Book        Writer        Date            Place

OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis        Moises        1513 BC        Ilang ng Sinai
Exodo        Moises        1512 BC        Ilang ng Sinai
Levitico        Moises        1512 BC        Ilang ng Sinai
Mga Bilang    Moises        1473 BC        Ilang ng Sinai
Deuteronomio    Moises        1473 BC        Plains of Moab
Josue        Josue        1450 BC        Canaan
Mga Hukom    Samuel        1100 BC        Israel
Ruth        Samuel        1090 BC        Israel
I Samuel    Samuel, Gad, Natan        1077 BC        Israel
II Samuel        Gad, Natan     1040 BC        Israel
I Mga Hari    Jeremias        580 BC        Jerusalem, Israel
II Mga Hari    Jeremias        580 BC        Jerusalem, Egipto
I Cronica        Ezra        460 BC        Jerusalem
II Cronica        Ezra        460 BC        Jerusalem
Ezra        Ezra        460 BC        Jerusalem
Nehemias        Nehemias         443 BC        Jerusalem
Esther        Marduqueo     474 BC        Elam, Shusan
Job        Moises        1473 BC        Ilang
Mga Awit        David (major part)    460 BC
chapter 90-91    Moises
chapter 88    Meman
chapter 89    Ethan
Mga Kawikaan    Agur, Lemuel, Solomon    716 BC
Eclesiastes    Solomon        1000 BC
Awit ng mga Awit    Solomon        1020 BC        Jerusalem
Isaias        Isaias        732 BC        Jerusalem
Jeremias        Jeremias        580 BC        Juda, Jerusalem, Egipto
Panaghoy        Jeremias        607 BC        near Jerusalem
Ezekiel        Ezekiel        591 BC        Babilonia

Daniel        Daniel        536 BC        Babilonia
Oseas        Oseas        745 BC        Samaria District
Joel        Joel        820 BC        Juda noong hati Na ang kaharian
Amos        Amos        803 BC        Juda
Obadias        Obadias        607 BC        Babilonia, Pagkabilang
Jonas        Jonas        844 BC
Mikas        Mikas        716 BC        Juda
Nahum        Nahum        632 BC        Juda
Habaccuc        Habaccuc        628 BC        Juda
Zefanias        Zefanias        648 BC        Juda
Hagai        Hagai        520 BC        Jerusalem, natayo
Zacarias        Zacarias        518 BC        Jerusalem, natayo
Malakias        Malakias        443 BC        Jerusalem, natayo

NEW TESTAMENT
Mateo        Mateo         45 AD        Palestina
Marcos        Marcos        60-55 AD        Roma
Lucas        Lucas        56 AD        Cesaria
Juan        Juan        98 AD        near Efeso
Gawa        Pablo        61 AD        Roma
Roma        Pablo        56 AD        Corinto
I Corinto        Pablo        55 AD        Efeso
II Corinto        Pablo        55 AD        Macedonia
Galacia        Pablo        50-52 AD        Corinto, Antoqia
Efeso        Pablo        60-61 AD        Roma
Filipos        Pablo        60-61 AD        Roma
Colosas        Pablo        60-61 AD        Roma
I Tesalonica    Pablo        50 AD        Corinto
II Tesalonica    Pablo        51 AD        Corinto
I Timoteo        Pablo        61-64 AD        Macedonia
II Timoteo    Pablo        65 AD        Roma
Tito        Pablo        61-64 AD
Filemon        Pablo        60-61 AD        Roma
Hebreo        Pablo        61 AD        Roma
Santiago        Santiago        before 62 AD    Jerusalem
I Pedro        Pedro        62-64 AD        Babilonia
II Pedro        Pedro        64 AD        Babilonia
I Juan        Juan        98 AD        Efeso
II Juan        Juan        98 AD        Efeso
III Juan        Juan        98 AD        near Efeso
Judas        Judas        65 AD        Palestina
(kapatid ni Jesus sa laman)
Apocalipsis    Juan        96 AD        Pulo ng Patmos

