Testament (Malachi) up to the beginning of the events in the New Testament that were written about in the Book of Mathew. It is also known as the “between the testaments” or “400 silent years” period. During these 400 years … Read more
Our list of the 10 most popular Bible verses is based on research gathered from multiple resources. Factors included in the creation of this list are how many times a verse has been searched for, in addition to which Bible verses are quoted the most. Sitting atop our list as the most popular Bible verse … Read more
Among Bible readers the phrase, “The words written in red” is a very familiar term. These red words people are referring to come from what is known as Red Letter Edition Bibles. These are Bibles in which the words of Jesus (also known as the Dominical words) have been highlighted in red ink. What’s The … Read more
Oh the wonders of technology! The creative minds that God has given the human race has produced so many amazing things, including the world’s smallest Bible. The Nano Bible The Nano Bible is considered to be the smallest Bible in the world. It is a tiny microchip the size of a grain of sugar in … Read more
It is estimated that there are about 7000 living languages in the world today. With the original languages of the Bible being Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew, how many of these current 7000 languages that are spoken today has the Bible been translated into? Complete Bible Translations The most recent data as of 2020 shows that … Read more
The English word Bible comes from or translates from the Latin word “Biblia”, as well as the Greek word “ta biblia” and “Byblos”, which means “books”. The term “ta biblia” was used as early as 223 AD by the Greeks when referring to the Scriptures. These 66 books that were inspired by God and written … Read more
The word epistle comes from the Greek word (epistole) which means letter. The Epistles in the Bible are letters written from men of God to the Christians and Churches of that day. It is these letters that make up a majority of the New Testament, 21 of the 27 New Testament books to be exact. … Read more
How many Bibles are sold each year? Bible Sales Statistics The Bible is by far the worlds best-selling book of all time. No other book, fact or fiction, even comes close. Most estimates place the number of Bibles printed each year at over 100 million. 20 million Bibles are sold each year in the United States … Read more
Torah is a Hebrew word that means to instruct, guide, or teach. While the word Torah can refer to several different things, it most often refers to the first five books of the Jewish (Hebrew) Bible. Christians will recognize these books as being the same first five books of the Old Testament. The term Torah … Read more
The Septuagint is a Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. Most scholars believe it was translated over a period of time from the 3rd to the 2nd century BC in Alexandria, Egypt. The Greek translation was most likely for the benefit of the large Jewish community living in Alexandria at the time. LXX – The … Read more
The Masoretic Text refers to the authoritative Hebrew text of the Old Testament. It was produced by Jewish rabbis known as Masoretes (or Masorites). They took great effort to copy, edit, and distribute the Hebrew text of the Old Testament without error. This enormous work is thought to have begun around the 7th century AD … Read more
Most of us have probably never given much thought to the fact that the Bible is divided into chapters and verses. Many may assume this is just the way it has always been. If this is not the case, then when and why was the Bible divided up like this? The books of the Bible … Read more
It is sometimes referred to as the Holy Scriptures, and at other times God’s Word. What is this book called the Bible? A Book Of Books Some people believe the Bible to be a bunch of old and outdated fairy tales. It is the best-selling book of all time, but as Christians we should never … Read more
“Let us all stand in honor of the reading of the Bible.” It is a tradition observed in many Churches all over the world. Before the preacher begins his message, the congregation will stand as he reads the Scriptures that the sermon is based on. Is this something the Bible commands us to do? Why … Read more
Who wrote the Bible, the best-selling book in history? God Is The Author (2 Timothy 3:16) All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness (2 Peter 1:20-21) Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its … Read more
Science and the Bible, what do they have in common? Does science prove or disprove the Bible as being true and accurate? Scientific Facts In The Bible Science can be defined as the things we have learned to be true by studying the natural world. These things are based on the facts that have been … Read more