BIBLE AUTHENTICITY
(See also Archaeology; Creation; Flood [Noachian]; Geology; Prophecy)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
112-pound bunch of grapes: g35 1/2 213
47 monarchs: bn 36-37
Abraham: g82 11/8 7-8; w80 10/1 6-8
represents Sarah as his sister: g76 9/22 22
accuracy of transmission: w85 11/1 27; g85 5/8 12-14; g85 7/8 29; w75 149-150
Acts: ad 32; g71 4/8 27-28; is 67-68; w68 507; g67 10/8 20-21; g66 1/22 26; w64 136; w63 488; g63 11/8 23; w61 470; g61 1/8 23; w59 407
Adam and Eve: w85 6/1 3-7; g82 10/8 14-18; g70 3/22 17-18; w69 456; is 29-32; g69 9/8 27-28; g64 7/22 7, 13-14; g61 5/22 3-4; w60 651; w50 423; ew 37
altar stones: g48 12/22 19
Ammon: w77 747
Ammonites: w75 421-423
anachronisms: ad 61-62; g65 6/22 28; w60 349-351; ep 39
anatomy: w80 10/1 13; g61 9/8 15
skin of teeth (Job 19:20): w58 415
animals: g76 2/22 23
camel: ce 212
cobra’s ear (Ps 58:4, 5): w82 5/1 7; g63 4/22 20
hare: ad 401
lion: g68 10/22 29
rabbit: ad 401; g68 10/22 28; g63 4/22 19-20; g51 4/22 27-28
rock badger: ad 1415; g68 10/22 28
Antarctic climate once temperate: gh 83
“Ante-Nicene Fathers,” testimony of the: w63 477
archaeology: ce 207-214; g84 2/8 11
writing known at time of earliest portions: ce 208
Arch of Titus: w75 139; mg63 77; g63 5/22 13
photo: ce 223
Arctic climate once temperate: w76 712
astronomy: ce 199-201; w80 10/1 10-11; w65 232; g63 4/22 20-21; w62 426; g59 6/22 6; g58 9/22 7
Babylon: ce 218-219; hp 28-29; w75 136-137; g69 8/8 14-15; g67 10/8 29; w61 26, 375; g61 9/22 27-28; bn 46
balsam: w80 10/1 11
battle at Michmash: w60 159
Belshazzar: ce 210-211; kc 187; hp 26-27; ad 108; is 57-58; bf 185-186; g63 5/22 12; g61 7/8 15; bi6 206; w59 280; yw 115; w52 650
Beth-shan: ad 109-110
birds:
eagle: ad 473; g68 10/22 28-29; g63 4/22 20; w55 134
“on wings of eagles” (Ex 19:4): w78 10/1 27
ostrich: ad 1258-1259
partridge: ad 1272
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III: ce 213
botany: w80 10/1 11-13
bottle-gourd plant (Jon 4:6): w80 10/1 11-12
bricks with straw: g66 2/22 28
Canaan: w81 1/15 6
Canaanites: g69 8/8 15; w68 637
candor of writers: ce 214-215; w82 12/15 5-6; w77 231; lp 121-122; g74 4/8 25; g73 2/8 4; w72 320; ad 232; is 60, 68-70, 91-92; w68 682, 759; g65 10/8 25; g65 11/8 28-29; g64 6/22 7-8; w62 245; w61 68; g59 6/22 6-7; g59 9/22 27-28; w53 77; ep 18
challenged after Darwin: ce 207-208
Chedorlaomer: w54 600
chemistry: w59 360, 589; w55 134
Christian Greek Scriptures: sm 33; w80 10/1 9; g79 10/8 16-17; w77 216-219; g77 11/8 28; w75 150; g72 6/22 5-8; ad 317-319; is 62-70; w67 510; w66 63-64; g66 7/8 28; g66 8/8 28; g65 12/8 27-28
chronology: kc 186-189; g72 4/8 16-20; g72 5/8 27-28; ad 323-324; is 59; w68 682-683, 759-760; g63 4/22 22
claimed errors: w53 262; w52 387-388
copper in Middle East:
smelting (Job 28:2-4): g85 10/8 31
copper in Palestine: w75 112; g63 4/22 22
Corinthians (first book): ad 379
Corinthians (second book): ad 379
creation: w85 6/1 4; ce 34-37; g83 3/22 14-15; g82 11/8 6-8; w79 6/15 11; w64 586-588; g63 4/22 4-18, 20-21; w62 426; g61 9/8 20; w60 181; w54 541; g54 10/8 6; bn 21-25; lg 85; ew 38-40; ep 19
customs in patriarchal times: w80 10/1 7-8
cycles of nature: ce 201-202; qm 173; qm55 173; w50 403; g41 9/3 25
Cyrus the Great: ce 218-220
