BIBLE AUTHENTICITY
(See also Creation; Flood [Noachian]; Higher Criticism; Prophecy; Bible books by name)
(Note centered headings below: History; Prophecy; Quotations; Science and Nature; Scriptures Harmonized)
accuracy of transmission: w23.01 3-4; w23.02 2-3; ijwbq articles 129, 181; it-1 313, 321-323, 443, 1081-1082, 1206; it-2 313-314, 317-318, 878-879; wp17.6 14; wp16.4 6-7; w15 12/15 7; nwt 1726-1730; w09 11/1 13-14; w98 4/1 11-12; w97 10/15 11; ba 7-9; w90 7/15 29; si 319-320; w89 2/1 27-30; gm 17-22; pe 52-53; rs 63-64; w88 11/15 30-31; w86 7/1 29; Lmn 7
ancient Syriac manuscript: g88 5/8 27
challenged: wp16.4 3
comments by Barbara Aland: g98 4/22 28
comments by F. F. Bruce: ijwbq article 129; nwt 1727, 1729; w97 10/15 11
comments by F. J. A. Hort: si 319
comments by Kurt Aland: it-2 314
comments by Professor Julio Trebolle Barrera: w01 2/15 6
comments by Sir Frederic Kenyon: ijwbq article 129; it-1 323; it-2 318, 879; wp16.4 7; g 11/07 13; si 319-320; w89 2/1 30; gm 17, 22; pe 53; g88 7/22 23; w86 7/1 29; Lmn 7
comments by Westcott and Hort: it-2 879
comments by W. H. Green: ijwbq article 129; it-2 318; wp16.4 7; nwt 1727; g 11/07 13; w90 7/15 29
contrast to classical works: it-1 443; it-2 317-318; w09 11/1 14; g96 2/8 9; gm 19; w88 11/15 30
Dead Sea Scrolls: wp17.6 14; wp16.4 7; nwt 1726-1727; hl section 4; w01 2/15 6; ct 109-110; ba 8; w91 4/15 11; pe 52
discussion for Muslims: wp20.3 7; gu 29-31
efforts to corrupt: w97 10/1 13-14
Ein Gedi scroll (Leviticus): w19.06 31
manuscripts: w23.01 3-4; w23.02 2-3; ijwbq article 129; it-1 1206; nwt 1726-1727; w09 11/1 13-14; w07 3/15 19-20; g 11/07 12-13; gu 30-31; w97 10/1 12; g88 7/22 19-23
Masada fragments: w90 10/15 5
Masoretic text: wp16.4 7; nwt 1726-1727; w95 5/15 27-28; w95 9/15 27-29
“The Song of the Sea” manuscript (Ex 13:19–16:1): w08 11/15 32
translations: it-1 1206; nwt 1727
candor: ijwbq article 129; wp20.1 6; it-1 312; it-2 854; w16.09 26; g16.2 6; g 11/07 6; w05 5/15 18; w05 7/15 6; g01 3/8 8; w98 4/1 14; ba 15-16; g96 2/8 10; si 31, 341; gm 54, 65-66; g87 6/8 19
Christendom assaults: gm 25-36
Christian Scriptures: w10 4/1 26-29; si 319-320, 336-337; gm 55-70
credibility of writers: w08 9/1 12-15; si 342; gm 57-59; w88 7/15 5-6
faith of early Christians: si 342
Latinisms: it-2 208
Muratorian Fragment: w06 2/15 13-15; g01 7/22 25; si 302-304
quotations from Hebrew Scriptures that differ: it-1 1206, 1213
testimony of writers: it-1 1205-1206
“contradictions”: ijwbq article 70; w92 7/15 3-7; wi 6, 8, 27; gm 87-97; rs 65; w88 2/1 5-7
attitude toward: w92 7/15 7
Cain’s wife: ijwbq article 127; it-1 387; w10 9/1 25; w92 7/15 4; wi 8; w89 3/15 6; gm 90-91; rs 301-302
context: gm 90-92
independent views: gm 88-90, 92-95, 97
Michal dies childless: it-1 52; it-2 373-374, 395; w05 5/15 19
discussion: w23.01 2-7; lff lesson 3; wp20.1 6-8; it-1 311-312; wp17.4 7; bhs 21-26; bh 20-24; fg 6; w10 3/1 3-7; pc 13-17; g 11/07 3-4; w05 7/15 4-7; kp 7; ol 5-7; dg 9-10; w98 4/1 10-20; g96 2/8 8-10; kl 15-21; w94 6/1 8-10; pr 10-16; wj 20-23; w92 5/15 4-8; wi 3-9; w91 6/1 3-6; w90 2/1 3-7; sh 340-342; si 337-343; gm 5-189; pe 47-56; w87 7/15 5-6; g87 6/8 17-20; w86 4/1 3-7
effect for good: g96 2/8 10
changes in people: w90 4/1 16-21; w89 8/1 6-7; gm 175-183; w86 4/1 6-7
Gospels: wp16.2 3-4; g16.5 5-6; w12 4/1 18-19; w10 3/1 8-11; w10 4/1 26-27; w08 10/1 12-14; w04 7/15 6-7; w01 12/15 5-6; w00 5/15 3-9; w90 2/1 7; gm 55-70
antiquity: ijwbq article 13; w97 8/15 10; w96 12/15 7; gm 56-58
comments by historian Will Durant: w00 5/15 6-8; w86 6/15 13
