For questions related to the date or relative order of events within the Bible.
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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?
I ...
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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 Pregancy 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.
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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 ...
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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
Matthew
If you are the Son of God, command ...
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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 ...
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Did the importance of the resurrection increase as the New Testament was written?
I've often heard that if you lay out the books of the New Testament by the chronological order of their composition, the story of Jesus' resurrection becomes more important in the later books. Some ...
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What is the ordering of events in Nahum and Jonah?
I was reading the book of Nahum and it was speaking about Nineveh. Is the book of Nahum foretelling the destruction of Nineveh, for which the people of Nineveh averted by repenting of their sins, or ...
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How could Jesus be born during the reign of Herod, and when Quirinius was governor of Syria, if those periods were not contemporary?
In Matthew 2, it makes it clear that Jesus was conceived during the reign of Herod and was a young child when Herod died.
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in ...
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How long was it before Adam and Eve sinned?
Do we have any idea how long Adam and Eve were together sinless in the Garden of Eden before they sinned?
They were created on the sixth day. They sinned before they had children.
Any other clues as ...
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What are the arguments for the Exodus occuring in 1440BC or 1290BC?
There are two schools of thought on when the Exodus occurred, the "early" date of 1440BC, and the "later" date of 1290BC. How was each date arrived at, and what is the evidence for each?
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Which came first, man or animal? [duplicate]
Genesis 1:24-27 states that humans were created after the other animals, and the first man and woman were created simultaneously.
1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature ...
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What are the different views regarding the order of events for end-times prophecy?
As an example for this question, Jack Chick has put together some stories on the end times, which are a compilation of prophecies in Daniel, Revelation, the gospels, and some other books. However, his ...
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When was Abraham alive?
It is generally accepted that Abraham lived 175 years. However, the dates when he lived are rather fuzzy and hotly debated.
When was he alive and what reasons would you give for your conclusion?
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What's the biggest time gap between authorship of two books of the Bible?
What's the biggest time gap between authorship of two books of the Bible?
Honestly, I don't even know the order in which the books of the Bible were written, but I am quite interested in what the ...
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Was the Last Supper not the Passover meal?
The accepted answer on How long was Jesus in the tomb? would only have been possible if the Last Supper was not the Passover meal, which I had always thought it was. Was the Last Supper in fact not ...
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When was Job alive?
The first chapter of Job describes a man who was favored by God (Job).
1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. ...
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In which year was Christ born?
This question is a spin-off from On which date was Christ born?
There are differing views on the birth year of Christ, which also affect the dating of the resurrection (as we know Jesus's age on ...
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How long was Jesus in the tomb?
Christians commonly celebrate Good Friday as the day that Jesus was crucified, and Easter Sunday as the day that Jesus rose from the tomb. Most relevant verses in scripture say that Jesus would be in ...
