2. The Bible has been changed and translated so many times over the last
Shirley Maclaine: (Paraphrased)
The Bible has been changed and
translated so many times over the last
2000 years that it's impossible to have any
confidence in its accuracy.
King: “Everyone knows that."

3. “We can trust the Bible because…”
It Claims to Be Inspired

4. The Bible Claims Inspiration
1 Corinthians 14:37 (NKJV) 37 If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.

5. The Bible Claims Inspiration
2 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV) 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

6. The Bible Claims Inspiration
2 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV) 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

7. The Bible Claims Inspiration
2 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV) 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

8. The Bible Claims Inspiration
2 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV) 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

9. The Bible Claims Inspiration
2 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV) 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

10. The Bible Claims Inspiration
2 Peter 3:15–17 (NKJV) 15 ….our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. 17 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;

11. The Bible Claims Inspiration
1 Thessalonians 2:13 (NKJV) 13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.

12. The Bible Claims Inspiration
Job 32:8 (NKJV) 8 But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.

13. The Bible Claims Inspiration
2 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV) 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God…

14. The Bible Claims Inspiration
Deuteronomy 18:18–19 (NKJV) 18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. 19 And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. 2 Samuel 23:2 (NKJV) 2 “The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue.

15. The Bible Claims Inspiration
Matthew 10:19 (NKJV) 19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;

16. The Bible Claims Inspiration
1 Corinthians 2:10 (NKJV) 10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 1 Corinthians 2:13 (NKJV) 13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

17. The Claims of the Bible
Psalm 12:6 (NKJV) 6 The words of the Lord are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times. Psalm 12:6 (NIV) 6 And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.

18. The Claims of the Bible
Psalm 119:89 (NIV) 89 Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.

19. The Claims of the Bible
Psalm 119:160 (NKJV) 160 The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.

20. The Claims of the Bible
Matthew 5:18 (NKJV) 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

21. Send 10 Copies to Friends, etc.

22. Original Lost!
Now What?

23. Find as many copies as possible – you find 26 copies in all!
You notice some discrepancies
23 are exactly the same
One has a misspelled word
One has two phrases inverted ("mix then chop" instead of "chop then mix")
One includes an ingredient that none of the others has on its list.

24. Find as many copies as possible – you find 26 copies in all!
You notice some discrepancies
23 are exactly the same
One has a misspelled word
One has two phrases inverted ("mix then chop" instead of "chop then mix")
One includes an ingredient that none of the others has on its list.

25. Ancient Manuscripts of the Bible:
Manuscripts in Other Languages
Latin Vulgate
10,000 +
Etheopic
2000 +
Slavic
4,101
Armenian
2,587
Syriac Pashetta
350 +
Bohairic
100
Arabic 75
Old Latin 50
Anglo Saxon 7
Gothic 6
Sogdian 3
Old Syriac 2
Persian
Frankish 1
Subtotal:
19,284 +
Grand Total
24,970 +

26. New Testament 48 A. D. (Mark) 130 A.D. (N.T.) 80 yrs. 24,970
Author
When Written
Earliest Copy Still in Existence Today
Time Span Between 1st Written and Oldest Copy
Number of  Ancient Copies in Existence Today
Pliny the Younger
A.D
850 A.D.
750 yrs 7
Caesar
B.C.
900 A.D.
1,000 yrs. 10
Plato
B.C.
900 A. D.
1,200 yrs.
Aristolte
B.C.
A. D.
1,400 yrs. 37
Sophocles
B.C.
1000 A.D.
193
Euripedes
B.C.
1100 A.D.
1,500 yrs. 9
Catallus
54 B.C.
1550 A.D.
1,600 yrs. 3
New Testament
48 A. D. (Mark)
130 A.D. (N.T.)
80 yrs.
24,970
Much Older
More Manuscripts Than Other Ancient Writings
Earliest manuscripts dated much closer to the original