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79. Isaiah 44:24

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

173. Prophecy of the Messiah

Isaiah 53:3 (DSS): “He was despised, and rejected by people … and we did not value him.” Luke 22:2 (Sinaiticus): “The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him [Jesus].”

15. Isaiah the Prophet

Isaiah/Yeshayah the Prophet (ca. 760-680 BC). A City of David bulla reads: lysayh nvy: "Belonging to Yeshayah the Prophet." The spelling for prophet is also found in Dead Sea Scroll 1QIsa(a) for Isaiah 28:7 and 1QDeut(a) for Deuteronomy 13:4.

93. New Testament People

There are at least thirty people in the New Testament that have been cited by non-Christian sources and/or confirmed by archaeology. The New Testament contains multiple independent accounts by eight different authors.

179. Prophecy of the Messiah

Psalm 22:16 (DSS MT MSS LXX) “They have pierced my hands and my feet.” Zechariah 12:10 “they will look to me, the one they have pierced.” Matthew 27:35 “When they had crucified him [Jesus] …” John 19:37 “They will look on the one they have pierced.”

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 we are healed.”

159. Biblical People in Inscriptions

The Tel Dan Stele mentions "House of David." Using Reflectance Transformation Imaging, the Dhibon Mesha Stele line 31 also reads “House of David.”

185. Mt. Ebal Tablet

A lead tablet from the east excavation dump area of the Mt. Ebal altar is dated 1200-1400 BC and mentions “by the God Yahu” in proto-alphabetic Hebrew. To have both El and Yhw written at this early time period refutes the 19th century documentary hypothesis.

68. 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.’”

51. Intelligent Design: Complex Molecular Machines

The bacterial flagellum is powered by a rotary motor, which has a drive shaft, universal joint, rotor, bushings, stator, and a clutch and braking system. It has a near 100% efficiency and displays a clear top-down design logic.

46. Intelligent Design

The ATP synthase machine with rotary motor is able to produce about 100 ATP molecules per second with near-100% efficiency. ATP synthase is irreducibly complex, which means all parts of the machine had to come into existence at its beginning.

69. Biblical Names in Inscriptions

Gallio (Acts 18:12 etc). A portion of the Delphi Inscription from Delphi, Greece, dated January-August 52 A.D., reads: “Gallio, my fr[iend] an[d procon]cil.” It supports Luke’s chronology and recording of the events during Paul’s travels.

122. Eye Witnesses

In Acts 3:15 (Codex Sinaiticus), Peter with John say to the crowd concerning Jesus, “You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.”

46. Earthquake of 33 AD

In gullies of the Wadi Ze’elim, SW Dead Sea, an earthquake seismite layer can be seen that has been assigned to 31 +/- 4 AD, which history specifies as 33 A.D. This earthquake is noted in Matthew 27:50-51 at the time when Jesus was being crucified.

76. Prophecy of the Messiah

In around 586 BC Daniel in 9:25-26 prophesied that a coming anointed one would make atonement after a decree, and he would be killed before Jerusalem and the temple are destroyed. This points to Jesus (Isaiah 53; Romans 11:26; Hebrews 9:28).

4. Names of Biblical People in Inscriptions

Alexander son of Simon the Cyrenean was one of two sons of Simon who carried the crossbeam of Jesus (Mark 15:21). An ossuary inscription pre 70 AD (Heb. Univ. No. 1965) reads: 1. “Alexander the Cyrenian,” 2. “Alexander (son of) Simon.”

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 we are healed.”

184. Early Church Father’s New Testament Quotes

113. Eye Witnesses

Acts 2:32 (Codex Sinaiticus) reads (Peter, with the Eleven disciples, said): “God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.”

183. Shiloh

Excavations at Tel Shiloh have found the tabernacle foundation with biblical dimensions (Exo 25:1-27:21), altar horns (Exo 27:2), bone deposits: 70% right side of animal (Lev. 7:32), ceramic pomegranates (Exo 28:33ff), and many storage rooms (for tithes; Lev. 27:30).