King James Version composed of:

1) 66 books
2) 1,693 pages
3) 1,189 chapters
4) 31,101 verses
5) 773,692 words (592,439- Old & 181,253- New)
6) 3,566,480 letters

Chapters division made by:        Cardinal HUGO DE SANCTO CARO
Council of Carthage, 1250 AD
Verses division made by:        R. Nathan on 1488 AD
( Old Testament )
Longest chapter:            Awit 119:1-176    ( Old )
Lucas 1:1-80    ( New )
Longest verse:            Esther 8:9
Shortest verse:            I Cro. 1:1, 25 (Old – English)
Deut. 5:19        (Old – Tagalog)
Juan 11:35    (New – English)
Lucas 20:30    (New – Tagalog)
Chapters with the same content:    II Hari 19 & Isa. 37
Verses with the same content:        Awit 107:8, 15, 21, 31
Pang-gitnang kapitulo:        Awit 117
Pang-gitnang versiculo:        Awit 118:8
Verse containing letters of the English alphabet except “J”:    Ezra 7:21
Verse containing all letters Of the English alphabet except “Q” Dan. 4:37
Longest word found in English Bible:        ahaler-shalal-hash-baz
Canon of Scripture or Authorized Books    – - – - -      66 books (Genesis – Apoc.)

Apocrypha or Hidden Books:

It consists of 15 books or parts of books. Some were written in Hebrew, others in Greek and others in Aramaic. The books of Apocrypha are not included in the Canon of Scriptures and are believed to be written approximately during the 4th century when all the Apostles of Christ are already dead. In the Catholic Bible, there were six (6) of these hidden books which were added to complete its 72 books.

The Books of Apocrypha are the following:

1.    I Esdras
2.    II Esdras
3.    Tohit
4.    Judith
5.    Addition to the book of Esther
6.    Wisdom of Solomon
7.    Ecclesiasticus or the wisdom of Jesus, the son of Sirach
8.    Baruch
9.     Letter of Jeremiah
10.    Prayer of Azariah and the song of the three young men
11.     Susanna
12.    Bel and Dragon
13.    Prayer of Manneh
14.    I Macabees
15.    II Macabees

Oldest Manuscripts of the Bible:
1.    Oxyrhynchus papyrus    – - – -    in Greek, 3rd century
2.    Codex Sinaiticus        – - – -    in Greek, 4th century
3.    Codex Vaticanus        – - – -    in Greek, 4th century
4.    Codex Palimpsestus Sinaiticus    – - – -    in Syriac, 4th century
5.    Codex Bobiensis        – - – -    in Latin, 4th century
6.    Codex Washingtonianus    – - – -    in Greek, 5th century
7.    Codex Alexandrinus    – - – -    in Greek, 5th century
8.    Codex Nitriensis Curetonianus- – - -    in Syriac, 5th century
9.    Codex Bezae        – - – -    in Latin, 5th century
10.    Codex Marchialianus    – - – -    in Greek 6th century
11.    Codex Purpureaus Petropolitanus- -    in Greek, 6th century
DEAD SEA SCROLLS

Facts:
These are the most ancient manuscripts discovered so far. The scrolls were the first found accidentally by a Bedouin shepherd boy named Muhammad Chrol Dhib in the caves of Qumran in 1974, near the Dead Sea.

Forty (40) earthen jar were discovered from 1974-1956 by archeologists in many caved of Qumran containing about 400 leather scrolls with inscriptions in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic which aged about 1,900 years based on carbon-dating tests.

The Dead Sea Scrolls contained all of the Old Testament books except the book of Esther. Fragments from the books of Samuel were found and believed to date probably from 200 BC. The oldest complete manuscript found is the scroll of  Isaiah, copied about 100 BC. The most ancient New Testament manuscript discovered so far is the Gospel of John which is dated about 150 AD. The New Testament is the best preserved ancient text in the world. These fragments are now in the John Raylands Library, Manchester England.

