9 Discoveries that Confirm the Bible | Proof for God

the Bible is the most historically accurate book ever penned hundreds of ancient discoveries verify its accuracy and here's a list of nine of those number one the pilot inscription in 1961 in an Italian sponsored dig in Caesarea archaeologists uncovered a stone that had a Latin inscription on it that said Pontius Pilate Asst prefect of Judea that Pilate is mentioned in the Gospel accounts on several occasions you read in John 19 29 Pilate then went out to them and said what accusation do you bring against this man they find verifying the New Testament statement that Pilate was the prefect of Judea discovery number two Hezekiah tunnel in 2nd chronicles 32 30 we read a statement that says this same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of upper Gehan and brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David you would think that if a king had dug a tunnel under Jerusalem we would be able to find it and that's exactly what we find a huge tunnel that matches perfectly the biblical description of Hezekiah tunnel discovery number 3 the Taylor prism in 1830 a man by the name of Robert Taylor uncovered a 15 inch tall clay cylinder there are five hundred lines of written text on this clay cylinder and it was written it was put there by a man named Sennacherib well Sennacherib was a king of Assyria that you read about in the Bible on the clay cylinder here's what Sennacherib said as to Hezekiah the Jew he didn't submit to my yoke I laid seeds to 46 of his strong cities walled forts and to the countless small villages in their vicinity and conquered them by means of well stamped earth ramps and battering rams it's interesting when you compare Sennacherib statement of what he did with the biblical statement of what he did in second chuckles thirty to one we read Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah he encamped against the fortified cities exactly like Sennacherib says he did discovery number four the David inscription for many years people said that David was a figment of the Israelite imagination because no archaeological finds had been discovered that verified his existence and yet in 1993 in Tel Dan there was a man who was working named Abraham Byron who discovered a stone and on that stone was the inscription of an Israelite King from the house of David and the Bible uses that very designation in first Kings 12 verse 19 the David inscription validated the biblical text number five the Moabite stone found in 1868 it's a black basalt stone that measures about three and a half feet high two feet wide on that stone Misha the king of Moab cut lines of text in about 850 BC Misha mentions that Omri was the king of Israel who had a press Moab but then Misha says he saw his desire upon anri's son and upon his house the Mesha stone cites Omri as the king of Israel just as first Kings 16 21 through 28 indicates furthermore it mentions a Murray's son a hab in close connection with the Moabitess just as second Kings three four through six does in addition both the stele and second Kings three four through six lists Mesha as the king of Moab and it further names the Israelite tribe of GAD and the Israelite God Yahweh another validation of the biblical accuracy number six the Nazareth house in 2008 a skeptic named Rene song wrote a book that he claimed destroyed Christianity once Aperol he said that Jesus could not have existed because there was no town of Nazareth in the first century in 2009 an archeological discovery was announced that they had found a small house in Nazareth that dated to the first century the house was only about 900 feet square total but it was large enough to provide evidence of the Bible's accuracy number seven the cyrus cylinder in 1879 hormuz rasam found a small clay cylinders about nine inches long and it's now in the British Museum of Natural History in the ancient city of Babylon he uncovered this and this clay cylinder was commissioned by King Cyrus and it had an inscription on it about his victory over the city of Babylon and his policy toward the nation's he had captured and the text said I returned to these sacred cities on the other side of the Tigris the sanctuaries of which have been in ruins for a long time the images which used to live therein and established for them permanent sanctuaries the policy often hailed as Cyrus's Declaration of Human Rights coincides perfectly with the biblical account of the rulers actions in which Cyrus decreed that the Temple in Jerusalem would be rebuilt and that all the exiled israelites who wish to join in the venture had his permission and blessings to do so you'd read that in Ezra chapter 1 verses 1 through 11 this little 9 inch long clay cylinder stands as impressive testimony that validates the biblical accuracy number 8 the discovery of the pool of Siloam in 2004 a majestic stepped entrance to the pool of Siloam was uncovered in the area known as the City of David in John chapter 9 verse 7 we read that jesus said to a blind man go wash in the pool of Siloam just translated sent so he went and washed and came back seeing validation once again of the biblical accuracy number nine the Hittite tablets for many years people made fun of the biblical text and said it mentioned people in places that never did exist one of those groups was the nation of the Hittites but in 1906 hugo Winkler was doing some excavation in the Turkish city of bog has coin there he uncovered ten thousand clay tablets that documented the history of the Hittite nation and they discovered that that area was the capital of the Hittite nation in Joshua chapter 11 we read about the Canaanites in the east and the west and the amorite and the hittite in 1906 hugo Winkler discovered the hittite nation that the Bible had mentioned some three thousand years before the Bible is the most historically accurate book ever penned you