comments of former critic: w00 5/15 7; w90 2/1 7
evidence from Diatessaron: w14 9/1 14; w10 3/1 11; w89 2/1 30
evidence of oldest manuscript of the Christian Greek Scriptures: ijwbq article 12; w15 4/1 10-11; g88 7/22 22-23
harmony within: bhs 21; bh 20; w12 6/1 7; g 11/07 7; pr 14; sh 340; si 341-342; pe 49-50; rs 63; g87 6/8 19
between Hebrew and Christian Scriptures: g88 6/8 27
theme: gm 149-161
Hebrew Scriptures: si 332-336; gm 37-54
antiquity: w11 6/1 20-23; g86 11/8 31
Ras Shamra (Ugarit) texts no basis: w03 7/15 28
higher criticism: w10 3/1 5-6; w91 6/1 3; w90 2/1 3-5; w89 7/1 4; gm 31-32, 38-43, 70; g89 10/22 18-19; w86 4/1 3-5; w86 6/15 13
documentary theory: it-1 920-922, 1082, 1221-1223; g04 4/8 8-9; w90 2/1 4-5; gm 38-41, 48-49; w86 4/1 4-5
Gospels: gm 55-58
Witness response: jv 103
inspiration evident: ijwbq article 1; g17.3 4-7; w15 6/1 2; w12 6/15 27-29; gu 16; pr 14-15; w92 5/15 4-8; wi 3-7; pe 48-49; rs 60-63
material not humanly obtainable: it-1 1204; w97 6/15 5-6
wisdom: it-1 1204-1205; w12 6/15 28; w99 4/1 3-7; w90 4/1 11-15; gm 162-174
miracles: it-2 411-413; w12 8/1 7-8; w12 8/15 30; g 11/07 22; g97 7/8 26; gm 71-86
not allegorical: w05 2/15 5
objections to authenticity: it-2 411-413; w12 8/1 4-6; gm 68-77
reasonableness of accepting: w09 1/1 29; ct 126-127; Lmn 12
moral standards: si 340
not disproved by experts’ opinions: w00 12/1 29-31
practicality: wp20.1 6; it-1 312; bhs 22-23; bh 21-23; w12 6/1 8; w09 5/1 5; pc 16; g 1/06 18-19; w05 7/15 5; w00 12/1 5-7; w98 4/1 17-19; ba 22-26; g96 2/8 10; kl 15-16; si 340; rs 66
proving to oneself:
youths: yp 308-310
source documents: it-1 449
style of reporting: kl 17
survival: it-1 313; wp16.4 3-8; w12 6/15 28; g 11/07 12-13; w98 4/1 11-12; ba 7-9; gm 12-36
Christendom’s opposition: gm 25-32
time of writing: it-1 577-579; w11 6/1 20-23
unprovable portions: w98 4/1 19
History
Abraham: g 5/12 18; w89 7/1 3-7
relatives: it-1 149
accuracy: it-1 311-312; g01 3/8 8; ba 14-17; w93 6/1 3-7; pr 13-14; w92 5/15 5-6; sh 340; si 338-339; gm 37-70, 81-82; pe 54-55; w88 7/15 5-6; g87 6/8 18-19; w86 6/15 13
unwitting consistency: g 11/07 7; w98 4/1 14-15; ba 16-17
Adria, sea of (Ac 27:27): bt 209; it-1 52; it-2 302
Ahab (1Ki 16-22; 2Ch 18): it-1 60, 948
Ahasuerus (Queen Esther’s husband):
realm “from India to Ethiopia” (Es 1:1): it-1 560, 1198
Ahaz (2Ki 16, 17; 2Ch 28): it-1 62; it-2 1101
altars to unknown gods (Ac 17:23): bt 143; it-1 85, 209; it-2 1141; w12 3/1 18; g 3/11 18-19; w02 7/15 32; gm 62, 64
Anakim (De 1, 2, 9; Jos 11, 14): it-1 103
Anamim (Ge 10:13; 1Ch 1:11): it-1 103
archaeology: it-1 147-156, 959; w15 5/1 9; g 11/07 15-18; w05 3/15 29; ba 14-15; w92 5/15 4-5; gm 42-54, 63-65
confirmation not essential: it-1 154-156, 959; it-2 36; g02 10/8 18-19
limitations: gm 50-52
seeming discrepancies: gm 49-54
Assyria: g 12/10 26-28; w93 6/1 4-7
conquest of ten-tribe kingdom (2Ki 17): gm 47-48
origin in Babylonia (Ge 10:11): w93 6/1 6-7
Augustus Caesar:
registration at time of Jesus’ birth (Lu 2:1-3): it-2 766-767; g 4/11 11; w98 12/15 7
Babylon (city):
bricks: w23.07 31
Babylon (empire): g 1/11 10-11
Daniel (book): dp 20-23
Babylon’s fall (Jer 51:30-32): it-1 566-568; w88 3/1 30-31
Nabonidus Chronicle: it-2 325, 458-459; si 335
Balaam (Nu 22-24): w86 11/15 30
Baruch (secretary of Jeremiah) (Jer 32, 36, 43, 45): w11 5/1 15; w06 8/15 16
battle at Carchemish (Jer 46:2): it-1 418
battle descriptions: w05 4/15 32
Belshazzar (Da 5, 7, 8): ijwbq article 193; w20.02 31; it-1 148, 283-284; it-2 458-460; g 1/11 10-11; w00 5/15 11-12; dp 15-17; si 138-139; gm 44-45; w86 2/1 27