Question:     What is the most ancient Old Testament manuscripts discovered so far?

Some fragments from the books of Samuel found in cave 4 at he Ocad Sea dates probably from 200 BC and earlier. These are thought to be the oldest manuscript so far discovered. The Nash papyrus written in the 2nd century BC, is a single sheet of papyrus. The oldest complete manuscript of any book of the bible is the scroll of Isaiah, copied about 100 BC. It was found in 1947 sealed in a jar in one of the Dead Sea Caves.

Question:    What ancient New Testament manuscript have been discovered so far?

The oldest is a papyrus fragment containing John 18:31-33, 37-38. It is dated about 150 AD, only a few years after the Gospel of John was written. This fragment is now in the Rylands Library in Manchester, England. Dating from about 200 AD is the Bodmer II Gospel of John in the Bodmer Library in Geneva, Switzerland. Three 3rd century codices in the Chester Beatty Papyri collection contains the oldest extensive text of the New Testament. No less than 175 papyrus copies of various parts of the New Testament have been found.  These papyrus documents dated from 2nd to 4th centuries AD.
They also have 200 other manuscripts written in capital letters dating from 2nd to 9th centuries, supported by all these ancient manuscript, the New Testament is the best preserved ancient text in the world. No other Greek or Latin books exist in so many _____ in such early copies.

Bible Translations:

1.    Septuagint        -    about 250 BC, Hebrew and Greek,
the first translation.
2.    Peshito            -    in 2nd century or 200 AD

3.    Latin Vulgate        -    400 AD, first book ever printed, translated by
Jerome on 383-405 AD
4.    Wycliffe Version        -    by John Wycliffe, 1384 AD

The first complete Bible in English was the work of the Oxford scholar John Wycliffe and his followers. A renewed understanding of the Gospel drove them to translate the life-giving Bible for ordinary people. This manuscript copy of the New Testament, dating from 1420, is one of 170 surviving today.

5.    Miles Coverdale        -    published in 1535
6.    William Tyndale        -    New Testament, 1526

William Tyndale translation of the Bible into English in 1526 had to be smuggled into Britain at first, such was the opposition to the idea of a version not only in the common tongue but also translated from the original Hebrew and Greek rather than Latin. This edition of his New Testament dates from 1535, and is thought to ba the last revised by the translator himself, who was put to death on his efforts.

7.    Reims Douai Version    -    New Testament, 1582 AD
Old Testament, 1609 AD
8.    King James Version        -    the authorized version with the permission of                         King James  of Great Britain, France and                         Ireland, 1611
9.    Matthew’s Bible        -    1537
10.    Great Bible        -    1539
11.    Geneva Bible        -    1560
12.    Bishop’s Bible         -    1568

The earliest edition of the New Testament to be printed in a language of India in this version is in Tamil. It was translated in 1714-15 by Bartholomaus Zeingenbelg, early missionary to India, assisted by Johann Ernst Grundler.

The first Bible Chinese was translated by Robert Morrison and his colleague William Milne and published in Canton in 1823. This edition of Acts (in “High Welni”) was produced earlier in 1810.

The first edition of the letter to the Romans in Yruba, the language spoken in the south-western part of Nigeria. It was produced in 1850. One of the translators was Samuel Adjai Crowther who later became Bishop of Niger.

13.    Revised Version         -    1881
14.    American Standard        -    1901
15.    Revised Standard        -    1952
16.    Berkeley Version        -    1959
17.    Amplified Bible        -    1965
18.    Jerusalem Bible        -    1966
19.    New English Bible        -    1970
20.    New American Standard Bible -    1971
21.    The Living Bible        -    1971
22.    Goods News Bible        -    1976
23.    New International Version    -    1978
24.    New King James Version    -    1982
25.    Common Bible        -    1973

Languages in which the bible was written:
1.    Hebrew
2.    Aramaic
3.    Greek

Materials used in early Manuscripts:
1.    Tapyas ng bato
2.    Papyrus
3.    Animal Hides