Cyrus Cylinder: ce 219-220; ad 108; g67 10/8 16-17
decree to return Jews to homeland: w76 602-603
policy toward foreign religions: g83 7/8 3-4
Dan: g83 7/8 5
Daniel (book): ad 420; g61 1/8 22-23; w60 187; w59 633-634; yw 221, 314; w52 649-651
description of locusts: w79 2/15 13
Deuteronomy (book): g61 1/8 22; ep 126
discussion: w85 7/1 5-6; ce 199-227, 229-231; w84 4/1 10-14; g84 2/8 11; sm 31-38; g83 7/8 3-11; g83 11/8 23; w82 12/15 4-7; g82 11/8 6-9; w81 9/15 3-4; w81 10/1 3-7; w80 10/1 5-17; hp 22-29; lp 122-126; w75 133-150; ad 231-232; w70 165-166; w69 187; is 11-134; g69 4/22 16; g67 10/8 3-29; w64 584-590; g64 6/22 7-8; w62 244-247; w61 67-68; g61 1/22 6; g57 4/22 5-8; bn 20-52; w52 643-660; rm 27-32; ep 18-22; w41 166-169; g31 2/18 344-346
divine name: w83 12/1 6-8; w78 5/1 5-8; w76 523; w68 562-563; g67 10/8 17-19
Egyptian inscription with name Jehovah: w48 198
earth: w82 12/15 5; w81 10/1 5-6; g77 12/22 17; w76 71; w75 133; is 13; w63 265; g61 4/22 11; w58 420; bn 23-24; g52 8/8 17-23
shape: ce 200-201
support: ce 199-200
water cycle: ce 201-202
earthquake ejects dead bodies (Mt 27:52, 53): g65 4/8 26; w61 30
Eblaite Tablets: g83 7/8 3; g81 3/22 30; w80 10/1 8
Edom: g80 5/8 16-17
Ephesians (book): w53 126-127; ep 310
Esther (book): ad 532; g69 8/8 15; g61 1/8 22-23; w50 158; ep 182; pr32 11-12; w31 147
Exodus (book): ad 547-548; ep 112
Ezekiel (book): ad 553; w61 67; g61 1/8 22
Ezion-geber: g68 4/8 23; g63 4/22 22; g40 1/10 24
Ezra (book): ad 109, 558, 1295; w61 67
Flood: ce 202-203; ku 16-18; g82 6/8 20-21; g80 7/8 13-16; g78 1/22 30; g77 7/8 15; g75 6/8 5-8; g75 11/22 29; g73 1/22 24; ad 440-441; g70 9/22 12; is 35-44; w68 419-423; g68 5/8 5-8; g68 10/8 31; ev 104-108; g64 11/8 19-20; w62 429; g61 4/22 11; g60 11/22 29; w59 327; mn 7; g58 8/22 3-4; g57 2/8 25-26; g56 1/22 6; g54 10/8 6; w53 676; nh 113; bn 26-29; g52 8/8 22; g52 8/22 5-13; g52 9/8 3-8; g49 6/22 3-7; g42 9/2 16; g37 10/20 23
fossils of shark and whale: g77 2/22 29-30
“galgal” thistle: w80 10/1 12-13
garden of Eden: g79 8/8 5-6
Gedaliah: ad 632; g36 4/8 442
Gemariah, son of Shaphan: g84 2/8 11
genealogical lists: w78 3/15 28-31
Genesis chapter 5: w80 10/1 31
Genesis (book): w83 1/1 27; w82 2/15 10; g82 11/8 6-8; w81 2/15 3; g81 2/22 11-12, 14; w80 10/1 6-8, 10-11, 13; dt 3-7, 11-12, 15-21, 23-25, 30; w78 2/15 7; ad 643-644; is 11-34; g68 4/8 22; g67 10/8 4-8; g65 1/22 16; g65 10/8 25; w64 586-588; w63 742; g61 1/8 22; g61 5/22 3-4
names mentioned in: w80 10/1 7-8
geography: ce 213; w74 77-80; g72 1/8 27-28; g72 9/8 31; is 45; g69 4/22 16; w68 553-565; g68 7/8 20
geology:
geologist comments on creation account: w77 231; w76 60
geology confirms: ad 440-441, 477; g70 9/22 12; g63 4/22 8-10; w59 589; g58 8/22 3-4; lg 80; g49 2/22 7; ep 19
Gibeon: g67 10/8 4
pool: w58 100
Gihon fountain: g67 10/8 14-15; ms 47
Gospels: w81 11/1 22-23; w75 149
harmony: ce 215; w82 12/15 4; w77 717-719; w75 148-149; g71 12/22 6, 8; is 155-156; g69 5/8 27; g67 10/8 27; w66 174-175; g65 11/8 28-29; g65 12/8 27-28; w63 168-176, 201-207; w61 351; w59 446-447; g59 6/22 6-7; w58 618; w56 182, 575; lg 8; w51 326; w48 143-144; ep 44; g45 10/24 16-18; w33 287
around a central theme: ce 215
despite seeming contradictions: sm 34-36
