Where Did We Get Our Bible? Where did we get it? How did we get it? Is it trustworthy?
Where Did We Get Our Bible? Originally? Old Testament authors, 1500 years Books of law, history, poetry, wisdom, & prophecy Moses started with the Pentateuch
Exodus 17:14 14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven
Numbers 33:2 Moses wrote down their starting places, stage by stage, by command of the Lord, and these are their stages according to their starting places.
Joshua 24:26 And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone and set it up there under the terebinth that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
1 Samuel 10:25 Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord….
Jeremiah 36:2 “Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.”
Where Did We Get Our Bible? How can we know our O.T. is the same? It’s the same book that present day Jews have used 5th Century and beyond TODAY
Where Did We Get Our Bible? How can we know our O.T. is the same? It’s the same book that present day Jews have used About 270 BCE the Septuagint was begun 5th Century and beyond TODAY 270 BCE
Where Did We Get Our Bible? How can we know our O.T. is the same? It’s the same book that present day Jews have used About 270 BCE the Septuagint was begun 1948 The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered 5th Century and beyond TODAY 270 BCE BCE
Where Did We Get Our Bible? How can we know our O.T. is the same? It’s the same book that present day Jews have used About 270 BCE the Septuagint was begun 1948 The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered 1st century testimony of Josephus 5th Century and beyond TODAY 270 BCE BCE 1st century
Contra Apion, Whiston's Josephus, p.609 ' From Artaxerxes (Malachi's time) until our time everything has been recorded but has not been deemed worthy of like credit with what has preceded, because the exact succession of prophets ceased. But what faith we have placed in our own writings is evident by our conduct; FOR though so long a time has now passed, NO ONE HAS DARED TO ADD ANYTHING TO THEM, OR ALTER ANYTHING IN THEM'
Where Did We Get Our Bible? Originally? New Testament - 8 authors - 60 years How can we know that our New Testament is the same as Paul’s?
Where Did We Get Our Bible? How can we know our N.T. is the same? Can compare to 15th century Bibles, (the printing press) 15th Century TODAY
Where Did We Get Our Bible? How can we know our N.T. is the same? Can compare to 15th century Bibles, (the printing press) Can compare to 4th century mss. 15th Century TODAY 4th Century 1.The Vatican mss. 2.The Sinaitic mss. 3.The Alexandrian mss. All 3 major manuscripts were discovered SINCE the KJV translation.
Where Did We Get Our Bible? How can we know our N.T. is the same? Can compare to 15th century Bibles, (the printing press) Can compare to 4th century mss. Can compare it to 3rd century quotations and versions 15th Century TODAY 4th Century 3rd Century
Where Did We Get Our Bible? How can we know our NT is the same? Can compare to 15th century Bibles, (the printing press) Can compare to 4th century mss. Can compare it to 3rd century quotations and versions Can compare it to 2nd century versions, testimony, lists 15th Century TODAY 4th Century 3rd Century 2nd Century
Where Did We Get Our Bible? Claims of only having letters circulated in the 2nd century are bogus Claims of church councils in the 4th century establishing the canon are also in error Claims of the Catholic church in giving us or saving the Bible are false
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away