Mga katawagan sa Biblia na nasa loob ng Biblia:
1.    Aklat ng Panginoon            Isa. 34:16
2.    Aklat ng Alaala            Mal. 3:16-17
3.    Mga kasulatan            Juan 5:39
4.    Kaulatan ng Katotohanan        Dan. 10:21
5.    Mga Banal na Kasulatan        II Tim 3:15-17

Layon ng Pagkakasulat sa Biblia
1.    Upang sumampalataya        Juan 20:31
2.    Upagn magbigay halimbawa        I Cor: 10:6,11
3.    Upang magturo            II Tim 3:15-17
4.    Upang magbigay pag-asa        Rom 15:4

Kinasusulatan ng salita ng Dios:
1.    May sulat sa papel at tinta             Isa 34:16
2.    May sulat sa bato                Hab. 2:2-3
3.    May sulat sa inyo ( unang Kristiano)        II Juan 12
4.    May sulat sa amin (mga apostol)        I Cor 4:6
5.    May sulat sa langit at sa lahat ng ginawa    Awit 19:1-3
Septuagint Translation:

Septuagint is the name of the oldest known written translation of the Hebrew Bible, called the Old Testament in Christianity.    The Septuagint is a translation from Hebrew into Greek. The name Septuagint comes from the Latin word which means “seventy”. According to the legend, 70 Jewish scholars translated the first five (5) books of the Hebrew bible, known as the Pentateuch in 70 days.
The translation process began in Alexandra, Egypt 200 years before the birth of Christ and eventually included other sections of the Bible. The translation actually took about 200 years to complete.
The Septuagint has certain characteristics of style, order and vocabulary which indicate its translation based on some parts of the Hebrew text that is different from the main sources of the Hebrew Bible was used today.
Septuagint means “of seventy”. The name may refer to the 72 scholars, 6 from each of the 12 tribes, who are said to have translated the Hebrew bible into Greek in the 3rd century BC.
According to legend, 72 scholars went from Palestine to Egypt where each man worked independently for 72 days, during which time they produced 72 identical Greek translations. The Septuagint is often indicated by Roman Numerals LXX.

Words found only ONCE in the English Bible:

1.    Eternity            Isa. 57:15
2.    Reverend            Psalm 111:9
3.    Grandmother            II Tim. 1:5
4.    Gnat                Mateo 23:24

The word GOD or DIOS is repeated 4,379 times

The word LORD or PANGINOON is repeated 7,738 times.

Facts about the Bible:
1.     The bible was completed within 1,600 years by 40 pen men inspired by the Holy
Spirit of God from 1500 BC to 100 BC AD
2.    The first bible has no chapter and verse divisio
3.    The bible is the oldest known best selling books translated and printed into 1,001
known tongues.
4.    The word BIBLE or BIBLIA comes form the word BYBLOS, BIBLIOS , or
BIBLION which mean “Balumbon” of “Scroll”.
5.    The first bible with divided chapters and verses was first found in GENEVA        BIBLE on 1560.

Early Divisions of the Old Testament Books in Hebrew:
1. Kautusan or Torah     -     5 books (Genesis, Exodo, Levitico, Bilang
&        Deuteronomio )
2. Mga Propeta o Neviim    -    8 books (First Prophets: Josue,Hukom,I &
II Samuel, I & II Hari ;
Last Prophets: Isaias, Jeremias, Ezekiel, and the 12
Minor prophets, considered as one book).

3. Mga Kasulatan or Ketuvim-     11 books (Mga Tula: Mga Awit, Kawikaan, Job ;
Balumbon or Scrolls: Awit ng mga awit, Ruth,
Panaghoy, Esther, Eclesiastes ;
Kasaysayan: Daniel, Ezra, Nehemias, I & II
Cronica).

