Who wrote the Bible? 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 …

The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic while the New Testament was written in Greek. Note: a few chapters of the books Ezra (ch. 4:8-6:18; 7:12-26) and Daniel (ch. 2:4 to 7:28), …

What is the history of the King James Bible? The King James Version of the Bible, released in 1611, was authorized by King James in order to have as accurate a translation as possible, which could be …

4) The unity of the Bible The Bible consists of 66 books. There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament. Forty different authors wrote the Bible over the course of 1,500 …

Theophilus was the person for whom Luke originally wrote his two books: the Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles. It is interesting to note that around 26% of the New Testament was written to …

The books of 1 and 2 Kings, as we have them in our Bibles were originally one book. In Hebrew, they were simply called melakim, or “Kings.” The author of Kings is not known. Much of the data seems to …

He wrote, “And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ [the Messiah], the Son …

Originally, the books we call 1 and 2 Samuel were just one book. But as early as the third century B.C., the book of Samuel was split into two parts by the men who pro­duced the Septuagint—a Greek …

Staupitz gave Luther a Bible before he left Erfurt, and it was the beginning of Luther’s journey to spiritual healing. The first shards of doubt were beginning to pierce his obsession with finding forgiveness and …

The 12 disciples/apostles of Jesus were the foundation stones of His church, several even wrote portions of the Bible. In Revelation 21:14 we are told that the twelve foundations of the wall of the …