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We are a small team of Christians. Our ministry is to coax Christians and Jews to do more Bible reading, and coax non-Christians to read the actual Bible for themselves. Bible Bits is focused primarily on the first group: those who are already Christians or Jews, especially those who have an analytical nature and curiosity for digging into the small details of the Bible text and God's message. We are evangelical Christians. As such our bias is Christian and we anticipate our audience to be largely Christian, somewhat Jewish, and hopefully somewhat neither. We are evangelical Christians. Our focus is salvation. Our desire is to serve on Christ's salvation team. We desire to see Christ bring people to him and to his eternal salvation. Our method is to promote Bible reading and study. God's blessings to you! Read the Actual Bible for Yourself!

Jehoiakim or Zedekiah?

Michelangelo painting of Josiah, Jeconiah, and Shealtel in the Sistine Chapel
August 9, 2021 ~ Bible Bits ~ Leave a comment

Jeremiah 27:1 holds what appears to be a copyist error, and this shows up in translator decisions to either retain it or "fix" it. We show the translations.

Do NOT Pray for Them. I Ain’t Listening.

Goya's painting of Repentant Peter, Praying
August 8, 2021 ~ Bible Bits ~ Leave a comment

We note the three occasions in Jeremiah where God demands that the prophet NOT pray for the unGodly Judeans.

God Leaves the Building

Gnadenstuhl. Mercy Seat.
July 26, 2021 ~ Bible Bits ~ Leave a comment

The Lord God's presence is physically manifest inside the Holy of Holies, or the Most Holy Place room inside the Tent of Meeting, Tabernacle, and Temple. God enters. God leaves. In 586 BC God leaves. Did you notice?

Jeremiah’s Lamentation’s Greek Verse One

Silly image of Donatello's figure of Prophet Jeremiah saying he laments the Greek treatment of his Hebrew acrostics in Lamentations.
June 29, 2021 ~ Bible Bits ~ Leave a comment

The book of Jeremiah is followed by its sequel, Lamentations. Lamentations has a curious one-line introductory preface in the Greek Septuagint. It also carries alphabetic acrostics in the original Hebrew, and the creators of the Greek Septuagint had a clever way of dealing with this.

The Babylonian Army Drives Red Chevy Volts

Silly image of Tissot's nice watercolor of Nahum the prophet, butchered by having him thinking of a red Chevy Volt.
June 9, 2021 ~ Bible Bits ~ Leave a comment

We ponder Nahum's prophesy regarding Assyria, Nineveh, Judah and modern automobiles. We stop to examine some 7th century place names and Nahum's reluctance to use the wicked city Nineveh's name. While we poke a little fun of the modern car idea, we urge other Christians not to do so.

God Arrives at the Crack of Dawn

June 5, 2021 ~ Bible Bits ~ Leave a comment

We see God arriving at the break of dawn in Psalm 46, plus some missing text (perhaps).

Weeds Wrapped ‘Round My Head

June 1, 2021 ~ Bible Bits ~ Leave a comment

We connect the seaweed wrapped around Jonah's head, while he is inside the big fish, with the cloth wrappings around Jesus' face and head while his inside the tomb.

God Repeats Stuff

May 26, 2021 ~ Bible Bits ~ Leave a comment

The Bible contains a fair amount of repeated material. We give an example from Kings, Chronicles, and Isaiah involving Hezekiah's extension of life.

They Laughed at Them and Mocked Them

May 24, 2021 ~ Bible Bits ~ Leave a comment

Hezekiah, Godly king of Judah, invites the remnant in recently destroyed Israel to a refreshing Passover service. Many refuse!

How Do You Piece Together the Lord’s Prayer?

May 13, 2021 ~ Bible Bits ~ Leave a comment

The Lord's Prayer does not come cleanly out of the Bible in one nice, well-formulated piece. Matthew and Luke present different versions, and scholarly publications of both Greek and English New Testaments differ on the exclusion and inclusion of phrases in both Matthew and Luke.

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