SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ APRIL 18

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?”.

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ APRIL 18

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

Surprise of the Day

Why don’t some Bible say that an angel stirred the waters of the pool in Jerusalem once each day so the first one to go into the water got healed?

John 5:3-4

Fact of the Day

The passage of an angel stirring up the waters of healing was not in the Bible originally.  In the days before movable type, all copies of the Bible were hand written.  It was not until the 7th century AD that that sentence began to show up in Bibles, but only in the margins.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ APRIL 6

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

Oops of the Day

While Simon of Cyrene carried Jesus’ cross, Jesus walked along with him.

Mark  15:22 – Mark 14:65  –   15:16-19

Fact of the Day

No!  He seems to have collapsed after that.  He had just been beaten by fists of the priests.  Then soldiers beat him on his head and whip lashed his back so much, it was now pure raw meat.  Then the soldiers brought Jesus to Golgotha.  The word “brought” in Greek is “carried” such as “carried a bowl”.  Jesus was so weak, they had to carry him up the hill and keep him alive long enough to kill him.



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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ APRIL 3

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

Surprise of the Day

In 30 AD, the man carrying a pitcher of water who showed the apostles the upper room for Jesus’ last supper, could have been a Gibeonite.

Mark 14:12-16  – Joshua 9:1-27

Fact of the Day

Around 1500 BC, Joshua was punishing the pagans (who lived in their “promised land” before the Jews did) for worshipping idols and practicing human sacrifice.  Some Amorite tribesmen (the Gibeonites) tricked him, so instead of being killed, were made water carrier slaves forever.
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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ APRIL 4

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

Oops of the Day

Jesus’ agony in the  Garden of Gethsemane was the only time Jesus agonized as much as he did.

Mark 14:33  –  Hebrews 5:7

Fact of the Day

No!  His whole life Jesus begged God with “loud cries” to not have to go through with his death.  (The Greek in Mark for “distress” is “horror”.)

 



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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ APRIL 1

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

Surprise of the Day

In 30 AD, the man carrying a pitcher of water who showed the apostles the upper room for Jesus’ last supper, could have been a Gibeonite.

Mark 14:12-16  – Joshua 9:1-27

Fact of the Day

Around 1500 BC, Joshua was punishing the pagans (who lived in their “promised land” before the Jews did) for worshipping idols and practicing human sacrifice.  Some Amorite tribesmen (the Gibeonites) tricked him, so instead of being killed, were made water carrier slaves forever.
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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ March 31

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

Surprise of the Day

The Creator re-created a man’s eyes?

John 1:1-4; 14  –  Matthew 15:30 – Matthew 8:2-3 – John 9:6

Fact of the Day

This man was born blind.  God made man from clay.  Jesus was the Creator (John 1:2).

Jesus healed the maimed, that meant he made arms and legs grow back. When Jesus healed leprosy, that meant he made healthy skin grow back.

When he formed the clay for the man’s eyes, was he making eyeballs for him?  Anophthalmia is a disease where a person is born without eyeballs.  About 1 in every 5,200 babies is born with this.


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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ March 28

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

Surprise of the Day

The Creator re-created a man’s eyes?

John 1:1-4; 14  –  Matthew 15:30 – Matthew 8:2-3 – John 9:6

Fact of the Day

This man was born blind.  God made man from clay.  Jesus was the Creator (John 1:2).

Jesus healed the maimed, that meant he made arms and legs grow back. When Jesus healed leprosy, that meant he made healthy skin grow back.

When he formed the clay for the man’s eyes, was he making eyeballs for him?  Anophthalmia is a disease where a person is born without eyeballs.  About 1 in every 5,200 babies is born with this.


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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ March 27

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

Oops of the Day

No prophet ever came from Galilee.

John 7:48-52 – 2 Kings 14:25  –  John 1:43-51

Fact of the Day

No!  Consider the source.  Who was saying this?  Look carefully. Also, notice what they call the worshipers:  A cursed mob that doesn’t even know the Law of Moses.  If they didn’t know, why had they traveled so far to come to the temple in Jerusalem for one of the major feasts of the Jews?

“The Pharisees retorted, “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.” 

50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?” 52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”

Okay, so let’s “look into it.”  We find that Jonah was from Gath-Hepher, about three miles from Nazareth which was in Galilee.  Annnnd, the city of Capernaum means “city of Nahum”.  Hmmm…

The Jewish  religious leaders were power-hungry liars and killers!


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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ March 25

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

Oops of the Day

At one time, Judas truly believed in Jesus.  But, after three years, he turned on Jesus.

Mark 14:10-11  –  John 6:64

Fact of the Day

No! Judas never believed.


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