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[u/fingurdar]

Really interesting choice of topic, and well-documented. Thumbs up.

I wrote an article on the Resurrection, and in one subpart I covered the archaeological verification of the New Testament. I'm going to include my writing, with references, for anyone who is interested to learn more:

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We move on now to the external test—the third and final test, which asks whether material external to the document confirms its veracity. For our purposes, we will be examining the archaeological record to see if it supports the New Testament’s claims and details.

To begin with, archaeology has, for example, confirmed the proficiency of Luke (traditionally regarded as the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts) as an accurate, truthful historian. To illustrate, consider that the late Sir William M. Ramsay (1851-1939)—recipient of nine honorary doctorates, three honorary fellowships, and considered by many contemporaries to be one of the greatest archaeologists to ever live—concluded, after about 30 long years of investigation, that:

“Luke’s history is unsurpassed in respect of its trustworthiness. . . . Luke is a historian of the first rank . . . [Luke] should be placed along with the very greatest of historians.”

[William M. Ramsay. The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament. (Hodder and Stoughton: London, 1915). pg. 81, 222]

This praise does not come unearned. Ramsey had been raised an atheist—and, prior to his study, he believed the Bible was demonstrably fraudulent (a fact he intended to convincingly demonstrate through his research). Ramsay set out into Asia Minor seeking to put Luke “on trial”, based on ancient cities Acts mentions that the world knew little—or nothing—about at the time. However, as it turns out, Luke’s writing names—without the presence of a single error—32 countries, 54 cities, and a total of nine islands. [Norman Geisler. “Resurrection, Evidence for.” Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics. (Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, MI, 2006). pg. 47]. After his investigation’s end, Ramsay arrived at the following conclusion:

“Further study … showed that the book [of Acts] could bear the most minute scrutiny as an authority for the facts of the Aegean world, and that it was written with such judgment, skill, art and perception of truth as to be a model of historical statement. . . . I set out to look for truth on the borderland where Greece and Asia meet, and found it [in Acts]. You may press the words of Luke in a degree beyond any other historian's and they stand the keenest scrutiny and the hardest treatment.”

[William M. Ramsay. The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament. (Hodder and Stoughton: London, 1915). pg. 85, 89]

Agreeing with Ramsay, the late E.M. Blaiklock (1903-1983)—chair of classics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand for more than 20 years and an expert Biblical author—concludes that, “Luke is a consummate historian, to be ranked in his own right with the great writers of the Greeks.” [E.M. Blaiklock. The Acts of the Apostles. (Eerdmans: Grand Rapids, MI, 1959). pg. 89]. Without question, many of the world’s most spectacular archaeologists to ever walk the earth have praised Luke’s research and authorship at levels exceeding reasonable expectations.

Specifically, archaeologists have found numerous early records of Christianity that constitute persuasive supporting evidence. This evidence ranges from ancient grave-related markings; to excavation of historical New Testament cities and locations; to confirmation of the existence of certain individuals, events, and geographic landmarks of which we only have foreknowledge due to the New Testament. Indeed, archeology has strongly tended to confirm the New Testament’s veracity.

