Bible Chat of Little Known Bible Facts and Words of Love

Here are some Bible facts to round out your knowledge. Have fun with these.

1) The New Testament quotes the Hebrew scriptures many times, hundreds of times but only once does a New Testament writer quote another NT writer. SEE 2 Peter 3:15.

2) GF Handel quoted the prophet Isaiah in one great phrase from the ‘Messiah’. SEE Isaiah 9:5.

3) Perhaps the most clear example of a parable of Jesus is Matthew 13:44

4) The first chapter of what biblical book was censored for Jewish young people under 30?  Who saw the wheel?

5) Two bible books do not mention God even once and yet God’s grace and influence certainly comes through. SEE Esther and Song of Solomon

6) Moses’ brother Aaron has two listings of his descendants in the bible. BUT, they do not coincide. Ezra 7:1-5 and 1 Chronicles 6:3-14. These things happen in scripture. Truth is more than factoids.

7) A Bible riddle Judges 14:14

8) Rabbis counted 613 commandments in the Law of Moses of the Hebrew scriptures.  Where do we find our 10? (Exodus 31:18, 32:16)

9) What other man besides Adam walked with God in Genesis? SEE Genesis 6:9 and Genesis 5:24

10) 15 of the greatest teachings on the love of God come from the New Testament or Christian Scriptures. How would you rank these 1-15?  Luke 6:22,  John 13:34,  John 14:23,  John 15:9,  Romans 5:8,  Matthew 19:19,  John 15:13,  Galatians 5:22,  Ephesians 1:2,  Ephesians 5:2,  1 John 4:10,  Romans 13:8,  I John 4:7,  Galatians 5:6,  2 Thessalonians 3:5