Questions tagged [chronology]
For questions related to the date or relative order of events within the Bible.
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How Did Ussher Determine That the World Began on “Sunday Evening, October 23, 4004 B.C.”?
One of the more famous estimates of the age of the earth was given by James Ussher in 1656, who, based on a literal biblical interpretation, concluded that the world began on Sunday evening, October ...
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Evangelical Christians claim Jerusalem was destroyed in either 587 or 586 BCE. What is the evidence?
Whereas Jehovah's Witnesses believe Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 BC, many evangelical Christians who write on such things believe it was destroyed in either 587 or 586 BCE.
Is there any Biblical ...
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Jehovah's Witnesses claim Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 BCE. What is the evidence?
The usual date given for the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in academic and Christian publications is either 587 BCE or 586 BCE. The Watchtower claims it was destroyed in 607 BCE.
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Is the date of final compilation of the books of the Old Testament an integral feature of the Wellhausen Documentary Hypothesis?
So, using the Wellhausen Documentary Hypothesis scholars argue the books of the OT are finally compiled much later than the "Traditional" view. Are the dates for the final edition critical to the ...
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According to Catholicism, how should one read the Catholic Bible?
Is there any order that we should follow to read the bible?
Like whether we should follow some chronological order or just read randomly.
I am just starting to read the Catholic Bible and don't know ...
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Could Jesus’ appearing before Pilate, Herod, and scourging happen in 3 hours?
The time line is answered as seen in this answered question:
Can John's Passion chronology be reconciled with that of the Synoptics?
It seems most reasonable to me. Yet I am still left with the ...
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How old was Zedekiah when he became king?
1 Chronicles 3:15 says Jehoiakim was born 2nd, Zedekiah was born 3rd, and Shallum [Jehoahaz] was born 4th.
Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became ...
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Where do the writings of John place chronologically according to preterists?
Under the preterist view that all of John’s writings we're completed prior to the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD, where would they be placed chronologically in the New Testament canon?
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James first or Paul's letters
Is the letter of James promoting "Faith without deeds . . .is empty" in response to Paul or are the Pauline references to "Faith alone" a response to James? In reading them it seems James might the ...
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How long were Jacob and Rachel married?
For various reasons, I've always wondered how long Jacob and Rachel were married before her death. Rachel's death (shortly after giving birth to Benjamin) is record in Genesis 35:16-18. As a result ...
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Matthew/Luke Generations missing between Rahab and David
While some people are interested in where the generations are different, my problem comes from where they are the same, to wit:
Boaz,
Obed,
Jesse,
David
Now Rahab is listed as the mother of Boaz. My ...
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Can time dilation be used to reconcile Young Earth Creationism and scientific evidence, regarding the age of the Earth?
Young Earth Creationism posits that the Earth is much younger than scientific evidence suggests. My question is, could time dilation be used to explain and reconcile the apparent differences?
Time ...
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Which was written first Noah’s Flood or the Gilgamesh Epic?
I am finding conflicting information on the web...
Was it Book of Genesis or the Gilgamesh Epic that was written first?
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Good Samaritan - Chronology, Geography
I'm currently studying the parable of the Good Samaritan, and I'm wondering why it was chronologically placed in Luke 10 which seems to indicate the encounter with the expert in the law occurred ...
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What is chronologically the last mention of redemption in the Bible? [closed]
What is chronologically the last mention of redemption in the Bible?
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The chronology of Genesis in relation to language
Based on the following verses...
Genesis 10:5
(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.) The Hamites
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Jeremiah's seventy years
Many people come to different conclusions around the seventy year exile prophesied I. Jeremiah 25:11. Some say they were 360 day prophetic years, others say "seventy years" is a phrase to mean a ...
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Are there any universally accepted or non-Abrahamic based records in history that have mentions of longevity of prophets?
Reading from here and Genesis 5 we see that there are mentions of longevity among prophets:
Adam – 930
Seth – 912
Enosh – 905
Jared – 962
Methuselah – 969
Noah – 950
Shem – 600
Eber – 464
Abraham – ...
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Actual days taken from Maundy Thursday to Crucifixion [duplicate]
What we currently know is that the Jesus was taken custody after the last supper (Maundy Thursday) and crucified on Good Friday, the day after the last supper.
My Question is, can this be true?
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When was the actual Transfiguration of Christ?
I can only find one reference online, which is before Lent. Is there multiple dates? or one definite one?
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Are there any complete tables that can accurately pinpoint the year of the flood?
Answers in Genesis -> Timeline for the Flood says that the Flood happened in 1656 Anno Mundi.
However, they don't provide similar table to tell that the exact same Flood starts at 2348 BC. Instead it ...
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Why Does Herod Say He Had Beheaded John the Baptist When He Knows He's in Prison? (Mark 6)
In discussing what King Herod had heard about Jesus, in Mark 6:16-17, it says:
But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!” For Herod himself had ...
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Using the Hebrew calendar is there a way to determine when the seventy seven's starts and ends? [closed]
Using the Hebrew calendar is there a way to determine the start and end of the seventy seven's. Will it end on a jubilee year, and how will that date translate to our current calendar, for example ...
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How far advanced was the Virgin Mary's Pregnancy when she returned to Nazareth?
