Bible Intro

The English word “Bible” comes from the Greek word _______ and _________ which means ________

Biblos

biblion

the book

The title Bible was given us by?

John Christianson of Constantinople

This title was found in the New Testament some 52 times. It comes from a Latin word meaning "_________”

The scripture

Writing

The word “Testament” means _________ and by this term God was pleased to designate the relation that existed between Himself and His people.

Covenant

“Testament” is used ____ times in the Authorized version, but translated “______” in the Revised Version.

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Covenant

The Old Testament was given at __________ and deal with the calling and history of the Jewish nation. 

The New Testament was made in the ________ and is concerned with the history and application of the redemption wrought by the Lord Jesus Christ 

Mt. Sinai 

Upper Room

Originally meant the place where the Word of God was kept and from which it was communicated.

This designation is found approximately ____ times in the Old testament and ____ times in the New Testament

Oracles

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The _______ are prescribed truths. It means _________ and has to do with the conduct and conscience of man.

The Precepts

This terms means fixed obligation and comes from the root word meaning ____________

The Statutes

to engrave 

God’s word is given with authority and is lodged with us as a trust, Not to obey the word of God is an act of rebellion 

The Commandments 

The bible is a guide which is a just and right

The Judgements

The divisions of the bible into testaments

Old and New Testaments

The divisions of the bible into books (Pentateuch)

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

The division of the bible into books (History) 

Joshua 

Judges 

Ruth 

I & II Samuel 

I & II Kings 

I & II Chronicles 

Ezra 

Nehemiah 

Esther 

The division of the bible into books (Poetry)

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

The division of the bible into books (Prophecy) 

Isaiah 

Jeremiah 

Lamentations 

Ezekiel 

Daniel 

Hosea 

Joel 

Amos 

Obadiah 

Jonah 

Micah 

Nahum 

Habakkuk 

Zephaniah 

Haggai 

Zechariah 

Malachi 

The English Division of the New Testaments (Gospel)

Matthew

Mark

Luke
John

The English Division of the New Testaments (Historical)

Acts

The English Division of the New Testament (Epistles) 

Romans 

I & II Corinthians 

Galatians 

Ephesians 

Philippians

Colossians 

I & II Thessalonians 

I & II Timothy 

Titus 

Philemon 

Hebrews 

James 

I & II Peter 

I, II & III John 

Jude  

The English Division of the New Testament (Prophecy) 

Revelation 

There are __________ chapters in the Bible and they are manmade. Credit for this is given to __________________

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Stephen Langdon

There are _________ verses in the Bible. This division is also a manmade by _____________

31, 316

Sir Roberts Stevens

There are _______________ letters in the bible 

3, 566,480

The Symbols of the Bible 

Critic or Discerner 

A Lamp or Light

A mirror

A laver

Food

Gold

Fire

Hammer

Sword

Seed

God only wrote 3 times

The Ten Commandments written on the table of stone

Judgement on Belshazzar’s Wall

The message of grace written by our Lord in the dust of the floor of the temple

God used ___ men over a period of some _____ years.

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1600

“Given by inspiration of God” comes from one Greek word meaning _____________

God breathed 

________ means literally “God - breathed”. It comes from the Greek word “__________” or “God - breathed out”

Theopneustos

is that act of god by which He directly communicates truth not known before to the human mind.

Revelation

is the influence of the spirit upon the minds of men that they might understand spiritual things

illumination

___________ is a divine revealing of the mind of God. _________ is a divine action of the mind of men. 

Revelation

illumination 

______________ means that each word was inspired by the original writings.

Verbal Inspiration

The bible would be incorrect if it were not verbally inspired.

a. importance is placed upon simple words.

b. Importance is placed upon the tense of a verb

c. Importance is placed upon a mere letter

There were 2 sermons-one preached in the mountain, the other preached upon the plain;

The first one was preached to the disciples

the other to the crowed

The word “doctrine” means ________ or ______. 

Teaching 

Truth 

is the backbone and framework of all teaching and preaching

Doctrine

is the teaching of God’s word in purity and truth without error or darkness

Sound Doctrine

The word of God does not _______ and is absolutely eternal and ___________ in its nature.