Early Divisions of the Old Testament Books in Greek:
1. Kautusan or Pentateuch    -     5 books (Genesis, Exodo, Levitico, Bilang
&        Deuteronomio )
2. Kasaysayan o History    -    12 books (Josue, Hukom, Ruth, I &
II Samuel, I & II Hari , I & II Cronica, Ezra,
Nehemias, Esther )
3. Tula o Poetry        -     5 books ( Mga Awit, Kawikaan, Job ,
Awit ng mga awit, Eclesiastes
4. Mga Propeta o Prophets    -    17 books (Great Prophets: Isa., Jeremias, Panaghoy,
Ezekiel, Daniel)
Minor prophets: Oseas, Joel, Amos, Obadias, Jonas,
Mikas, Nahum, Habacuc, Zefanias, Hagai, Zacarias,
Malakias)
Classification of Biblical Books:
1.    Historical Books
a.    Genesis        -    history of creation ( part )
b.    Exodo        -    history of Israel    ( part )
c.    Deuteronomio    -    Israel’s travel from Egypt to Palestine
d.    Josue        -    Israel’s victory during wars
e.    Hukom to Esther    -    history of Israel’s service to the Lord
from Joshua to the time of the prophets
2.    Poetic Books
a.    Job
b.    Awit
c.    Kawikaan
d.    Eclesiastes

3.    Pastoral Books
a.    I & II Corinto
b.    I & II Tesalonica
c.    Galacia
d.    Efeso
e.    II & III Juan

4.    Prophetic Books
a.    Almost all books especially books of the prophets are under this                 lassification.

5.    Universal Epistles
a.    Santiago
b.    I & II Pedro
c.    All books intended for the 12 scattered tribes of Israel

6.    Local Epistles
a.    I & II Corinto
b.    Galacia
c.    Efeso
d.    Filipos
e.    Colosas
f.    All books intended for church’s localities

7.    Personal Epistles
a.    Filemon

Some Wonderful Matters & Events Written in the Bible:
1.    The oldest man who lived on earth            Gen. 5:27
2.    Angels who married daughters of men            Gen. 6:2
3.    Victory in war because man raised his hands        Exo. 17:11
4.    A stone was used as a pillow                Gen. 28:11
5.    A baby born with scarlet thread on hand            Gen. 38::28-30
6.     A donkey talked to a man                    Blg. 22:28-30
7.    Women prohibited to wear men’s clothes        Deut. 22:5
8.    The sun did not set for one day                Jos. 10:12-13
9.    Woman killed a man by nailing his head            Huk. 4:17, 21
10.    Troop of 700 left-handed soldiers                Huk. 20: 16
11.    Man whose hair weighs 6.25 lbs.                II Sam. 14:26
12.    Mother who ate her own son                II Hari 6:29
13.    Man with 1000 wives                    I Hari 11:3
14.    A father with 88 sons & daughters            II Cro. 11:21
15.    A man walked naked for three years            Isa. 20:2-3
16.    A man who was added 15 years of life            Isa. 38:1-5
17.    A man with 12 fingers & 12 toes                II Sam. 21:20
18.    A man who drinks like a dog                Huk. 7:5
19.    The white of an egg is tasteless                Job 6:6
20.    A troop of 185,000 died in one night            Isa. 37:36
ACCOUNTS OF CREATION:

First day of creation:            Gen. 1:1-5
a. creation of the heavens    ( mga langit )
b. creation of the earth    ( lupa )
c. creation of light        ( liwanag )

Second day of creation:        Gen. 1:6-8
a. paglikha sa kalawakan
b. paghihiwalay sa tubig sa itaas at ibaba ng kalawakan

Third day of creation:            Gen. 1:9-13
a. pagpapasibol ng mga damo sa lupa
b. pagpapasibol ng mga pananim na nagkakabunga sa lupa
c. pagpapasibol ng mga punungkahoy

Fourth day of creation:        Gen. 1:14-19
a. paglikha ng mga tanglaw sa kalawakan upang maghiwalay ng araw at             gabi at maging tanda ng mga panahon ( araw, buwan, at mga bituin )

