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113. Eye Witnesses

Acts 2:32 (Top: Codex Sinaiticus. Middle: Papyrus 74. Bottom: Papyrus 91) read (Peter, with the Eleven disciples, said): “God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.”

175. Prophecy of the Messiah

Isaiah 53:9 (Top: DSS): “And they assigned his grave with the wicked, yet he was with the rich at his death.” Matthew 27:57,59 (Bottom: Sinaiticus): “a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph … placed it [the body of Jesus] in his own new tomb.”

174. Prophecy of the Messiah

Isaiah 53:8 (Top: LXX(L) tr. Hebrew): “In his humiliation, his justice was taken away … his life is taken from the earth.” Acts 8:33 (Bottom: Codex Laudianus): “In his humiliation, his justice was taken away … his life is taken from the earth.”

172. Prophecy of the Messiah

Isaiah 53:7 (Top: LXX Sinaiticus) “Like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he does not open his mouth.” Acts 8:32 (Bottom: Sinaiticus; cf. Matthew 27:14) “Like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he does not open his mouth.”

171. Prophecy of the Messiah

Isaiah 53:6 (DSS): “We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has placed upon him the iniquity of us all.” 1 Peter 2:25 (Sinaiticus): “For you were going astray like sheep.”

170. Prophecy of the Messiah

Isaiah 53:5 (DSS): “But he was wounded for our transgressions … and by his wounds we are healed.” 1 Peter 2:24 (Sinaiticus): “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree ... By his wounds you were healed.”

169. Prophecy of the Messiah

Isaiah 53:4 (DSS): “Surely he bore our diseases, and took our pains.” Matthew 8:17 (Sinaiticus): “In this way what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, ‘He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.’”

154. Prophecy of the Messiah

“He [God] alone stretches out the heavens, and walks on the waves of the sea.” (Job 9:8 LXX). “He [Jesus] came to them, walking on the sea …” (Mark 6:48 Codex Sinaiticus; Matthew 14:25).

79. Isaiah 44:24

Isaiah 44:24 (Top: LXX Sinaiticus. Bottom: Dead Sea Scroll 1QIsa(a), with translation) reads: “I am Yahweh, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who fashioned the earth all by myself.”

78. Intelligent Design: Complex Molecular Machines

Helicase and topoisomerase molecular machines work together to unzip DNA and untangle supercoils in DNA strands during replication and transcription in a multi-step procedure.

168. Prophecy of the Messiah

Isaiah 53:1 (LXX): “Lord, who has believed our message?” John 12:37-38: “Although Jesus had performed so many signs … they still did not believe in him. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: ‘Lord, who has believed our message?’”

22. Biblical People in Inscriptions

Gedaliah son of Pashhur (Jeremiah 38:1). An official of king Zedekiah of Judah (597-586 BC). A City of David bulla discovered in 2008 reads: lgdlyhw bn [p]shwr “Belonging to Gedalyahu, son of [P]ashhur.”

168. Prophecy of the Messiah

Isaiah 53:11 (DSS): “After the suffering of his soul he will see light.“ Matthew 28:5-6 (Codex Sinaiticus): “The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen.’”

167. Prophecy of the Messiah

Isaiah 53:8 (Top: LXX Sinaiticus. Middle: Lost tav in Hebrew restored) reads: “For the transgression of my people he was led to death.” Mark 15:20 (Bottom: Codex Vaticanus): “They led him [Jesus] out to crucify him.”

58b. Intelligent Design

V-type ATPase is an ATP-driven rotary molecular motor that is a transmembrane proton pump in all eukaryotic cells. It provides most of the energy needed for transport systems that utilize the proton-motive force generated by ATP hydrolysis.

40. Genesis Flood

The world-wide year-long Flood of Noah’s time left thick layers of sediment across the earth containing billions of fossils which reveal sudden extinction. See, e.g., T. Clarey, Carved in Stone (2020). (Genesis 6-8; Matthew 24:38; Hebrews 11:7; 1 Peter 3:20).

166. Sodom

Sodom (Bab edh-Dhra), Gomorrah (Numeira), Admah (Feifa?) and Zeboiim (Khanazir?) were destroyed at the end of the EB III period (Genesis 19:24; 2 Peter 2:6). The Ebla geographic atlas lists Sodom (Si-da-mu) and Admah (Ad-mu). Another tablet lists Zeboiim (Sa-bi-im).

71. Intelligent Design

The planthopper Issus coeleoptratus nymph has real, mechanical, interdigitating gears near the top of its hindlegs. The purposeful arrangement of parts is reasonably and persuasively explained by reference to an intelligent cause.

165. Prophecy of the Messiah

DSS Isaiah 53:6 reads: “We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him [the Messiah] the iniquity of us all.” 1 Peter 2:24 Codex Sinaiticus: “He [Jesus] Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree …”

75. Eyewitness Testimony

Papyrus 46 dated 125–225 AD for Galatians 2:9 (below), plus codex Sinaiticus, reads: Iakobos kai (kephas) kai Ioannes…dexias edokan emoi..koinonias “James and Peter and John… gave to me [Paul] the right hand…of fellowship”