Hazor: g83 7/8 3; g67 10/8 14; w61 318-319
Hebrew Scriptures: sm 23-24, 33-34; g77 11/8 28; g68 2/22 30; g66 7/8 28; g66 8/8 28
Hebrews in fiery furnace: w52 649-650
Hezekiah: g83 7/8 4-5
tunnel: ce 213-214; hp 27
Hittites: w71 348-349; qm 170-172; g67 10/8 23-24; g65 10/8 25-26; g63 4/22 22; g62 11/22 9; w61 280; w55 201-203; qm55 170-172; g54 10/8 7; w52 434
Hort’s (F. J. A.) comment on: w78 5/15 14; w77 219
Hosea (book): ep 233-234
Hoshea: w80 9/15 8
how determined: mg63 23-24
human nature portrayed: w77 231; w75 147-148
investigation of Bible by a chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: g82 3/8 24
Isaac: g82 11/8 7-8
Isaiah (book): g84 8/22 20-21; g79 10/8 15; w76 603-604; g73 3/22 18-19; ad 845; w68 683; g67 10/8 20; g61 1/8 22; w60 167; ep 208-209
Ishmael: w63 742-743
Israel in Egypt: ad 497; g67 10/8 22; g66 2/22 28
items in British Museum: g78 6/22 9-12
ivory couches of Amos’ day: g36 4/8 442
Jacob: g82 11/8 7-8
genetics lesson: w51 325; g51 11/22 23; g51 12/8 24; w50 431-432
Jehoiachin: g76 2/8 12; ad 107, 878, 1006; is 46; g67 10/8 17; g63 7/8 28
Jeremiah (book): ad 902; w61 67; g61 1/8 22; ep 214-215
Jericho: w68 561; qm 268; ms 47; w56 575; qm55 268; bn 34-36; w52 648-649; g36 4/8 442; g32 7/6 622-623
Jerusalem: w76 523; w75 138-139; g68 2/22 30
evidence of Babylonian siege of: g76 1/22 30
temple: g69 8/8 13-14
Jesus Christ: g82 4/8 4-5; w75 237; g72 2/8 8; is 63-66; g65 6/8 6; w62 245; w61 35; g61 10/8 27; g57 4/22 8; g55 5/22 5-8; w52 587; w51 282; ew 48-51; g50 4/22 26; g47 6/22 26; ep 21, 83; g44 9/13 16-17
historical person: g84 7/22 10; w75 249-251
miracles: g84 2/22 17-20
prophecies fulfilled by: w84 1/1 7; g84 7/22 12
resurrection: g82 4/8 10-13; w78 4/15 25-27; w78 8/15 30; g75 5/8 30
teaching crowds without amplifying devices: g80 6/22 16
Job (book): ad 940
Joel (book): ad 944-945
John (Gospel): ad 949; w61 67, 729; g61 1/8 23; ep 279; g44 4/12 27-28
John (first book): ad 952
John (second book): ad 952
John (third book): ad 952
Jonah (book): w75 709-710; g73 3/22 17-18; ad 956; g68 5/22 27-28; g61 5/22 29; sr55 153-154; g52 4/8 27-28; g48 3/8 23; g31 6/24 614
Jonah swallowed by fish: g81 4/8 16-20
Jordan River crossing: bn 34; w52 648
Jordan Valley: g63 4/22 22; w55 464
Joseph: w71 381; ad 109, 496, 961; is 46-47; g67 10/8 7; w61 149
Joshua (book): ad 966; g67 10/8 14; bn 36
Judah:
70-year desolation: w77 38; ad 109; g67 10/8 28-29; g56 1/22 6-7
Jude (book): ad 978
Judges (book): ad 980; ep 135
Karnak writings: is 53; g67 10/8 15; ms 47
Kings (first book): ad 1005-1006
Kings (second book): ad 1005-1006; w70 665
Lachish Letters: ad 110-111, 1018; w68 563; g67 10/8 18-19; mg63 56; g61 7/8 15
Leviticus (book): ep 117
Luke (disciple): w82 2/15 13
Luke (Gospel): ad 112, 1086; g71 12/22 6-8; is 66-67; g67 10/8 20-21; g61 1/8 23
Malachi (book): ad 1097
manna: w58 542
man out of dust from the ground (Ge 2:7): w80 10/1 13
man’s life span: w80 4/15 29; g78 4/22 26
pre-Flood: g58 5/8 25-26; g54 11/8 6; ew 38; g49 9/8 27; g49 11/8 16; g46 7/17 31; g45 7/18 20
manuscripts: g85 5/8 12-14; g85 7/8 29; w77 189-190; ad 1110; g61 1/8 22; w60 588-589; mn 6-7; w58 543; g57 7/8 24; w54 296; w53 80; g53 7/22 16; w52 388; g50 1/22 9-11; ep 43, 55-57; g45 1/3 14-15; g44 4/12 27-28; w43 93