Beth-shean (Beth-shan):
temples of Ashtoreth and Dagon (1Sa 31:10; 1Ch 10:10): it-1 151, 304
Bethzatha pool (Joh 5:2): it-1 306; w88 9/1 31
Caiaphas: w06 1/15 10; w97 6/15 13
camel anciently domesticated (Ge 12:16; 24:10): w11 6/15 16-17
Chedorlaomer: w89 7/1 5
invasion of Canaan (Ge 14:1-9): w89 7/1 4-7
chronology:
inferiority of secular: it-1 449-458
superiority of Bible’s: it-1 448-450, 458; g86 9/22 27
“city rulers” (Ac 17:6, 8): it-1 44, 153-154, 476; it-2 1092; w12 6/1 20; w93 6/1 3; si 341
comments by—
Albright, Professor William F. (archaeologist): it-1 312; la 13; gm 53-54
Great Soviet Encyclopedia: w89 7/1 4-5
U.S.News & World Report: w09 5/1 5
cultures and customs: it-1 312
cuneiform writings: w08 12/15 22
Cyrus the Great (2Ch 36; Ezr 1; Da 1, 6, 10): lff lesson 3; it-1 148; g 1/11 12; si 335; rs 60-61
Cyrus Cylinder: it-1 566, 568; g 6/12 13-14; g 2/11 16-17; w08 12/15 22; si 335-336; w88 3/1 31; w88 3/15 27
funds for temple reconstruction (Ezr 6:3, 4): g 2/11 16-17
Nabonidus Chronicle: it-1 566; si 335
Daniel (book): ijwbq article 193
Darius the Mede (Da 5:31; 11:1): dp 17-18
David: w19.11 32; wp16.5 13; w15 2/1 7; g 5/12 17; g 11/07 5; la 12-13; ba 14; w96 10/15 30-31
age of ancestors at birth of sons (Ru 4:20-22): it-1 912
slaying of Goliath: w16.12 18; wp16.5 13
denarius with image of Caesar (Mt 22:19-21; Mr 12:15-17; Lu 20:24): it-1 153; it-2 544; w11 7/1 29; si 336
discussion: w12 6/1 5; w09 5/1 4-5; g 11/07 5; g01 3/8 8-11
divine name in use: w21.01 31; it-1 142, 325; w08 7/1 24-25; w07 11/15 14; w87 5/15 24
Edom: g 11/07 5; rs 61
Egypt: g 11/10 15-18
bricks made: w12 1/1 22
Joseph’s day: it-1 149; g 11/10 15
Semites enter with herds: g 5/12 16
Semitic slaves: w20.03 30
Elamites Semitic (Ge 10:22, 31; 1Ch 1:17): it-1 702
Ephesus:
worship of Artemis (Ac 19): g 3/11 18-19
Esther: ia 138; w12 1/1 28
Exodus from Egypt: it-1 777-778, 785; g89 2/8 24
number of Kohathites (Nu 3:27, 28): it-1 912
population of Israel (Nu 1:45, 46): it-1 778-780, 912; g04 5/8 13-14
why no Egyptian records: it-1 451, 777; g04 4/8 8-9; g89 2/8 24
Ezra (copyist):
accuracy: it-1 800
Flood (Ge 6-9): ijwbq article 156; it-1 327-328, 610-612, 923; w03 5/15 4-7; w02 3/1 4-5; w01 11/15 29; g97 2/8 26-27; gm 110-116; Lmn 7
effect of modern lengthy rain: w88 8/15 31
Festival of the Dead in November: it-1 611; w02 3/1 4; rs 181
isolated animals: it-1 111
legends: it-1 328; w07 6/1 6; w02 3/1 4; sh 46-52; gm 115-116; g89 1/8 7; g88 5/8 31; w86 9/15 4, 30
Noah’s ark: it-1 164-165
raven, then dove sent out: w92 1/15 31
Gallio, “proconsul of Achaia” (Ac 18:12): it-1 40, 43-44, 886; it-2 690; si 292
garden of Eden (Ge 2): w11 1/1 3-9
gates of Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer (1Ki 9:15): it-1 866; w88 8/15 24-26; w86 2/15 23
Gedaliah, son of Pashhur (Jer 38:1): jr 55; g 6/09 29
Gemariah, son of Shaphan (Jer 36:10-12): it-1 906; w11 5/1 15
genealogies: ijwbq article 127; it-1 912-915
Jesus Christ: it-1 915-917
gold of Ophir: it-2 558; w10 6/1 15
governor “beyond the River” (Ezr, Ne): w93 6/15 32
Greece: g 3/11 17-19
Hazael (2Ki 8-10, 12, 13; 2Ch 22): it-1 287, 1047; it-2 908
Hazor, ‘head of kingdoms’ (Jos 11:10): it-1 151
Herod Agrippa:
speech resulting in death (Ac 12:21-23): g 4/11 12
Hezekiah: w11 5/1 15
water conduit (2Ki 20:20; 2Ch 32:30): it-1 151, 941-942, 1104; it-2 43; w09 5/1 27; w97 6/15 9-10; w96 8/15 5-6; g96 6/8 29; si 332
Hoshea: it-2 1101
Iconium not of Lycaonia (Ac 14:6): bt 96; it-1 153, 1167; w93 6/1 3
illustration of oversowing wheat with weeds (Mt 13): w16.10 32
