Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

Twenty-five times in his life of Christ, John quoted Jesus as saying, “Truly, truly.”  The King James Version reads “Verily, verily.”  It seems silly to write it that way. 

John 1:51; John 3:3 & 5 & 11  –  John 5:19  –  John 5:24-25  – John 35  –  John 6:26 & 32  –  John 6:47 & 53  –  John 8:34, 51 & 58  –  John 10:1 & 7 –  John 12:24  –  John 13:16  –  John 13:20-21  –  John 13:38 –  John 14:12  –  John 16:20 & 23  –  John 21:18

Fact of the Day

Remember, Jesus was the Way, the TRUTH, the Life.  He was saying, “I AM telling you the truth.  OTHERS will not.  You need to hear this.  Don’t believe everything people tell you.  Believe what I am telling you.  You can trust me because I AM TRUTH.”

 “Verily.  Verily” or “Truly.   Truly” is literally “Amen. Amen.”  Today, we use this word when we are through praying as a form of “over and out” or of pressing the “send” button. 

Going a little deeper still, this word is a transliteration of the Greek which, in turn, is a transliteration of the Hebrew and is unpronounceable.  But, for a reason.

Its root word is YHWH.  In Judges 13:18 “The angel of YHWH replied, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is incomprehensible?”.

Subscribe FREE to my SUBSTACK WEBSITE to get a chapter a day FREE from one of my 70 books  HERE.  

We’re taking a breather right now and letting everyone catch up on their reading.  Besides the life of Christ in the Archives and  Table of Contents, there are children’s storybooks, books on Islam, the Holy Spirit, and…   To access copies, subscribe.  It’s free. Then, PARTNER WITH ME AS A SOUL WINNER:

 I WRITE the books, you READ the books and COMMENT on them, and I SHARE THEM (anonymously) when I SPREAD THE WORD on Facebook book clubs, self-help organizations, church websites, Instagram,  etc.