confirm transmitted text: g85 7/8 29
Mark (Gospel): w61 664-665
Masora: g43 12/8 30; g43 12/22 29-31
Matthew (Gospel): g71 12/22 6-8; w61 605
medical science: ce 204-207; w75 133-136; g75 12/8 25; ad 579-580; g67 11/8 31; g56 1/22 5-6; w55 134; g54 4/22 19; g54 10/8 6-7; w53 451; bn 39-43
circumcision: ce 205-206; w75 135-136
medicine and botany: w80 10/1 11-13
role of mental attitude and emotions: ce 206-207
sanitary provisions of Law: ce 204-205; w75 134-135
Melchizedek: g60 9/22 27-28
mental health: ce 206-207
Micah (book): ad 1151
miracles: w81 10/1 6-7; w76 428-431; g74 4/8 25-26; w71 291-294; ad 1164-1166; g63 7/22 28-29; g60 1/8 5-8; g54 4/8 25-26
Moabites: w75 421-423
Moabite Stone: ce 212; ad 111; w70 695; g69 8/8 14; w68 562; qm 167-168; g67 10/8 15-16, 18; w60 734; w58 431; qm55 167-168
monotheism: w57 44-48; bn 26; w52 647
moral code: g64 4/22 24; g56 4/22 6
“more happiness in giving” (Ac 20:35): w84 11/15 15
“mountains proceeded to ascend” (Ps 104:5-8): g82 11/8 6
Nabonidus Chronicle: w71 315-316; ad 108; w68 490-491; g67 10/8 16
Nahum (book): ad 1199
Nehemiah (book): ad 1295; w61 67
Nile River: w59 671
Nineveh: g80 5/8 16, 18-19; w75 137; g72 6/22 28; g67 10/8 29; w60 151-152; bn 44-45
non-Christian historians: is 63-66; qm 172, 279-283; w62 245; qm55 172, 279-283; w51 280-283; ep 18-19; g44 3/15 26-27; g44 4/12 30-31
Numbers (book): ad 1235; g61 1/8 22; ep 121-122
numerical differences: g72 3/8 27-28
70 disciples sent by Jesus: w76 607-608
Omri (king of Israel): ad 1253; w70 695
origin of—
the races: g67 10/8 5-6; g61 9/8 15
Pathros: ad 1275
Paul’s shipwreck: g47 7/22 22-23
Paul’s voyage to Rome: g71 4/8 27-28
Pekah: ad 1282
Pentateuch: g73 3/22 16-17; g72 2/22 27-28; w66 172-173; g31 8/5 729-730
Peter (first book): ad 1298
Peter (second book): ad 1298; g71 2/8 27-28
Petra: w57 489-492
Philistines: w75 421-423; ad 1305
physiology: w80 10/1 13
Pontius Pilate: ce 211-212; w82 12/15 4; g72 1/8 28; w71 340; ad 112, 1311; w69 30; w68 564; g67 10/8 21; g61 8/22 29
preservation: g85 5/8 12-14; g85 7/8 29; w82 12/15 6-7
proconsul: ad 1344
prophecy: ce 216-227, 229-231; w84 1/1 5-7; su 38-45; g84 7/22 12; g84 8/22 20-23; sm 38-43; w82 12/15 7; w80 10/1 15, 17; w77 387-395; w77 604; hs 60-63; w75 136-140; g75 10/8 13-14; w73 37; g73 1/22 7-9; ad 43, 49, 60, 68, 72, 99, 143-144, 465-466, 498-499, 502, 843-844, 902, 1171, 1306-1307; w70 73-74; is 103-134; g69 2/22 28-29; g69 5/8 28; w68 134, 428-430; g67 10/8 27-29; g66 4/22 7, 11; w65 233-234; im 31-42; ms 394-401; g65 10/8 27-28; w64 245; g64 4/22 21; w63 170-176; g63 6/8 6-7; w62 246-247, 427-428; w61 68; g61 2/22 6-7; g61 9/22 27-28; g61 10/8 8; w60 569-573; w59 308-312; g57 4/22 8; w56 103-104, 231; g56 1/22 7; g56 4/22 6-7; g55 5/22 5-8; g54 10/8 8-9; bn 43-52; w52 653-660; ew 48-55; g50 4/22 25-27; g47 7/8 25-26; g47 7/22 25-26; ep 20-21; g44 8/30 17-19; g44 9/13 16-17; ci 40-41
Cyrus and the fall of Babylon: ce 218-220
fall of Tyre: ce 216-218
Jerusalem (70 C.E.): ce 222-223
last days: ce 223-227, 229-231
Medo-Persia and Greece: ce 220-221
Messiah: ce 221-222
Proverbs (book): ad 1353; g70 1/8 27-28
Psalms (book): ad 1356-1357
psychology and psychiatry: ce 206-207
Quirinius: ad 112
Rahab’s house: w52 649
