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3. 2 Timothy 3:12-17
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

4. 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

5. Nelson Gleck:
“It may be stated categorically that no archeological discovery has ever contadicted a single biblical reference. Scores of archeological findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or in exact detail historical statements in the Bible.”

6. Sir William Ramsay:
“I began with a mind unfavorable to it...but more recently I found myself brought into contact with the Book of Acts as an authority for the topography, antiquities, and society of Asia Minor. It was gradually borne upon me that in various details the narrative showed marvelous truth. Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy...this author should be placed along with the very greatest historians.”

7. “The great value of archaeology has been
to show, over and over again, that the geography, technology, political and military movements, cultures, religious practices, social institutions, languages, customs, and other aspects of everyday life of Israel and other nations of antiquity were exactly as described in the Bible.” -Sir William Ramsay

8. THE BIBLE #5 ARCHAEOLOGY AND (10 REASONS TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE)
Sermon series

9. 1. King Ahab
This limestone monument, known as the Kurkh Monolith, is approximately seven feet high and is now located in the British Museum. Discovered in 1861 in Kurkh, Turkey, it was originally carved in c. 852 BC by the Assyrians. The cuneiform writing on the monument refers to a battle involving King Ahab of Israel, who is also frequently referred to in the Bible.
(cf. 1 Kings 16-22).

10. 2. Moabite Stone
The Moabite Stone, also called the Mesha Stela, is an inscribed black basalt monument written in the Moabite language in c. 835 BC.
It contains references to Biblical figures such as Israelite King Omri and Moabite King Mesha (cf. 1 and 2 Kings), as well as the covenant name of God, YHWH (cf. Exodus 3).

11. 3. Israelite kings
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III was made in c. 827 BC in ancient Assyria. It is about six and a half feet in height and is made of fine grained black limestone. The cuneiform text reads, "Tribute of Jehu, son of Omri...."  Both Jehu and Omri were Israelite kings who are referred to in the Bible (cf. 1 & 2 Kings).

12. 4. Sennacherib Prism
This artifact is known as the Sennacherib Prism. refers to Israelite King Hezekiah and to Assyrian King Sennacherib, both of whom are in the Biblical text (cf. 2 Kings 19:9).

13. 5. King Manasseh
This clay prism, known as the Esarhaddon Prism, was made by the Assyrian king Esarhaddon in BC. It refers to "Manasseh king of Judah," who is also frequently referred to in the Bible in such passages as 2 Kings 20:21.

14. 6. Siege of Lachish
This wall relief carving depicts the siege of Lachish, telling the story from the Assyrian point of view.  (The Assyrian Captivity) The same events are recorded in the Bible in 2 Kings  

15. 7. Silver Scrolls
This small scroll is one of the two Silver Scrolls, which contain the oldest known copies of Biblical passages. They were discovered in 1979 in Jerusalem at a place outside the Old City known as Ketef Hinnom. The Hebrew language text on the scrolls is taken from Numbers 6:24-26.

16. This ceramic brick is inscribed in cuneiform with
8. Nebuchadnezzar II
This ceramic brick is inscribed in cuneiform with
the name of 
Nebuchadnezzar II, who is mentioned some 90 times in the Bible (e.g. Ezra 1:7).

17. 9. Nebuchadnezzar II
on cylinder
This ceramic cylinder is inscribed in cuneiform script with the name of the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II,

18. 10. Babylonian Chronicles
This ancient Babylonian tablet is part of the Babylonian Chronicles, which, among other events, records the capture of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 597 BC. Also recorded in the Bible in 2 Kings 25.

19. 11. Jehoiachin Ration Document
This clay tablet from ancient Babylon describes monthly rations allowed to Jehoiachin, a Jewish king. The Biblical account of King Jehoiachin is found in 2 Kings 25:29-30, which also states that he received a "regular allowance" from the king of Babylon.

20. 12. Belshazzar from Book of Daniel
This clay cylinder was inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform in the 6th century BC by the Neo-Babylonian King Nabonidus. It refers to his son Belshazzar, who is also referred to in the Bible in Daniel 5 and 8. The cylinder was discovered in the 19th century in Ur and is now in the British Museum. It measures about four inches in length and is one of four such cylinders.