Fifth day of creation:            Gen. 1:20-23
a. gumawa ng mga kinapal na buhay sa tubig
b. paglikha ng mga ibon sa himpapawid

Sixth day of creation:            Gen. 1:24-31
a. paglikha ng mga hayop sa lupa
b. paglikha sa tao ayon sa larawan at wangis ng Dios

MGA HUKOM ( Judges ) SA ISRAEL:
1.    Othoniel ( 40 taon )                Hukom 3:9-11
2.    Aod ( 80 taon )                Hukom 3:15, 4:1
3.    Debora at Barac ( 40 taon )            Hukom 4:4-6, 6:6
4.     Gedeon                    Hukom 6:1, 7:1
5.     Tola                    Hukom 10:1-2
6.    Jair ( 32 taon )                Hukom 10:3-6
7.    Jepte ( 6 taon )                Hukom 11:27, 12:7
8.    Ibzan ( 7 taon )                Hukom 12:9
9.    Elon ( 10 taon )                Hukom 12:11
10.    Abdon ( 8 taon )                Hukom 12:14
11.     Samson ( 20 taon )                Hukom 14:5, 15 :21

Classification of words written in the bible:

1.    Salita ng Dios    – - -    pangyayari ang patotoo    Deut. 18:21-22; Gen. 1:2-3
2.    Salita ng anghel    – - -    inutusan ng Dios        Mat. 1:18-23; Exo. 23:20
3.    Salita ni satanas    – - –     paghamon at paglaban    Job 2:4; Gen. 3:4-5
4.    Salita ng mga demonio- – -    mga kampon ni Satanas    Mar. 5:7-9
5.    Salita ng taong     – - -    hindi kampi sa kaninoman    Gaw. 5:38-39
neutral            tungkol sa isang issue
6.    Salita ng sumasampalataya – - -kataka-taka sa         Awit 17:15
hindi sumasampalataya
7.    Salita ng di sumasampalataya   – - -   laban sa Dios        Job 2:9
dahil sa kawalan ng
pananampalataya
8.    Salita ng kaaway ng Dios- – -    paglaban sa Dios na     Awit 139:20
alam niyang existing
9.    Salita ng mga halaman, hayop, ibon etc.            Huk. 9:14;
Blg. 22:28
10.    Salita ng kalikasan    – - -    naturalesa        Awit 19:1-3; Awit 148:1-13

Tatlong Dakilang Panahon:
1.    Panahon ng Patriarka   – - -           mula kay Adan hanggang kay Moises
( Heb. 1:1-2 )
2.    Panahon ng Mosaico    – - -          mula sa Ilang hanggang kay Juan Bautista
( Exo. 12:40 – 42; Deut. 5:1-3, 15 )
3.    Panahon ng Cristiano  – - -          mula sa araw ng Pentecostes hanggang sa wakas                                ( Gawa 1:2, 8  )

Some Biblical Proofs of Words of God:
1.    Luc. 1:37        – - -    may kapangyarihan
2.    Mat. 24:35    – - -    matutupad
3.    Juan 15:3        – - -    malinis, walang dumi
4.    Awit 12:6        – - -    subok
5.    Awit 119:160    – - –     independently true
6.    Heb. 4:12        – - –     mabisa, matalas
7.    I Ped. 1:23    – - -    buhay
8.    Juan 17:17    – - –     katotohanan
9.    Isa. 34:16        – - -    di kailangan ng ibang kasama
10.    Deut. 18:21-22    – - -    kinatutunayan ng pangyayari

Two Aspects of Truth in the Bible
1.    Physical
2.    Spiritual        Juan 3:12

Two things to consider in getting the link between verses:
1.    letra ( limited )        Ex.     Efe. 4:4; Col. 1:18; Efe. 5:23
2.    espiritu ( unlimited )    Ex.    I Cor. 2:13; Juan 3:34

Examples of verses with link:
1.    Kaw. 6:23; Juan 1:1-5
2.    Efe. 5:23; Col. 1:18
3.     Gen. 1:1; Juan 1:1

Remember:
1.    Sa biblia may diwang sarado o walang karugtong.
Ex.   Kamangyan ( Apoc. 5:8 ),  definite terminologies like samakatuwid,
na siyang . . . , etc.
2.    Sa pagdurugtong ng sitas consider the letter and the spirit.
3.    Pwedeng isang sitas lang nakadugtong na.
Ex.   Efe. 5:23; Col. 1:18
4.    May ibang sitas kailangan 2 or more verses bago masudlong.