reliability of Bible text: w85 11/1 27; g85 5/8 12-14; g85 7/8 29; g79 10/8 14-17; gh 41; w75 150; w68 682-683; g64 6/22 7-8; w63 352; w62 505
Romans (book): ad 1418
Ruth (book): ad 1425; ep 138
Samuel (first book): ad 1440
Samuel (second book): ad 1440
Sanballat: ad 499
Sargon II: ce 208-209; w79 7/1 6; ad 108, 1449
scientific: w85 6/1 4; ce 199-207; sm 36-38; w82 12/15 5; g82 11/8 6-8; w81 10/1 5-6; g81 9/22 25; ad 232, 476-477; qm 173; g65 10/8 26; w64 586-590; g63 4/22 3-18; w61 390-392; w59 589; g59 4/22 7; g59 6/22 6; w58 617-618, 759; g57 4/22 6-7; g56 1/22 4; w55 133-134; qm55 173; w53 675-676; lg 84-85; w51 325; ep 19
scribal errors: ep 16
scriptures harmonized: w70 112-113
Genesis 1:3-5; Genesis 1:14-19: is 20
Genesis 1:11-13; Genesis 2:5, 6: w56 126
Genesis 2:1, 2; John 5:17: w64 447-448
Genesis 2:4; Exodus 20:11: w60 415
Genesis 2:17; Genesis 3:3: w59 704
Genesis 9:25; Joshua 9:23: w63 742
Genesis 11:1; Genesis 10:5: w78 7/15 32
Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:4; Acts 7:2-4: w59 511
Genesis 19:8; Genesis 19:14: w61 384
Genesis 37:27; Genesis 37:28: w77 717
Exodus 6:3; Genesis 15:7, 8: w53 574-575
Exodus 10:28, 29; Exodus 11:4-8: w79 11/15 11
Exodus 12:40; Galatians 3:17: w53 159
Exodus 20:5; Ezekiel 18:20: w53 670-671
Exodus 24:10; Exodus 33:20; John 1:18: is 86; w51 478
Exodus 34:7; Ezekiel 18:20: g65 3/8 28
Exodus 34:27, 28; Deuteronomy 10:1-4: w53 414
Leviticus 3:17; Nehemiah 8:10: w57 703
Leviticus 11:40; Deuteronomy 14:21: w84 2/15 29; w54 223
Leviticus 17:10; Deuteronomy 14:21: w83 4/15 30-31
Leviticus 20:21; Deuteronomy 25:5: g65 1/22 27
Leviticus 25:11; Leviticus 25:12: w65 704
Numbers 3:22, 28, 34; Numbers 3:39: g72 3/8 28
Numbers 4:3, 30, 31; Numbers 8:24-26: ad 41
Numbers 4:3, 30, 47; Numbers 8:24: g72 3/8 27
Numbers 25:9; 1 Corinthians 10:8: w77 717-718; w66 223; w52 223
Numbers 33:31, 32; Deuteronomy 10:6: w67 607
Numbers 35:4; Numbers 35:5: ad 1274-1275
Numbers 35:14; Joshua 14:3; 17:5; 22:4: is 84-85
Deuteronomy 8:18; Luke 18:24: g71 11/22 27-28
Deuteronomy 24:16; 2 Samuel 12:14: w60 479
Deuteronomy 31:2; Deuteronomy 34:7: w78 6/1 31-32
1 Samuel 16:10; 1 Chronicles 2:13-15: w64 543
1 Samuel 16:21; 1 Samuel 17:15; 1 Samuel 17:55-58: ad 1442
1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Chronicles 2:15: g65 1/22 27
1 Samuel 17:54; 1 Chronicles 11:5: g69 1/22 27
1 Samuel 28:6; 1 Chronicles 10:14: w56 543
1 Samuel 31:4; 2 Samuel 1:10: w60 415
2 Samuel 2:23; 1 Chronicles 27:7: w67 704
2 Samuel 8:4; 1 Chronicles 18:4: ad 700
2 Samuel 8:13; 1 Chronicles 18:12; Psalm 60:superscription: w79 6/15 31
2 Samuel 11:17; 2 Samuel 12:9: g65 3/22 28
2 Samuel 24:1; 1 Chronicles 21:1: w52 351
2 Samuel 24:9; 1 Chronicles 21:5: w77 718; w52 351-352
2 Samuel 24:24; 1 Chronicles 21:25: w77 718; ad 105; g65 1/22 27-28
1 Kings 7:14; 2 Chronicles 2:14: w79 4/15 31
1 Kings 9:28; 2 Chronicles 8:18: ad 1255
1 Kings 15:14; 2 Chronicles 14:5: ad 138; w67 607-608
1 Kings 15:16; 2 Chronicles 15:19: ad 139
1 Kings 15:33; 2 Chronicles 16:1: ad 139; g65 1/22 28; w56 191
2 Kings 9:21-28; 2 Chronicles 22:7-9: ad 45
2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 15:33: g65 1/22 28
2 Kings 22:20; 2 Chronicles 35:23, 24: g69 1/22 27
2 Kings 24:12-16; Daniel 1:1, 2: ad 878; bf 137-138
