45 Bible Verses about History

And he made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having fixed appointed times, and the bounds of their habitation;

in whom we also obtained the inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will,

But he said to them, It belongeth not to you to know times or seasons, which the Father appointed by his own authority.

this man, being delivered up by the settled purpose and foreknowledge of God, ye, by the hand of godless men, crucified and slew.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

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

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again:

having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself in reference to the dispensation of the fullness of the times, to gather for himself into one all things in Christ, the things which are in the heavens, and the things on the earth; even in him,

For while we were yet without strength, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.

but when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

and he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.

And he is the head of the body, the church; since he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that he may be in all things preeminent;

[saying,] The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the glad tidings.

But if I cast out the demons through the Spirit of God, then hath the kingdom of God already come to you.

But if I cast out the demons through the finger of God, then hath the kingdom of God already come to you.

that he might show in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Inasmuch as many have undertaken to arrange a narrative of those things which are fully believed among us, even as they were delivered to us by those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and became ministers of the word, it seemed good to me also, having accurately traced up all things from the first, to write to thee a connected account, most excellent Theophilus,read more.
that thou mightst know the exact truth with regard to those things in which thou wast instructed.

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which at the first was spoken through the Lord, and was confirmed to us through those who heard him,

The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellowelder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a sharer in the glory that is to be revealed;

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but had been made eyewitnesses of his majesty.

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we looked upon, and our hands handled, concerning the word of life, and the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and announce to you the everlasting life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us, that which we have seen and heard we announce to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you; this do in remembrance of me. In like manner also the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant, in my blood; this do, as oft as ye drink, in remembrance of me.

And he took a loaf, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me. And in like manner he took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is about to be shed for you.

to whom also he showed himself living, after he had suffered, by many sure proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb; and on entering they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

Then he saith to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands, and reach forth thy hand, and put it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.

For I delivered to you first of all what I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Scriptures; and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.read more.
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some have fallen asleep. After that, he appeared to James; then to all the apostles. And last of all, as to one born out of due time, he appeared also to me.

Inasmuch as many have undertaken to arrange a narrative of those things which are fully believed among us, even as they were delivered to us by those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and became ministers of the word,

Now when Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, lo! there came magians from the East to Jerusalem,

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, when Annas and Caiaphas were highpriests, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.

For Herod had seized John, and bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philips wife. For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

For Herod himself had sent forth and seized John, and bound him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philips wife; for he had married her. For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brothers wife.

After this man arose Judas the Galilaean, in the days of the registering, and drew people away after him; he also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

So then as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and thus [death] came through unto all men, because all sinned

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

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; and we beheld his glory, a glory as of an only begotten of a father.

God, who at different times and in different ways spoke of old to the fathers by the prophets, hath at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, by whom he also made the worlds,

For I delivered to you first of all what I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Scriptures;

who, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an equality with God, but made himself of no consideration, taking the form of a servant, and becoming like men; and in what appertained to him appearing as a man, he humbled himself, and was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.read more.
Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and those on earth, and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God, the Father.

who being a brightness from his glory and an image of his being, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself accomplished a cleansing of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; having become so much superior to the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.