Israel occupies Canaan: g 5/12 18
ivory in Amos’ day (Am 3, 6): it-1 100-101, 180, 948; it-2 845; w90 11/1 17; si 149; w87 5/15 25
James, Jesus’ brother (Ga 1:19): it-1 1252-1253; si 248; gm 60-61
Jehoiachin: it-1 147; it-2 174; w12 6/1 5; g 11/07 16; gm 48; w88 3/1 29
replaced by Zedekiah (2Ki 24:17; 2Ch 36:10): it-1 452-453; it-2 326, 480
Jehu (king of Israel): it-2 24-25, 173, 908; w11 11/15 4; si 69; w88 2/15 26
expression “sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal” (2Ki 10:20): w89 3/15 25
Jericho:
destruction by Joshua (Jos 6): w18.10 23; it-1 151; it-2 35-36; w15 11/15 13; w90 7/15 7; gm 37-38, 49-53
double city in Jesus’ day (Mt 20; Mr 10; Lu 18): it-1 258; w08 5/1 31
Jerusalem:
destruction (607 B.C.E.): w11 10/1 26-31; w11 11/1 22-28; w97 6/15 11-12
destruction (70 C.E.): g 11/07 15-16; w97 6/15 13; si 336-337; w88 1/1 30-31; g87 6/8 18
ruled by Canaanite kings: w08 12/15 22
siege and captivity (617 B.C.E.): gm 48; w88 3/1 29
size: g86 11/8 30-31
Jesus Christ: ijwbq articles 11, 14; it-2 537; wp16.2 4; g16.5 3-6; w12 4/1 5; g 8/12 19; w09 5/1 7; g 12/06 3; w03 6/15 3-7; w01 12/15 3-8; w96 12/15 3-8; w95 8/15 8-11; w92 2/15 9-10; w92 5/15 6; w91 2/1 16; sh 236-237, 239; rs 209-210; w88 6/1 29; w88 7/15 4-6
burial despite execution on stake: w22.06 29
comments by Albert Einstein (scientist): g16.5 3
comments by H. G. Wells (historian): w92 2/15 8-9
comments by Josephus (Jewish historian): g16.5 5; w13 3/15 29; w10 4/1 15; w03 6/15 5; sh 67; gm 61; rs 209
comments by Justin Martyr: gm 62-63
comments by Michael Grant (historian): g16.5 3
comments by Pliny the Younger (Roman author): g16.5 4
comments by Rudolf Bultmann (professor): g16.5 3
comments by Suetonius (Roman historian): g16.5 4; sh 237; gm 62
comments by Tacitus (Roman historian): wp16.2 4; g16.5 4; g 8/12 19; w10 4/1 15; w92 5/15 6; gm 61
comments by the Talmud: g16.5 5
comments by Will Durant (historian): g16.5 3; w92 2/15 9; sh 237; w86 6/15 13
consistency of portrayal: gm 67-68
correctness of term “ascension”: it-1 187
execution on a stake “a cause for stumbling” (1Co 1:23): w12 5/1 23
gospel accounts historical: ijwbq articles 12-13; wp16.2 3-4; g16.5 5-6; w10 3/1 8-11; w10 4/1 26-27; gm 55-70; g88 7/22 22-23; w86 6/15 13
miracles: w04 7/15 3-7; w95 3/1 3-5; w95 8/15 9-10; w92 10/1 12
resurrection: w20.12 3, 5; wp16.2 4; w14 11/15 4-6; w13 3/1 4-6; w12 4/1 7; w09 5/1 7-8; w01 3/15 3-7; w95 8/15 10-11; sh 254-256; gm 78-84, 86; w86 8/15 19; Lmn 19-20
Jews expelled from Rome (Ac 18:2): it-1 476, 775-776; g16.5 4; g 4/11 12; gm 62
John the Baptizer: sh 66; gm 60
Jordan River crossing (Jos 3:9–4:18): it-1 46
Joseph’s buyers (Ge 37:27, 28): w92 7/15 4
Jucal, son of Shelemiah (Jer 38:1): w11 5/1 15; jr 55; g 11/07 16; w06 9/15 14-15
Judah:
desolation during exile (Jer 25:11): it-1 150, 416; g 6/12 14; w06 11/15 32
Judas the Galilean (Ac 5:37): it-2 128; w90 10/15 6
kings of Israel and Judah: it-1 148; g 5/12 18; w96 10/15 30-31
Kittim people Japhetic (Ge 10:2, 4; 1Ch 1:5, 7): it-2 178
Lachish:
fall to Assyria: it-1 148, 372, 952; it-2 188, 894; g 11/07 17; ba 14-15; w93 6/1 5-7; w88 2/15 26-27
Lachish Letters: it-1 151-152; g 6/12 12; w07 11/15 13-14; si 334-335
Luke (disciple): bt 210; it-1 153-154; w14 1/1 11; w93 6/1 3-4; w90 5/15 24; si 187-188, 200, 340-341; gm 80-82; w88 5/1 27; g87 6/8 19
“city rulers” (Ac 17:6, 8): it-1 44, 153-154, 476; it-2 1092; si 341
Cyprus ruled by proconsul (Ac 13:6-12): it-1 565
how Luke could know about Gamaliel’s counsel to Sanhedrin (Ac 5:34-39): w08 5/15 31; w06 9/15 9