2 Kings 25:8; Jeremiah 52:12: g72 3/8 27; w64 223-224
2 Kings 25:8; Jeremiah 52:29: bf 137-138
2 Chronicles 14:2-5; 2 Chronicles 15:17: ad 138
Proverbs 26:4; Proverbs 26:5: w72 127-128; w51 703-704
Jeremiah 25:1; Daniel 1:1: g65 1/22 28
Jeremiah 25:33; Ezekiel 39:12: w53 763
Ezekiel 3:18; Luke 19:40: w53 639
Daniel 7:14; 1 Corinthians 15:24; Revelation 20:4, 6: g64 4/8 28
Matthew 1:1-16; Matthew 1:17: w70 543-544
Matthew 1:12; Luke 3:27: ad 1220-1221
Matthew 1:12; Luke 3:27; 1 Chronicles 3:19; Ezra 3:2, 8: w66 223-224
Matthew 1:16; Luke 3:23: w57 191
Matthew 5:19; Matthew 11:11: g65 5/22 27-28
Matthew 8:5, 6; Luke 7:2, 3: sm 34-35; w81 10/1 4; g79 2/22 27; is 83; g65 3/22 28
Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26: ad 613
Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:2; Luke 8:27: w77 718-719; ad 613; g65 3/22 28; g63 5/8 28
Matthew 10:5, 6; Acts 1:8: w71 159-160
Matthew 10:9, 10; Mark 6:8, 9: w77 224
Matthew 12:30; Mark 9:39, 40: w51 734
Matthew 17:1; Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28: w63 352
Matthew 17:12, 13; John 1:21: w55 671
Matthew 20:20; Mark 10:35: g79 2/22 27; is 83; g65 3/22 28
Matthew 20:29, 30; Mark 10:46; Luke 18:35: w77 719; is 85; g65 3/22 28; g63 5/8 28; w56 575
Matthew 21:7; Mark 11:7; Luke 19:35; John 12:14, 15: ad 148; g65 3/22 27-28
Matthew 26:34; Mark 14:30; Luke 22:34; John 13:38: ad 362-363; g63 5/8 27-28
Matthew 26:57; John 18:13, 24: g67 1/22 27
Matthew 27:5; Acts 1:18: w77 719; ad 977; g65 3/8 27-28
Matthew 27:6, 7; Acts 1:18, 19: ad 977; g65 3/8 27
Matthew 27:9; Zechariah 11:12: w55 575
Matthew 27:28; Mark 15:17; John 19:2: g65 3/22 27
Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; John 19:23, 24: w67 191
Matthew 27:44; Luke 23:39, 40: w50 367
Matthew 27:49; John 19:34: w69 191-192; w51 479
Mark 15:25; John 19:14: ad 798; w51 670-671
Luke 24:50, 51; Acts 1:9-11: g72 9/22 6
John 3:22; John 4:2: is 83
John 3:36; Matthew 10:22; Matthew 24:13; Mark 13:13: g78 4/8 27-28
John 19:17; Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26: w77 719; g65 3/22 27
John 20:17; John 20:27: w50 271
Acts 7:14; Genesis 46:26, 27: w83 6/1 31
Acts 7:16; Genesis 23:15-19: w75 735-736
Acts 9:7; Acts 22:9: w72 159-160; ad 475
Acts 9:20-25; Galatians 1:15-17: ad 1276
Acts 9:26, 27; Galatians 1:17-19: ad 93; w53 607
Acts 15:20, 29; 1 Corinthians 8: w78 10/15 30-31; w52 126
Acts 16:3; Galatians 5:2-6: w52 447
Romans 4:5; James 2:24: g63 9/8 27-28
Hebrews 1:10-12; Ecclesiastes 1:4: w71 479-480; w51 764-765
Revelation 1:17; Revelation 22:13: w53 31
Sennacherib:
death: ce 210; ad 108, 113, 528, 1470; is 56-57; g67 10/8 24; w61 695
invasion of Israel: ce 209-210
Oriental Institute Prism: ce 209-210; ad 108, 1469; is 54-55; g67 10/8 16
reliability of ancient inscriptions questioned: w80 8/15 11
Taylor Prism: g83 7/8 4-5; mg63 56
Sergius Paulus: g79 2/22 26
Sermon on the Mount: w80 6/15 23; w78 1/15 29-30
Shishak:
discussion: ad 1495-1496
invasion of Judah: ce 212; ad 109
Shushan: ad 108
snake charming: ad 307; g63 4/22 20; bi-ps 226; g54 5/22 20
Sodom and Gomorrah: g81 3/22 30; w80 10/1 8; g80 11/8 27; g77 1/8 29; g77 7/22 29; ad 112; w68 562; g67 10/8 6-7; ms 46-47; g55 12/8 8; bn 31-34; g30 3/19 396
Solomon’s mines: g68 4/8 23; g55 2/8 19; w54 296