21. 13. Ebla tablets discovered in 1960’s -70s in Northern Syria some tablets were found, these documents written on clay tablets from around 2300 B.C. demonstrate that personal and place names in the Patriarchal accounts. The tablets refer to all five "cities of the plain" mentioned in Genesis 14, Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Zoar/Bela.
Dead Sea: 1385 ft below sea level; 1240ft deep; 42mi long; 11mi wide.
33.7% salinity; 8.6times saltier than the ocean
animals cannot flourish hence the name Dead Sea

22. 14. The Hittites:
-The Hittites were once thought to be a biblical legend, until their capital and records were discovered in Turkey.

23. 15. THE TEL-EL-AMARNA TABLETS
-A large group of tablets (letters) found in 1887 in the village of Tel El-Amarna, some 200 miles south of Cairo on the east bank of the Nile River.

24. 16. Pharaoh Shishak
This wall carving within the Karnak Temple complex in Egypt commemorates Pharaoh Shishak's military exploits, including an invasion into Israel, c. 925 BC. 

25. 17. King David
This inscribed basalt stone contains an ancient reference to the Biblical King David.

26. 18. King Solomon
In the Biblical passage found in 1 Kings 9:15 notes that King Solomon constructed the city wall for the town of Gezer. 

27. records the fall of Babylon to the Medes and Persians
19. THE Cyrus Cylinder
records the fall of Babylon to the Medes and Persians
(Daniel 5:30-31)
& The freeing of captives in Babylon by Cyrus the Great.
(Ezra 1:1-4; 6:3-4).

28. Archaeology
and the
New Testament.

29. 20. King Herod’s
wine jug.
The inscription on this piece of  a wine jug refers to King Herod who is noted in the Bible as having killed the babies in Bethlehem near the time of Christ's birth.

30. 21. Caeser's image
In Luke 20:23-25 Jesus requested a coin and then asked the crowd, "Whose image and inscription are on it?” They replied that it was “Caesar’s.”

31. 22. The Temple Mount
View of the Western Wall,* which is part of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Gospels record Christ at the Temple in such passages as John 2:12-25.

32. 23. Pool of Siloam
In 2004 workers digging a sewer line in Jerusalem uncovered this terraced stone pool that was identified by archaeologists as the Pool of Siloam referred to in John's Gospel. John 9:7

33. 24. Mars Hill
View of Mars Hill, also called the "Areopagus," in Athens, Greece. Acts 17:22

34. 25. Caiaphas Ossuary
-An ossuary was a box constructed to hold the bones of the dead after decomposition.
-In 1990 a startling
discovery was made
that shook biblical
Scholars and archaeologists
alike.
Dead Sea: 1385 ft below sea level; 1240ft deep; 42mi long; 11mi wide.
33.7% salinity; 8.6times saltier than the ocean
animals cannot flourish hence the name Dead Sea

35. 26. Pilate Dedication Stone
In June 1961 an inscription on a limestone block, found at a Roman amphitheater in Caesarea Maritima, rocked the scholarly world. The block,
which was once used as a dedication
stone of a nearby temple and now
reused for seating at the local amphitheater,
had an extraordinary inscription.
It read: “Tiberieum, (Pon)tius Pilatus,
(Praef)ectus Iuda(eae).”
Dead Sea: 1385 ft below sea level; 1240ft deep; 42mi long; 11mi wide.
33.7% salinity; 8.6times saltier than the ocean
animals cannot flourish hence the name Dead Sea

36. 27. Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are the largest collection of ancient Biblical manuscripts ever found. Representing all books of the Hebrew Bible which read word for word like our modern Bibles. They were found in Israel near the settlement of Qumran next to the Dead Sea between 1947 and documents in all.

37. 28. Coins bearing Joseph's name found in Egypt

38. 29. Sodom & Gomorrah

39. 30. Crucifixion of Christ
The Roman historian Tacitus wrote his book, The Annals of Imperial Rome, in c. 110 AD, roughly a decade after the death of the last apostle, John. Tacitus is one of the earliest non-Christian sources to discuss Jesus and his crucifixion.  
“Their originator, Christ, had been executed in Tiberius’ reign by the governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate” (Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome. Rev. ed.  Trans. Grant, Michael. New York:
Penguin, Print. P. 365.)

40. Romans 1:14-17
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

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