Points to consider in reading the Bible:
1.    Sino ang sumulat                Ex.    I Cor. 1:1-2
2.    Kaninong salita ang isinulat            Ex.    Rom. 16:22
3.    Uri ng may salita at sumulat            Ex.    Gaw. 4:13;
II Ped. 2:17;
Judas 12
4.    Ang kaisipan, sumulat at pagkakasulat        Ex.     I Tim. 2:9-13;
I Ped. 3:6
5.    Ano ang diwa ng nakasulat
(huwag magisip nang mataas sa dapat isipin        Rom. 12:3  )
6.    Kanino iniukol ang nakasulat            Ex.     Deut. 5:1-3, 15

Paraan ng paghahanap ng kabuuang diwa ng salita sa biblia:
1.    Alamin ang laman ng sitas     ( Subject & Predicate )
2.    Alamin ang iba pang bagay na kasangkot sa sitas
3.    Mahalagang malaman ang contexto

Hal.    1.    Ang texto ay ang laman ng sitas.
2.    Ang contexto ay ang nakapaligid na diwa sa sitas.

Note:
1.    Matitiyak ang contexto kung babasahin ang kabuuang salaysay napapaloob sa buong kabanata at kung minsan sa sinusundan sumusunod sa kabanata.

Ex.    1.    Dapat sana’y karugtong ng I Cor. 10:33 ang I Cor. 11:
2.    Ang bato’y si Kristo, ang Anak ng Dios na buhay sa Mat.                     16:18 kung babasahin mula sa Mat. 16:13.
2.    Mahalagang malaman ang suhay sa talata o ang kontra sa talata kung may kumokontra.

Remember:
1.    Hindi maaaring kontrahin ng salita ng Dios ang isang salita ng Dios
( Kaw. 8:8-9 ).
2.     Kung may kontra, siyasatin kung:
a.    Pareho bang salita ng Dios o magkaiba ang nagsalita;
Ex.     Jer. 6:16  ( Dios )  at  Job 22:15   ( Eliphaz )
b.    Sa pareho bang pagkakataon sinabi;
c.    Maaaring mali ang pagkakasalin;
Ex.    Juan 5:39
d.    Ang tamang salin, sinusuhayan ng iba pang talata;
Ex.    Gen. 1:26; Mat. 28:19
3.    Sa pagbabasa ng sitas, consider all matters, thoughts contained in the     verse.
Ex.    Contents of Gen. 1:26
a.    kapangyarihan
b.    yung kausap may kalarawan
c.    pati lupa under sa tao
d.    tao magiging kalarawan ng Lumalang
e.    Ang larawan ng Manlalalang
f.    Ang Lalalang ang may kapangyarihan
g.    para sa tao, bagay