Stele of the Vultures: g69 8/8 14
stoppage of Jordan’s waters: bn 34; w52 648
sun and moon stood still: w81 10/1 5; g74 1/8 14-15; g63 7/22 28-29; g50 5/8 28; ep 129; w44 15
sun’s length of duration: g72 2/8 11; g41 9/3 25
superior principles: is 135-149; g65 10/8 26-27
“Table of the Nations”: w76 61
tamarisk tree: g55 2/8 19
Tarsus: w63 488
Tell el-Amarna letters: ad 109; g69 8/8 13; g65 2/8 19; w64 119
teraphim (Ge 31:19): w80 10/1 7-8; g62 5/22 12
textual criticism: w78 5/15 13-14; g72 2/22 27-28; w66 63-64; w64 184-188
Kenyon’s (Sir Frederic) analysis of: w78 5/15 14
Tiglath-pileser (Pul): w69 502
Timna: g79 10/22 30-31
Timothy (first book): ad 1602
Timothy (second book): ad 1602-1603
Tirhakah: ad 1604
Tower of Babel: dt 23-25; is 48-50; g69 1/8 22; g67 10/8 5-6; w66 172; bf 27; w61 26; g57 8/22 21-23; bn 30-31; w52 647
Tyre: ce 216-218; ad 1621-1622
Ur: w80 10/1 6-7
Valley of Hinnom: w77 747
wine in Egypt: g67 10/8 22-23; w52 648
Zechariah (book): pm 94; ad 1685; w50 62; ep 257
Zephaniah (book): ad 1688
Quotations
332 prophecies fulfilled in Christ: g57 4/22 8
99.9 percent of errors comparatively trivial variations: w63 88
account of creation in line with modern idea: w60 181
“Adam and Eve” vindicated: w50 423; ew 37
antiquity of Scripture is indisputable: g66 4/22 7
archaeology confirms Bible: w61 67; g61 4/22 11; g59 4/22 8; g59 6/22 6; g55 6/8 12; g54 10/8 7; w52 652
authenticity and integrity of New Testament finally established: lp 125; w75 150; g71 12/22 8; w59 588-589; ep 57; g44 4/12 29
authentic source of information: g72 9/8 31
best data we have regarding origin of the universe is the Bible: hp 28
Bible anticipated modern science: w64 586
Bible a testament to real people and real events: w66 576
Bible contains references to some 475 local geographical names: g83 7/8 5-6
Bible gains from increase of knowledge: ce 214; w68 565; g57 4/22 7; bn 38; w52 388, 651
Bible is a supernatural book: g82 3/8 24
Bible is story of people who left tangible evidence: g67 10/8 3
Bible right after all: w68 560
Bible stands higher today than a century ago: g66 4/22 7
Bible still remains the main source for historical geography of Palestine during Israelite period: g84 2/8 11; g83 7/8 5-6
certainty of New Testament text exceeds that of any other ancient book: g77 11/8 28
conclusions concerning God and universe confirmed by Scriptures: w67 71
corroborated by earth: w58 420
criticism unsound: bn 39; w52 652
Dead Sea Scrolls almost identical with our Hebrew Bible: w77 190
Dead Sea Scrolls have few variations: w60 588-589
discoveries validate and prove: g67 10/8 7
evidence binds us to stand upon the impregnable rock of Holy Scripture: w80 10/1 14
evidence re-establishes Old Testament’s authority: bn 37-38; w52 651
exaggerated impression prevails as to the extent of corruption of Bible text: w62 505
facts respecting Socrates not so well attested as about Jesus: w52 587
Flood actually took place: g61 4/22 11; w59 327; mn 7; g52 8/22 5-13; g49 6/22 7
Genesis confirmed by astronomy: w65 232; g63 4/22 20; g59 6/22 6
hard to imagine how anyone schooled in scientific reasoning cannot but be struck by the veracity of the Scriptures: g84 9/22 10
heavens created about the same time as earth: bn 22
