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“Test” “All Things” By “The Scriptures” That Bible Scholars Teach

April 20, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

Is the Bible reliable? — Test all things by the scriptures Bible scholars teach!

We can benefit from modern Bible scholarship, because so much has been discovered and learned over time, and ever more so is this true! While modern Bible scholarship is very helpful in many ways, we need to be cautious, as Jesus advised, “be as wary as serpents, and as innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16 NASB), and test all things by the scriptures that Bible scholars teach. Why do we say this?

THE PROBLEM IS NOTHING NEW

In Jesus’ day there were many Bible among the Jews, especially in Jerusalem. read more

Cuneiform Texts Verify Many Jews Remained In Babylon

April 19, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

Many Jews were deported to Babylon from about 605 BCE to about 581 BCE (2 Kings 24:15-25:21; Jeremiah 52:28-30).Isaiah’s inspired prophecy, two centuries in advance, foretold that only a remnant with the Jews living in Babylon would choose to return to their homeland after freedom was granted.The following scriptures indicate that there was a community of exiles of Jews from Judah who remained in the Babylon area after Medo-Persian King Cyrus allowed Jews to return to the homeland beginning in 539 BCE. Since “the Scriptures” are “the word of God” (John 10:35 NLT), we can believe whatever they state. read more

The Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) & the New American Bible (NAB)

April 11, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

There are many English translations of the Bible. What are the advantages of using the Legacy Standard Bible and New American Bible?

The Legacy Standard Bible (LSB), and the New American Bible (NAB) are very helpful translations for a number of reasons. They both adhere to a very high standard of accuracy in their rendering of the Hebrew-Aramaic, and Greek scriptures into modern English, and combating Trinitarian bias that infects almost all Bible translations.

LEGACY STANDARD BIBLE

The LSB, first published in 2021, in most places, quite accurately translates the Hebrew-Aramaic, and Greek scriptures. In contrast to the vast majority of Bible translations that use the substitute generic “LORD” for “Yahweh”, what mainly sets it apart from other Bible translations is its correct use of the most accurate form of God’s name, Yahweh, 6,800 times in the OT, and the Inside Column Reference Edition also uses Yahweh in many marginal notes in the NT. The Foreward to the translation states why: read more

Do The Three Years of Daniel 1:5 Contradict Daniel 2:1?

April 9, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it . . . The king said . . . to bring some of sons of Israel . . . to stand in the king’s palace . . . and teach them the literature and tongue of the Chaldeans . . . that they should be educated three years, at the end of which they were to stand before the king” (Daniel 1:2-5 LSB). Critics claim that the “three years” of Daniel 1:5 of educational training that Daniel and his three Hebrew companions received after coming to Babylon as captives conflict with their reported appearance, “before Nebuchadnezzar . . . in service before the king” by “the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar” (Daniel 1:18,19; 2:1 LSB), since Nebuchadnezzar is called “king of Babylon” at the time of the capture of the Jews. They claim that the Bible’s account is fictional because it reports the three years of training as completed in only the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign. read more

Did Complex Life Evolve, or Was It Created?

April 6, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

Every year more scientific discoveries prove how wrong scientists have been regarding their theories of the appearance of life on earth. Did complex life evolve, or was it created?

The common thinking of the scientific community is that macro-evoltiuou is how complex life appeared on earth, and the Bible’s statements in Genesis chapter 1 regarding God creating complex life on earth is mythological fiction. Scientific discoveries constantly force scientists revise their theories. Notice in the following article the following statements which indicate the theory of complex life evolution has been dialed back yet again: read more

The Unforgiving Slave Parable Teaches Forgiveness Is Vital

March 26, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

The unforgiving slave parable tells of a slave forgiven a huge debt so great that he could have never paid it off, but who wouldn’t forgive a fellow slave’s relatively small debt. A certain segment of Christianity claims Christians are “Once Saved, Always Saved”, and the parable doesn’t teach us much beyond the parable itself. Is “Eternal Security”, or “Once Saved, Always Saved” Biblical? According to the parable of the unforgiving slave, “Eternal Security”, or “Once saved, always saved” is unscriptural. This may be surprising to some Christians, but it is true. read more

What Does Judges Tell Us About God and the Trinity?

March 13, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

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It is claimed that Almighty is a Trinity of three persons, the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit in one God. What does the book of Judges tell us about Almighty God and the Trinity? Is the Trinity in the historical book of Judges? Surprisingly, there is a wealth of information in the Old Testament book of Judges that can help us to answer these questions.