Sample Alleged Contradictions in the Bible:
1.    I Juan 3:3        -    “ang sinomang ipinanganganak ng Dios ay                         hindi nagkakasala”
I Juan 1:8        -    “kung sinasabi nating tayo’y walang kasalanan                         ang katotohanan ay wala sa atin”
I Hari 8:46    -    “walang taong hindi nagkakasala”
Ecle. 7:20        -    “walang matuwid na di nagkakasala”
2.    Juan 7:24        -    “magsihatol kayo”
Mat. 7:1        -    “huwag kayong magsihatol”
3.    Juan 5:31        -    “ang patotoo ko’y hindi katotohanan”
Juan 8:14        -    “totoo ang aking patotoo”
4.    Lucas 9:3        -    “huwag magdadala kahit tungkod”
Mar. 6:8        -    “magbaon ng tungkod”
5.    Gen. 17:1        -    “napakita ang Panginoon kay Abraham”
Exo. 33:20        -    “hindi maaaring makita ng tao at mabuhay”
Juan 1:18        -    “walang taong nakakita kailanaman sa Dios”
Papaano nasulat ang mga salita sa biblia:
1.    Isinulat ng Dios            Exo. 31:118
2.    Ipinasulat ng Dios            Isa. 30:8; Heb. 2:2-3; I Cor. 14:37
a.    Sa kasi ng Espiritu Santo        Gaw. 2:25-28; 4:25
b.    Gumamit ng tagasulat        Rom. 16:22
Conclusion:    Ang author o may-akda ng biblia ay ang Dios, directo at indirecto.

Remember:
1.    Lahat ng biblical writers ay may isang pattern na sinusunod sa pagsulat – - sinulat nila dahil sa utos ng Dios ( I Cor. 14:37 )
2.     General intention ng pagsulat ng biblia, para malaman ng tao na may Dios na     Makapangyarihan  sa lahat.
3.    Sa iba’t ibang panahon may iba’t ibang paraan at dahilan ng pagsulat
( Heb. 1:1-2 ).
Ex.    1.    Evangelio    -    -    isinulat upang sumamapalataya na si                             Jesus ang Anak ng Dios ( Juan 20:31 );
2.    Apocalipsis    -    isinulat para magbigay ng warning at                             pag-asa sa 7 churches of Asia
(  Apoc. 1:11 )
3.    I Cor. 14:37    -    isinulat dahil sa utos ng Dios sulatan                             ang Corinto
4.    Hab. 2:2-3    -    -    ipinasulat sa bato para di mabura;
Ipinasulat dahil gusto ng Dios
5.    I Tim. 2:4    -    -    ipinasulat dahil gusto ng Dios maligtas                             lahat ng tao.

MGA DAPAT MAPATUNAYAN SA SARILI SA PAGBABASA NG BIBLIA:
1.    Matuto ng pagsansala at saway ng Dios            II Tim. 3:15-17
2.    Maranasan ang katuparan ng mga salita ng Dios        Heb. 5:13-14
3.    Mapatunayan ang dalisay at walang contradiction        Kaw. 8:8-9;
ang salita ng Dios sa biblia                Awit 12:6
4.    Mapatunayan ang bisa at maramdaman            Heb. 4:12;
ang epekto ng salita ng Dios                Juan 15:3
5.    Mapatunayan at maramdaman ang kaibhan ng        Deut. 18:21-22
salita ng Dios sa mga salitang hindi sa Dios
na nakasulat sa biblia.

Test of a Prophet:
1.    Deut. 18:21-22        -    nakakakita ng mangyayari sa hinaharap
2.    Jer. 18:18            -    di hihiwalayan ng salita ng Dios
3.    II Cro. 20:20        -    pahamak ang gagawa ng masama
Awit 105:15
4.    Jer. 1:6-7, 10        -    nakapagwawasak at nakapagtatayo

Different False Predictions About the End of the World:
1.    Charles Taze Russel        -    founder of Jehovah’s Witnesses
First false prediction:    October 1914
Second false prediction:    1925
2.    William Miller         -       nagturo kay Mrs. Ellen G. White na nagpasimula                             ng Seventh Day Adventist Church
First false prediction:    October 10, 1843
Second false prediction:    October 22, 1844
3.    Some Born Again Fellowships prediction that the end will be on September 11 – 13, 1988.
4.    Miguel Incion        -    founder of Iglesia ng Espiritu Santo predicted                         that the end will be in 1990.
5.    Lucio Bernardo Silvestre    -    2133 A.D.
6.    Teofilo Ora        -    12:01 PM on Jan. 1, year 2001, according to his                         will be Sunday but falls on a Monday.