medical accuracy: it-1 632
Quirinius’ governorship (Lu 2:2): it-2 721-722, 766-767
shipwreck: w93 6/1 4
Lysanias the tetrarch (Lu 3:1): it-1 24; it-2 285-286; g16.5 6; gm 63-64
Lystra:
Zeus and Hermes worshipped (Ac 14:11-13): bt 97; it-1 1089; it-2 1233
Manasseh (king of Judah) (2Ki 21; 2Ch 33): it-2 307
Medo-Persia: g 2/11 16-17
Megiddo: it-1 866; it-2 365; w89 1/1 16-17; w87 5/15 25; w86 2/15 23
Menahem (2Ki 15): it-2 371, 1101; w88 2/15 26
Moabite Stone: it-1 152; w90 4/15 30-31; si 69, 333; gm 46-47
Mordecai (Es 2-10): w22.11 31; it-1 764
age compared to Esther: it-2 431
Moses: g04 4/8 3-13
Nebuchadnezzar: ijwbq article 193; dp 19-20
Nimrod (Ge 10; 1Ch 1): it-1 558-559; g89 1/22 20-21
Nineveh: w21.11 31; it-2 504-505; g 11/07 17-18; ba 14; w93 6/1 4-5; w88 2/15 24-25, 28
Omri (1Ki 16): it-1 152; it-2 554
origin of languages (Ge 11:1-9): it-1 312
Paul thought to be Hermes (Ac 14:12): it-1 1089, 1213
Pekah (king of Israel) (2Ki 15, 16): it-2 595, 1101
Philistines:
early residence in Canaan (Ge 21, 26): it-2 632
pim weight (1Sa 13:21): w05 3/15 29
Pontius Pilate: it-1 153, 385; it-2 639-641, 741; wp16.2 4; g16.5 4; w15 2/1 7-8; w15 2/15 30; g 4/11 11; w09 5/1 4-5; g 11/07 5; w05 9/15 11-12; sh 241; si 336; w89 3/15 24; w89 10/15 31; gm 61-63; w87 5/15 24
queen of Sheba (1Ki 10; 2Ch 9): w97 2/15 9
Quirinius: it-2 721-722
two registrations under (Lu 2:2): it-2 766-767; w98 12/15 7
Roman Empire: g 4/11 10-12
Samaria:
fall to Assyria: gm 47-48; w88 2/15 26-27
ivories (Am 3, 6): it-1 59, 100-101, 153, 180, 948; it-2 845; w90 11/1 17; si 149; w87 5/15 25
ostraca: w07 11/15 12-13
Sargon II (Isa 20:1): it-1 148; it-2 865; w09 5/1 4; g 11/07 16; w88 2/15 25
Saul (king):
armor and skull in temples of Beth-shan (1Sa 31): it-1 151, 304
sea voyage and shipwreck (Ac 27): w93 6/1 4
Sennacherib (2Ki 18, 19; 2Ch 32; Isa 36, 37): it-1 148; w88 2/15 25-26
assassination: it-1 757; it-2 895
invasion of Judah: it-1 957; it-2 894-895; g 12/10 27; w93 6/1 5-7; si 156, 334; w88 2/1 26-27; w88 2/15 27-28; w87 7/15 6
Seraiah, son of Neriah (Jer 51:59): it-2 896; w11 5/1 15
Sergius Paulus, “proconsul” of Cyprus (Ac 13:7): it-1 43; it-2 590-591; gm 64
Shaphan and family (2Ki 22; 2Ch 34; Jer 36): w02 12/15 19, 21-22
Shishak:
invasion of Judah (1Ki 14; 2Ch 12): it-1 149-150, 952; it-2 934; g 11/10 16-17; w08 7/1 24; w90 6/15 7; si 65, 332-333
Sodom and Gomorrah (Ge 13, 14, 18, 19): it-1 153
Solomon’s reign: w90 6/15 6-7; gm 46
Tiglath-pileser III (Tilgath-pilneser, Pul): it-2 1101-1102
invasion of Israel (2Ki 15; 1Ch 5; 2Ch 28): it-2 595, 1101; w88 2/15 26
Tower of Babel (Ge 11): it-1 235; w13 9/1 10-12; si 332; g89 1/22 21, 23
Tyrians sell fish in Jerusalem (Ne 13:16): wp20.1 7
Ur (Ge 11:31; 15:7): w89 7/1 5
Prophecy
Anglo-America: w23.01 5
Assyria: g 12/10 27-28
Nineveh: it-2 504-505; g17.3 5; w14 5/1 4-5; jd 48-49; w96 3/1 11-12; w93 5/15 5
Babylon: w23.01 4-5; lff lesson 3; wp20.1 8; mwb17.01 7; bhs 23-25; bh 23-24; g 6/12 12-14; g 1/11 11-12; g 11/07 9; ip-1 215-225; w98 4/1 19-20; ct 104-107; ba 27-29; rs 60-61
Cyrus overthrows Babylon, repatriates Israelites: wp20.1 8; wp18.2 6; w14 5/1 5-6; g 5/13 12-13; g 1/11 12; g 2/11 17-18; w06 6/1 21-22; ip-2 70-72, 76-82; g96 2/8 8-9; rs 60-61
desolation: it-1 237; it-2 321, 324; g17.3 5; bhs 25; w14 2/1 16; hl section 4; g 6/12 14; ct 106-107
to become world power: jr 158
charts of prophecies and fulfillment: g 11/12 15; w92 5/15 7; si 343-346