Change

Unchangeable

Principle to be remembered in understanding Doctrine 

1. Truth cometh by divine Revelation Next to the Holy Spirit

2. Scripture is the best interpreter of the bible 

3. Truth is an agreement with the whole tenor of scripture 

4. Truth is always well balanced and sound. 

5. Truth always exalts Jesus Christ

   1. Truth has a sanctifying in the life of a believer

The bible was originally written on long sheets of parchments and then rolled on the wooden rollers. These were called __________ meaning ___________

manuscripts

written by hand

The men who copied the word of God on these manuscripts were called __________

Scribes

These rolls of skin or parchments were known as _______

Scrolls

Each new copy hade to be made from an approved manuscript, written with special kind of ink, upon sheets made from a skin of a _______ animal 

clean 

They were to reverently wipe their pen before writing the name of God in any form and to wash their whole body before writing _________

Jehovah

The name Jehovah was simply written _____

jhvh

_________ which was a Latin word meaning 70

Septuagint

The __________ was a Latin translation of the Septuagint version of the Old Testament. The name means ______________

Vulgate 

to make common or public (vulgar) 

For a thousand years this was the Standard Bible in the Catholic Church

Vulgate

was one of the ablest scholars of the 4th century

Jerome

in the _______ century the Psalms and the gospels were translated into the Anglo - saxon language by the __________

Vernable Bede 

___________, the great Reformer, translated the bible into the English language from latin Vulgate

John Wycliffe

Wycliffe’s has been called _________

Morning Star of the Reformation

Printing was invented in Europe about 1450 by ________ who is said to have printed a Bible

Gutenberg

In 1525 ________, one of the protestants reformers and contemporary of Luther, made another English translation and was the first to publish and English New Testament in print 

Tyndale 

In _______ Tyndale was first strangled and then burnt at the stake by the Roman catholic authorities. His last words were

1536

Lord open the King of England eyes

The whole Bible was printed in English in ______ by _________

1535

Miles Coverdale

Thomas Cromwell induced Henry VIII to grant a license for the issue of the Bible in English. This was done by John Rogers and was known as ___________

Matthew’s Bible 

In _____ a reprint was brought out by Coverdale and others without marginal comments. This was known ________

The Great Bible

In 1553 ______ came to the throne and was a queen for 4 and half bloody years.

Queen Mary

in 1558 __________ came to the throne at the age of 25

Queen Elizabeth

In 1560 appeared a very important edition of the Bible known as the ____________

Geneva Bible

Was smaller in size and became popular

Geneva Bible

It was very expensive edition, poorly translated, and never became popular.

The Bishop’s Bible

It was translated from the Latin Vulgate and contains gross errors which cannot be supported by the original Hebrew and Greek 

The Douay Bible 

Contains a great deal of legendary nonsense and some historical errors.

apocrypha

In 1611 ____________ appeared. This is the translation now used by most English speaking people.

King James Version

________ scholars authorized by King James made an exhaustive study of earlier versions.

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in 1881 __________ was published. 

Revised new Testament 

This version was issued in 1905.

American Standard Version

The bible is the written _______

_______ is the living word

Jesus is the ________ of the Bible

Word

Jesus

Author

The are altogether about ______ prophecies in the bible, about _______ in the Old Testament, about ______ in the New Testament.

1000

800

200

Jesus Christ is in the old Testament Types 

Jacob’s Ladder 

The Brazen Serpent

Manna

Jesus Christ in the New Testament

The Gospel

Acts and Epistles

Revelation

is a period of time during which God deals in a particular way with man is respect to sin and mans responsibility.

Dispensation

The word “Dispensation” means _________

Administration

Each Dispensation ends in a world crisis 

Innocence - Expulsion of man from the garden 

Conscience - The Flood 

Human Government - Confusion of tongues 

Promise - Bondage of the chosen race 

Law - The cross of Christ 

Grace - The rapture of the church 

tribulation - the binding of satan 

kingdom - fire from heaven 

In each Dispensation God comes down

Innocence - God came down to the garden

Conscience - God talked to noah

Human Government - God said “let us go down”

Promise - I am came down ( burning bus)

Law - Incrantion of Christ

Grace - The Lord shall descend

tribulation - Coming to earth

kingdom - Still upon the earth

teaches a spiritual