45 Bible Verses about History

"He has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the bounds of their habitation,

It is he in whom we Jews also have our inheritance, having been chosen beforehand according to the purpose of Him who executes all things according to the counsel of his will,

He answered. "It is not for you to know times and occasions which the Father has fixed in his own authority;

him, delivered up by the settled purpose and fore-knowledge of God, you crucified and killed at the hands of lawless men;

I am the Alpha and the Omega, The First and the Last, The Beginning and the End.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

And unto the angel of the Church in Smyrna, write. These are the words of the First and the Last, he who died and has returned to life.

when he made known to us, I say, that good pleasure which he purposed in himself for the government of the fulness of the ages, that all things in heaven and earth are alike should be gathered up in Christ, as Head.

For while we were still without strength, Christ died in due time for the ungodly.

But when the fulness of time was come God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under law,

and HE IS before all, and in him all things subsist.

He is the head of his Body, the Church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, in order that in all things he may become preeminent.

"The time is now come," he said, "and the kingdom of God is near! Repent and believe the gospel."

"But if it is in the power of the Spirit of God is already upon you.

"But if it is by the finger of God that I am casting out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.

in order that he might show to the ages to come the amazing riches of his grace by his goodness to us in Christ Jesus.

Seeing that many have taken it in hand to draw up an account of those matters which have been fully established among us, just as they reported them to us, who were from beginning eye-witnesses and ministers of the word, it seemed good to me also accurately, from the very beginning, to write them to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,read more.
so that you may know the certainty of the story which you have been taught by the word of mouth.

Which having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him;

Now to you who are presbyters I make this appeal; for I am myself a presbyter, and was a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory about to be revealed.

For we were not following cunningly devised fables, when we told you of the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his Majesty.

It is of what has existed from the beginning, of what we have listened to, of what we have seen with our own eyes, of what we have witnessed and touched with our own heads, it is concerning the Logos of Life that we are now writing. And the Life was made visible, and we have seen it and are bearing witness, and are bringing you word of that Eternal Life which was face to face with the Father and was made visible to us. It is what we have seen and heard that we are announcing to you, in order that you also may have partnership with us; and our partnership is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

For I passed on to you the account, which I myself received from the Lord; how the Lord Jesus, on the very night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, saying, "This is my body, broken for you; this do in memory of me." In the same way also, he took the cup after supper, saying. "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in memory of me."

And he took a loaf, and after giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them saying. "This is my body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me.' He gave them a cup in like manner, after supper saying. "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, poured out for your sake.

After his sufferings he had also shown himself alive to them in many convincing manifestations, revealing himself to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God.

On the Sabbath Day they rested in obedience to the commandment, but in the deep dawn of the first day of the week they took the spices which they had prepared, and came to the tomb. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, and on entering they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

Then to Thomas he said: "Place your finger here, and see my hands; and place your hand here, and thrust it into my side, and become not unbelieving, but believing."

For the very first thing I taught you was that I had myself been taught, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scripture, that he was buried, and that he was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures, and was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.read more.
Afterward he was seen at one time by more than five hundred brethren, most of whom are still alive, but some are fallen asleep. Then he was seen by James, then by all the apostles, and last of all, as by one born out of due time, he was seen by me also.

Seeing that many have taken it in hand to draw up an account of those matters which have been fully established among us, just as they reported them to us, who were from beginning eye-witnesses and ministers of the word,

After the birth of Jesus, which took place at Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod, lo! certain Magi arrived in Jerusalem, saying.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene; during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the Desert.

For Herod had apprehended John, shackled him, and thrust him into prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because John kept telling him, "It is not right for you to have her."

Now this Herod had sent and arrested John, and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married. For John had often told Herod, "It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife."

"After him Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some of the people after him. He also perished, and all his followers were scattered.

Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned.

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

And the Word became flesh and tented with us. And we gazed on his glory??lory as of the Father's only Son??ull of grace and truth.

God, who in ancient days spoke to our ancestors in the prophets, at many different times and by various methods, has at the end of these days spoken to us in a Son whom he appointed heir of all things; through whom also he made the universe.

For the very first thing I taught you was that I had myself been taught, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scripture, that he was buried, and that he was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures,

who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained, but emptied himself of his glory by taking the form of a slave, when he was born in the likeness of men. More than this, after he had shone himself in human form, he humbled himself in his obedience even to death; yes, and to death on a cross.read more.
And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which is above every name; that in the name of Jesus every knee in heaven, on earth, and under the earth should bend, and every tongue confess that "Jesus Christ is Lord," to the glory of God the Father.

He being an emanation of God's glory and stamp of his substance, and upholding the universe by the utterances of his power, after by himself making purification of our sins, has taken his seat on the right hand of the Majesty on High. He is as much superior to the angels as the name that he has inherited surpasses theirs.