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."

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

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.

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,

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,

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,

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,

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,

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;

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.

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.

The Bible Claims Inspiration

2 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV)16 All Scripture is given by

inspiration of God…

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.

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;

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.

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.

The Claims of the Bible

Psalm 119:89 (NIV) 89 Your word, LORD, is eternal; it

stands firm in the heavens.

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.

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.

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Original Lost!

Now What?

• 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.

• 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.

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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 2

Frankish 1

Subtotal: 19,284 +

Grand Total 24,970 +

Author When WrittenEarliest 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. 61-113 850 A.D. 750 yrs 7

Caesar 100- 44 B.C. 900 A.D. 1,000 yrs. 10

Plato 427-347 B.C. 900 A. D. 1,200 yrs. 7

Aristolte 384-322 B.C. . 1100 A. D. 1,400 yrs. 37

Sophocles 496-406 B.C. 1000 A.D. 1,400 yrs. 193

Euripedes 480-406 B.C. 1100 A.D. 1,500 yrs. 9

Catallus 54 B.C. 1550 A.D. 1,600 yrs. 3

New

Testament48 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