According to the gospel of St. Luke, the Virgin Mary after receiving the good news from the angel Gabriel, visited her cousin Elizabeth (a week's travel away) and stayed with her for three months.
The ...
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What year did the Hebrew nation with Joshua cross the Jordan river into the promised land?
In terms of our current and modern dating system, what year did Joshua and the Hebrew nation cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan? Also, based on this what year would the first Jubilee year have ...
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What is the storyline order of the Bible?
I purposefully asked, "what is the storyline order of the Bible", because I don't want to know the order that the books were written in (which is chronological, I'm pretty sure.)
What I want to see ...
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Catholic chronology
Do Catholic geologists still take seriously (as literal chronology) Eccles 1:4 "the earth abideth forever" which Saint Thomas Aquinas cites inter alia in his discussion of God and eternity in Summa ...
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Do any denominations besides the United Church of God commemorate Jesus' death on a Wednesday?
Other questions and answers have established that Jesus may have actually died on a Wednesday rather than a Friday.
Have any Christians other than the United Church of God reached the Wednesday ...
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Chronologically, when was the concept of Hell first mentioned in the Bible? [closed]
Chronologically, when was the concept of Hell first mentioned in the Bible?
Is it mentioned in the Old Testament, or is it only in the New?
Assuming a standard consensus view of when each book of ...
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Why is there not a single date in the Bible?
The question popped into my head while I was thinking about the Jews, their exodus, and the founding of Jerusalem. I wondered why they didn't even write down the year they formed their city?
Why is ...
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Did Jesus visit the temple before the wise men came?
I was looking into the accounts of Jesus' birth both in Matthew and Luke and tried to make something of a chronology of the events on a piece of paper so that I can get it clear in my head.
The thing ...
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Creation order of events: Was there unanimous consent among the Church Fathers?
Is there unanimous consent (as described here and here) among the Fathers of the Church who wrote on the interpretation of Genesis that the order of events of creation actually occurred in the order ...
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How much time elapsed between Jesus's betrayal by Judas and His crucifixion?
How many days and hours separate the moment of betrayal of Jesus by Judas to the beginning of the crucifixion?
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At what time of day was Jesus crucified?
Mark 15:25, 18 KJV
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
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And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
John 19:14-16 KJV
And it was the preparation of the passover, and ...
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Does the Bible indicate when the Ark of the Covenant officially disappeared?
As the title asks, does the Bible indicate when, where, or how the ark of the covenant finally disappeared?
If not, do we have any likely clues?
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When is Isaiah 32 supposed to happen?
I'm reading Matt Perman's book What's Best Next and found this interesting:
Knowing how to get things done enables us to fulfill God’s call to make plans for the good of others. This is one of ...
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When were the Hades and the lake of fire created?
Has the matter of when the Hades and the lake of fire were created ever been considered in Christianity? Were they, for example, created before the fall of man or afterwards? Are there any well-known ...
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How long did David live?
From my general knowledge, I know that David lived 70 years. Can be this be demonstrated with the Bible?
In 1 Kings 2:10, 11 we find how long he reigned over Israel:
So David slept with his fathers, ...
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Why aren't the books of the Bible in chronological order?
Don't we have a good idea of when each was written? Wouldn't it make more sense?
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Why do Mathew and Luke present a different order of Satan's temptation of Jesus? [closed]
Matthew 4:1–11 and Luke 4:1–13 presented a different order of the temptations Satan offered after Christ completed his forty days fasting in the wilderness
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Does the Bible say when the day of the Lord (as described in 2 Peter 3:10) will occur, and does it go into more detail about this particular event?
I have been reading about the Bible and saw this passage:
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the
night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the
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Did the events of Good Friday take place during winter?
Peter went to a camp fire when Jesus was being crucified, but we celebrate Good Friday in the spring/early summer. That Peter required a camp fire makes me doubt that the events happened at the time ...
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Is it possible the Biblical and scientific timelines for the age of the earth could link up? [duplicate]
In many versions of the Bible I have read, in footnotes/endnotes they say the Hebrew term for "day" could also mean "period of time." So if you took "period of time" to mean oh say, a billion years, ...
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When did Jesus send the Holy Spirit? [closed]
I've always assumed that the Holy Spirit did not make his presence known amongst men until Pentecost. Famously, in Acts 2, the Spirit descends upon the first believers, gives them power of speech, ...
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When did sin and evil in the universe first appear?
According to Catholicism and Protestantism (I am not aware of any division over this) When did evil in the universe first appear and what was the originating cause of it?
Note: I mean the immediate ...
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How long was Jesus's ministry?
I've always heard, over in over, in Church and elsewhere that Jesus's ministry on Earth was only three years. However, it doesn't seem that there is much supporting Biblical evidence for this, or at ...
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Who was Pharaoh when Moses lived in Egypt?
Do we have a good idea as to which Pharaoh(s) were around during the time of Moses' life? What internal and external evidence exists to back up those claims? Do any Christian traditions attach any ...
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Was that Pentecost in the Acts also a time of the year of jubilee?
Was that Pentecost, during which the Holy Spirit was poured out on the apostles in the book of Acts was also a time of jubilee? From what I see, the Pentecost was a holiday to commemorate God's giving ...