discussion: w23.01 4-5; lff lesson 3; bhs 23-26; bh 23-25; w12 6/1 4; g 5/12 15-18; g 6/12 12-14; g 7/12 22-24; g 8/12 18-20; g 9/12 13-15; g 10/12 26-28; g 11/12 12-15; pc 15-16; w08 1/1 22-24; g 11/07 9; ol 6-7; ba 27-29; kl 17-19, 21; w93 5/15 4-6; pr 15-16; w92 5/15 6-8; wi 5-7; sh 341; gm 117-148; pe 56; rs 60-62; br78 27; g88 8/8 26-27; w86 4/1 6
first prophecy (Ge 3:15): w16.09 25-26
Greece: lff lesson 3
Alexander the Great: w12 6/1 4; g 3/11 19-20
Jeremiah: jr 154-155, 157-163
Jerusalem besieged, destroyed (66-70 C.E.): wp18.2 8-9; g 4/11 12-13
Jesus Christ:
prophecies fulfilled in: ijwbq article 146; it-2 354, 387; bhs 209; g 2/15 14; bh 199-201; nwt 14-15; w12 1/1 16; g 7/12 22-24; w11 8/15 8-16; w00 5/15 16; sh 236, 239-240, 245; si 177, 181, 343-344; g88 8/8 26-27; w87 7/15 6; tp 61-63
Judah:
desolate 70 years during exile (Jer 25:11; 29:10): g 6/12 13-14
Medo-Persia: g 2/11 17
not written after fulfillment: w08 1/1 23-24; ct 106-111; ba 28-29; wi 5-6
reliability: w23.08 9; rs 155; w87 3/1 5-6
Quotations
accurate scientific book: g91 11/22 5
authenticity and general integrity finally established: g 11/07 13; si 319
authenticity of New Testament text remarkably supported: si 319-320
chronology and geography more accurate than in other ancient documents: w12 6/1 5; si 339
discoveries and study strengthen proof of authenticity: it-1 323; w89 2/1 30; w86 7/1 29
from beginning to end an authentic document of religious history: gm 53
I have never found the Bible to be in error: g 1/11 11
imposing unity of this book: w12 6/1 7
last foundation for doubt that the Scriptures have come down to us as written now removed: it-2 318; pr 15; pe 53; Lmn 7
more advanced and reliable than Hippocrates: g91 11/22 5
New Testament has been transmitted better than any other writing from ancient times: it-2 314
no other work of antiquity so accurately transmitted: ijwbq article 129; it-2 318; wp16.4 7; nwt 1727; g 11/07 13; w98 4/1 12; w90 7/15 29
possibility that manuscripts might be found that would change its text decisively is zero: it-2 314
such excellent medicine: w12 6/1 8
words in doubt hardly more than a thousandth part: si 319
Science and Nature
alleged errors: ijwbq article 82; lff lesson 3; g21.3 12
anatomy: w92 5/15 4
animals: g02 9/8 28
cobra can hear (Ps 58:4, 5): it-1 485-486; g93 7/22 31
flesh differs by organism (1Co 15:39): it-2 246
hare a cud chewer (Le 11:6; De 14:7): it-1 555-556, 1035; w92 5/15 4; rs 63
rock badger a cud chewer (Le 11:5; De 14:7): it-2 816
astronomy: wp18.1 6; w92 5/15 5
Galileo: w05 4/1 3-5; g03 4/22 13; ba 4-5
number of stars: cl 49-50; it-2 1032; w04 6/1 11; g88 4/8 25
view of universe: ijwbq article 82; it-1 786; it-2 1032; g16.2 5; w11 7/1 24-28; g97 7/8 27
birds:
‘carried on wings of eagles’ (Ex 19:4; De 32:11): it-1 662-663
eagles eat carrion together (Mt 24:28; Lu 17:37): it-1 664; w88 10/15 7
partridge “gathered together what it has not laid” (Jer 17:11): it-2 580
botany:
mustard grain tiniest seed (Mt 13:32; Mr 4:31): w92 5/15 5; gt chapter 43
contrast with ancient myths: ijwbq article 82
creation: ijwbq article 173; lff lesson 6; g21.3 10-13; lc 24, 26-28; w07 2/15 5-6, 8; g 9/06 18-20; g04 6/22 8, 10; ct 85-102
creative days: ijwbq article 82; g21.3 12; w15 6/1 5; g 3/14 5; g 9/06 19; g02 6/8 10-11; ct 92-93, 101-102; ba 5; rs 125-126
living things: pr 12-13; gm 104-110
universe: wp18.1 6; w15 6/1 5; g 10/15 8; g 2/12 17; w11 2/15 6-7; g 12/09 3-8; g 11/07 8; g 9/06 19; ct 88-91; gm 100-101; rs 62, 88; w87 7/15 5
vegetation: ijwbq article 82