For example, in 1945 two ossuaries (bone receptacles) were uncovered in a tomb in the vicinity of Jerusalem. On these ossuaries was graffiti that their discoverer, Eleazar Sukenik, claimed to be some of “the earliest records of Christianity.” [F.F. Bruce. “Archaeological Confirmation of the New Testament.” Revelation and the Bible. (Baker Book House: Grand Rapids, MI, 1969). pg. 327-328]. The graffiti was in the form of two written prayers reading “Iesous iou” and “Iesous aloth”—interpreted to be asking Jesus for help in the former, and praying for the resurrection of the person whose bones the ossuary contained in the latter. [Ibid.]. Remarkably, this tomb was actively in use as early as A.D. 50 or prior. [Ibid.]. That date is earlier than scholars estimate many books of the New Testament to be written as of, and represents evidence of a very early belief in the divinity of Jesus and the Resurrection of the body. This culture-rooted belief, in circulation at such an early date, excludes any hypothesis that Jesus’ Resurrection was a product of the mythologizing of later Christian groups.

In addition, because of the excavation of ancient, undiscovered cities referenced in Acts, Paul’s missionary journeys—as described throughout Acts—can now be accurately traced and confirmed to modern locations. [F.F. Bruce. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? (InterVarsity Press: Downer’s Grove, IL, 1964). pg. 95]. Archeologists have also found striking evidence of physical sites with no pre-existing historical record except within the New Testament. For instance, archaeologists have discovered the Pool of Bethesda referenced in John 5:1-3 (located in the northeast quarter of the old city of Jerusalem—an area called Bezetha), where Jesus miraculously healed a man who had been paralyzed 38 years. [Ibid.]. Excavations have identified twin pools with a rock between them, lying north and south, and matching exactly the description of John. [Ibid.]

Furthermore, it was true for centuries that there was no archaeological record of the court where Jesus was tried and sentenced to crucifixion by Pontius Pilate—a place called “the Stone Pavement” (or “Gabbatha” in Aramaic and Hebrew) according to John’s Gospel. “So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic [or Hebrew] Gabbatha.” [John 19:13]. As far as the skeptical historian was concerned, such a place was merely another legend. However, the late archaeologist and Bible scholar William F. Albright (1891-1971) demonstrated that this court was, in fact, a real place in history—it was located in the Tower of Antonia, which was the first century Roman military headquarters in Jerusalem. [William F. Albright. The Archaeology of Palestine, Revised Edition. (Penguin Books: Baltimore, 1960). pg. 141]. When Jerusalem was rebuilt in the second century A.D. following its destruction, the court where Christ was sentenced to death had been left buried, and for this reason, it was not able to be uncovered until modern times. [Ibid.]. Based on this information, one may conclude that John was not attempting to create a work of fiction with his Gospel narrative, but rather, was relaying intimate details of events with which he was highly familiar, having been a firsthand eyewitness thereto.

Additional archaeological evidence has been found confirming the existence of specific persons (e.g., Lysanias, tetrarch of Alibene mentioned in Luke 3:1); specific events and their details (e.g., two riots mentioned in Acts 19:23-29 and Acts 21:27-30; and specific geographical and temporal descriptions (e.g. Luke’s implication that Lystra and Derbe were in Lycaonia, but Iconium was not, reported in Acts 14:5-7). [F.F. Bruce. “Archaeological Confirmation of the New Testament.” Revelation and the Bible. (Baker Book House: Grand Rapids, MI, 1969). pg. 321, 326]. [Joseph Free. Archaeology and Bible History. (Scripture Press: Wheaton, 1950, 1969). pg. 317]. These persons, events, and descriptions are referenced exclusively, or nearly-exclusively, in the New Testament. They were once argued, by some critical scholars, as evidence of the New Testament’s untrustworthiness—until, of course, the disciple of archaeology began demonstrating the reality of the New Testament’s historical statements. . . . [continued below]