THE BAALS

“The sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh and served [worshipped, marginal reading] the Baals” (Judges 2:11 LSB). Notice that they served/worshipped “the Baals“. We can’t help but note the similarities between “the Baals” and the Trinity. “The title ‘Baal,’ meaning ‘lord’ or ‘master’, belonged to a large number of Canaanite, Phoenician, and Syrian deities, including especially the storm god Hadad Baal, widely revered as lord of the earth” (NAB note). Each locality often had its own version of “Baal”, such as “Baal-berith” and “Baal-zebub” (Judges 8:33; 9:4; 2 Kings 1:2,3,6). Similarly, Trinitarians have their “God the Son” and “God the Holy Spirit”, in addition to the Biblical “God the Father”, all the while claiming they’re only one God. Trinitarians have largely eliminated God’s name “Yahweh” from their biased Bible translations, in lieu of the substitute generic titles “LORD” and “GOD”. What is especially interesting about Judges 2:11 is that most translations render the Hebrew as, ” . . . did what is evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals”. In other words, they ‘did what is evil in the eyes of the LORD, and served the Lord [Baal]’, which does make good sense. In their speech and writings, LORD & GOD are the terms usually used to describe Yahweh, and sometimes they even call Yahweh Jesus or Christ, all of which bears similarity to ancient pagan Baal worship. The sad thing is, they’ve sacrificed truth on the altar of their ‘false doctrine’ (1 Timothy 1:3). read more

Is the Trinity in the Book of Exodus?

March 6, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

Exodus is the Bible book that gives the history of the choosing of the ancient Israelites as God’s chosen people, or nation, and their entering into a special covenant with God to bind that relationship. The Trinity doctrine is often said to be the main doctrine of Christianity. If that is true, we should certainly find the doctrine in this very important Bible book. In this article, we’ll explore the question, “Is the Trinity in the book of Exodus”?

IS JESUS CHRIST THE “I AM’ OF EXODUS 3:14? read more

Lamentations and the Trinity

February 26, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 1 comment

The relatively short five chapter Old Testament Bible book isn’t used very much these days. In fact, many Christians are unaware that the book even exists, and even many of those who are aware, would struggle to find its place in the Bible. This is ironic, because an older song often sung in Christian Church services, weddings and funerals, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”, is based on Lamentations 3:22-23. Yahweh, the Most High God, is mentioned a number of times, Jesus Christ is possibly referred once, and the holy Spirit isn’t mentioned at all in this relatively short book. We’ll examine its contents thoroughly to see whether we find evidence for, or against, the Trinity doctrine. Is the Trinity doctrine in Lamentations? read more

John 1:1

February 12, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 4 comments

There is some controversy as to how should John 1:1 be translated. Trinitarians often use the verse to support their contention that Jesus is the eternal Almighty God.

The traditional rendering in English is:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

There are many other variations of rendering John 1:1 which are more accurate according to the Greek text, both in translation or paraphrase, John 1:1c also exist:

1808: “and the Word was a god” – Thomas Belsham The New Testament, in an Improved Version, Upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome‘s New Translation: With a Corrected Text, London.
1822: “and the Word was a god” – The New Testament in Greek and English (A. Kneeland, 1822.)
1829: “and the Word was a god” – The Monotessaron; or, The Gospel History According to the Four Evangelists (J. S. Thompson, 1829)
1863: “and the Word was a god” – A Literal Translation of the New Testament (Herman Heinfetter [Pseudonym of Frederick Parker], 1863)
1864: “and a god was the Word” – The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson, New York and London (left hand column interlinear reading)
1879: “and the Word was a god” – Das Evangelium nach Johannes (J. Becker, 1979)
1885: “and the Word was a god” – Concise Commentary on The Holy Bible (R. Young, 1885)
1911: “and [a] God was the word” – The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Southern Dialect, by George William Horner.^[17]
1924: “the Logos was divine” – The Bible: James Moffatt Translation, by James Moffatt.
1935: “and the Word was divine” – The Bible: An American Translation, by John M. P. Smith and Edgar J. Goodspeed, Chicago.^[19]
1955: “so the Word was divine” – The Authentic New Testament, by Hugh J. Schonfield, Aberdeen.
1958: “and the Word was a god” – The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Anointed (J. L. Tomanec, 1958)
1970, 1989: “and what God was, the Word was” – The New English Bible and The Revised English Bible.
1975 “and a god (or, of a divine kind) was the Word” – Das Evangelium nach Johnnes, by Siegfried Schulz, Göttingen, Germany
1975: “and the Word was a god” – Das Evangelium nach Johannes (S. Schulz, 1975);
1978: “and godlike sort was the Logos” – Das Evangelium nach Johannes, by Johannes Schneider, Berlin
1985: “So the Word was divine” – The Original New Testament, by Hugh J. Schonfield.
1998: “and what God was the Word also was” – This translation follows Professor Francis J. Moloney, The Gospel of John, ed. Daniel J. Harrington.
2017: “and the Logos was god” – The New Testament: A Translation, by David Bentley Hart.

GREEK ANALYSIS

“Jn 1:1 should rigorously be translated ‘the word was with the God [= the Father], and the word was a divine being'” (Dictionary of the Bible, 1965, by scholar John L McKenzie, S J). read more