discussion: ijwbq article 82; it-1 312; it-2 411-412; w15 12/1 2; w12 6/1 6; g 2/11 22-23; pc 14; g 2/09 7; g 11/07 8; w05 4/1 3-7; w05 7/15 5; ba 18-21; g97 7/8 26-27; kl 17; g94 5/22 21; w93 6/15 12; pr 11-13; w90 2/1 5-7; sh 340-341; si 340; gm 98-116; pe 55-56; br78 27; w87 7/15 5; g87 1/22 13; w86 4/1 5-6
earth: g97 7/8 27; gm 99-100, 103-104
atmospheric expanse: it-1 786-787
early earth: g21.3 10
expressions from observer’s standpoint: it-1 668
shape and support: ijwbq articles 78, 82, 154; ijwia article 4; lff lesson 3; wp20.1 7; wp18.1 6; it-1 668; w16.09 31; w15 6/1 5; g 11/07 8; w05 4/1 7; ol 6; la 12; ip-1 412; ba 18-20; g97 7/8 27; g96 2/8 9-10; pr 11-12; w92 5/15 5; w90 2/1 5-6; si 95; g90 8/8 14-15; rs 63
water cycle: ijwbq article 82; cl 52-53; lff lesson 3; it-1 483, 786; g17.3 4; w09 1/1 14-17; w08 6/1 13; w08 9/1 27; w05 4/1 7; w93 6/15 9-10; w90 2/1 5
geography: w93 6/15 3-7; si 339
geology: w92 5/15 5; si 339
copper in Israel: w13 12/1 12-13; si 65
harmony with basic desires: op 7
human genome “written in your book” (Ps 139:16): g17.3 4; g 8/15 5-6; g 11/11 4-5; lf 13, 17; w07 6/15 22-23
insects:
ants store food for winter (Pr 6:8): w10 7/1 9; w93 6/15 10
“go upon all fours” (Le 11:21): it-1 1201
limitations of science critics: w98 4/1 19; ba 21; w90 2/1 6-7
medical science: wp18.1 7; it-1 631-633, 829; w15 6/1 5; w12 6/1 8; ct 127-128; g97 7/8 27; w92 5/15 5; g91 11/22 3-7; w90 2/1 5; si 340
circulation of blood (Ec 12:6): w99 11/15 17
circumcision: wp18.1 7; it-1 469-470; g89 6/22 28
hygiene and sanitation: ijwbq article 82; w20.02 32; w12 6/1 6; w98 4/1 15-17; ba 20-21; gm 102
mental health: g16.2 6; gm 102-103
moon superstitions not supported: it-1 756-757; it-2 430
miracles: it-2 411-412; w09 1/1 29; g 11/07 22; w02 12/15 3; ct 126-127; g97 7/8 26; gm 71-74
natural law: g 2/11 22-23; w05 4/1 6-7
origin of races: it-1 312
Proverbs: si 108
ratio of circumference to diameter: ijwbq article 82
scientists accepting Bible’s authenticity: g 9/06 21-23
Tanaka, Kenneth (planetary geologist): g 9/06 22; g03 9/22 18-21
Scriptures Harmonized
Genesis 1:3; Genesis 1:14: si 329
Genesis 1:11, 16: ijwbq article 82
Genesis 1:24-26; Genesis 2:7, 19, 20: gm 94-95
Genesis 2:2; John 5:17: ijwbq article 70; w88 2/1 6
Genesis 2:7; 1 Corinthians 15:45: it-1 1206
Genesis 4:1, 2; Genesis 4:17: gm 90-91
Genesis 10:14; 1 Chronicles 1:12; Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7: it-1 422
Genesis 21:22; Genesis 26:26: it-2 626
Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:20, 24: it-1 1126
Genesis 37:27; Genesis 37:28: it-1 1227; w92 7/15 4
Exodus 20:5; Ezekiel 18:20: w10 3/15 28-29
Exodus 34:7; Ezekiel 18:20: w88 2/1 6
Exodus 34:14; 1 Corinthians 13:4: w02 10/15 28
Leviticus 3:17; Nehemiah 8:10: w08 12/15 32
Leviticus 11:40; Deuteronomy 14:21: w05 7/1 27
Leviticus 23:18, 19; Numbers 28:27-30: it-2 598
Numbers 4:3, 30; Numbers 8:24: it-1 56-57
Numbers 24:7; 1 Samuel 15:8: w92 7/15 5
Numbers 25:9; 1 Corinthians 10:8: it-1 233; lv 98; w04 4/1 29; w92 7/15 4-5
Numbers 32:41; Judges 10:4: it-1 1046
Numbers 35:4; Numbers 35:5: it-2 584
Numbers 35:14; Joshua 22:4: gm 92, 94
Deuteronomy 20:17; Romans 12:18: w10 1/1 13-15
Deuteronomy 20:19, 20; 2 Kings 3:19: it-2 1123
Deuteronomy 31:2; Deuteronomy 34:7: w06 10/1 31
Joshua 11:23; Joshua 13:1: it-2 117; w04 12/1 11-12
Joshua 15:9; Joshua 18:15: it-2 493
Joshua 15:63; Joshua 18:28; Judges 1:8; Judges 1:21; 2 Samuel 5:7: gm 95-96
Joshua 24:32; Acts 7:16: it-2 914-915
Judges 8:30; Judges 9:5: it-2 559
1 Samuel 16:10, 11; 1 Chronicles 2:13-15: w05 10/1 9; w02 9/15 31
1 Samuel 16:18-23; 1 Samuel 17:55-58: it-2 855