historical accuracy: w58 759; g54 10/8 7; bn 37-39; w52 651-652
I had my joy in reading inscriptions from before Flood (Ashurbanipal): w71 410; bn 29; lg 44
I have come to the decision that it has come from God (former chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court): g78 3/8 3
interval between composition and evidence negligible: g71 12/22 8
like an honest witness: w61 68
little difference between the basic content of versions: g61 7/8 31
Luke achieves perfect accuracy: w59 407
manuscript variations negligible: is 158; w52 388
men do not invent like this: w52 587
more accurate than other ancient documents: g68 10/8 26; w66 173; w65 232
more I learn, more I believe Bible: g65 6/22 4; bn 39; w52 652
narratives give date and place with utmost precision: w62 245
no ancient book so well attested: g85 5/8 13; is 157
no contention proved unhistorical: g68 10/8 26; w65 232
no discovery has controverted a Biblical reference: ce 214; w68 565
no other work of antiquity so accurately transmitted as Hebrew Scriptures: g77 11/8 28
no pious fraud: w61 351
no sciences better attested to than Bible: w59 326; mn 5; g58 5/8 16
no scientific inaccuracies: w61 755
nothing in science conflicts with Bible: w59 360
Old and New Testament confirmed: bn 38; w52 652
our conviction that we have in our hands the veritable Word of God (Kenyon): g79 10/8 17
recorded with startling accuracy: g64 6/22 7
remarkable accuracy: w53 676
same unity and harmony apparent in the inanimate physical world is clearly visible in that most awesome of books—The Bible: g84 9/22 10
scheme of doctrine bound up with facts: w70 73
science changed view on 51 points: g59 4/22 7
science furnishes full confirmation: w59 312
scientific conviction is well established that the textual arrangement has been preserved without error: g83 11/8 23
seven eighths of the New Testament text is unquestionable: g83 11/8 23
seven years Nile failed to rise: w59 671
Sodom’s existence, destruction: bn 31-34
so little alteration in Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah: g79 10/8 15
soundness of text confirmed: lp 125; w75 150; g72 6/22 7-8; g61 1/8 23
statements more accurate than other documents: w58 759
striking vindications of Biblical historiography have taught historians to respect authority of both Old Testament and New: w80 10/1 9
student of the Bible may be satisfied to note that nothing in Dead Sea Scrolls changes our understanding of the teachings of the Bible: sm 33-34
substantially as written: sm 33; is 158; w59 327, 588; mn 7; g57 4/22 5-6; g57 9/8 26; bn 20; w52 236; lg 50
sure marks of authenticity: g84 3/22 10; g84 7/22 10; ad 231; g68 10/8 26; w65 232; g64 4/22 24; w59 274; w58 351; w56 356
text of Bible is certain: w77 216
text of New Testament stands absolutely alone among ancient prose writings (Hort): w78 5/15 14
there is nothing you can believe with greater certitude than what you read in these writings: w82 9/15 9
through a thousand years so little alteration: g72 6/22 8
time when universe and matter did not exist: w60 181
truth preserved unchanged: sm 34; w56 619
we see how the astronomical evidence leads to a biblical view of the origin of the world: g81 2/22 11-12
written with agonizing honesty: is 92; w62 245