1. Answer this one for me! What about the Bible? April 29, 2001

2. Homer (Iliad) When written – 900 B.C. Earliest Copy – 400 B.C. Time Span – 500 years Number of copies - 643

3. New Testament When written – 40-100 A.D. Earliest Copy – 125 A.D. Time Span – 25 years Number of copies – 24,633

4. Variations? Over 200,000! pa,nta diV auvtou/ evge,neto( kai. cwri.j auvtou/ evge,neto ouvde. e[n or ouvde.[n o] ge,gonen Only 400 places = ½ of 1%

5. Joshua 6:20 When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted…the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city.

6. 1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Neither the sexually immoral… nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders…

7. 1 Timothy 1:10 …for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers-- and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine.

8. John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.