2 Samuel 6:23; 2 Samuel 21:8: it-1 52; it-2 373-374, 395; w05 5/15 19
2 Samuel 8:4; 1 Chronicles 18:4: it-1 1015
2 Samuel 8:13; 1 Chronicles 18:12; Psalm 60:superscription: it-1 680
2 Samuel 10:18; 1 Chronicles 19:18: it-1 1015
2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5: it-1 984; it-2 189
2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Chronicles 11:11: w05 10/1 10
2 Samuel 24:1; 1 Chronicles 21:1: w92 7/15 5
2 Samuel 24:9; 1 Chronicles 21:5: it-2 766; w92 7/15 5
2 Samuel 24:13; 1 Chronicles 21:12: it-2 766
2 Samuel 24:24; 1 Chronicles 21:25: it-1 146
1 Kings 5:16; 9:23; 2 Chronicles 2:18; 8:10: w05 12/1 19
1 Kings 7:14; 2 Chronicles 2:14: it-1 1121; w05 12/1 19
1 Kings 7:23; 2 Chronicles 4:2: ijwbq article 82
1 Kings 7:26; 2 Chronicles 4:5: it-2 425-426; w08 2/1 15; w05 12/1 19
1 Kings 9:28; 2 Chronicles 8:18: it-2 558
1 Kings 15:14; 2 Chronicles 14:3, 5; 2 Chronicles 15:17: it-1 183-184
1 Kings 15:16; 2 Chronicles 15:19: it-1 184
1 Kings 15:33; 2 Chronicles 16:1: it-1 184
1 Kings 18:1; Luke 4:25; James 5:17: w08 4/1 19; w92 4/1 17
2 Kings 9:21-28; 2 Chronicles 22:7-9: it-1 63
2 Kings 22:20; 2 Kings 23:29: w00 9/15 30
2 Kings 25:8; Jeremiah 52:12: it-1 11; w07 3/15 11
1 Chronicles 1:18; Luke 3:35, 36: w05 10/1 8-9
1 Chronicles 3:17; Matthew 1:12; Luke 3:27: wp16.3 9; w05 10/1 9; w92 7/15 5-6
1 Chronicles 3:19; Ezra 5:2; Matthew 1:12; Luke 3:27: it-2 594; w05 10/1 9
1 Chronicles 6:3-14; Ezra 7:1-5: wi 6, 8
2 Chronicles 5:10; Hebrews 9:4: w06 1/15 31
2 Chronicles 14:3; 2 Chronicles 17:6: w09 6/15 12
Nehemiah 2:1; Nehemiah 7:73: it-2 900
Psalm 40:6; Hebrews 10:5: it-1 1206
Psalm 102:25, 26; Hebrews 1:8, 10-12: it-1 1063; rs 414
Ecclesiastes 1:4; 2 Peter 3:10: ijwbq article 70
Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:21, 23; Luke 1:31: it-1 1188
Daniel 1:1; Jeremiah 25:1: dp 18-19
Zechariah 11:12; Matthew 27:9: w11 8/15 13; w10 12/1 10; si 169
Matthew 1:12; Luke 3:27: it-2 493
Matthew 1:16; Luke 3:23: wp16.3 9
Matthew 8:5; Luke 7:3: ijwbq article 70; gm 88-89
Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26: it-1 878
Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:2; Luke 8:27: it-1 878; jy 114; w92 7/15 6
Matthew 10:9, 10; Mark 6:8, 9; Luke 9:3: w11 3/15 6
Matthew 17:1; Luke 9:28: it-2 1120; w08 3/15 31
Matthew 20:20; Mark 10:35: gm 89
Matthew 20:29, 30; Mark 10:46; Luke 18:35: ijwbq article 70; w08 5/1 31; w88 2/1 5
Matthew 26:6; Mark 14:3; John 12:1, 2: w86 2/15 31
Matthew 26:7; Mark 14:3; John 12:3: it-2 348-349
Matthew 26:8; Mark 14:4; John 12:4, 5: w00 4/15 31
Matthew 26:34; Mark 14:30, 72; Luke 22:34; John 13:38: it-1 486-487
Matthew 26:65; Mark 14:63: it-1 654
Matthew 27:5; Acts 1:18: it-2 130; w92 7/15 6-7; w89 3/15 5-6
Matthew 27:7; Acts 1:18: it-2 130-131
Matthew 27:28; Mark 15:17; John 19:2: it-1 489; g 11/07 7; w92 7/15 6
Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26; John 19:17: jy 296; w92 7/15 6; w91 1/15 9; gt chapter 124
Matthew 27:44; Mark 15:32; Luke 23:39, 40: jy 298-299; w91 2/1 9; gt chapter 125
Matthew 27:49, 50; John 19:33, 34: w05 2/15 7
Mark 15:21; John 19:17: jy 296; w91 1/15 9; gt chapter 124
Mark 15:25; John 19:14: it-1 1153; w11 11/15 21
Luke 23:26; John 19:17: jy 296; w91 1/15 9; gt chapter 124; gm 96
John 3:22; John 4:2: w88 2/1 6
John 10:30; John 14:28: ijwbq article 70
Acts 9:7; Acts 22:9: it-1 665; si 331
Romans 3:28; 4:6; James 2:24: w23.12 3-7; w96 2/1 8
Romans 5:12; 1 John 3:6: ijwbq article 70
Ephesians 2:8, 9; James 2:26: gm 91-92
1 Peter 2:17; 1 John 4:18: w95 8/1 31
1 John 2:1; 1 John 3:6, 8; 1 John 5:18: si 330