I Thought You Knew (Does it really matter?.....) Part 2

In this weeks edition of 'I Thought You Knew' i will be concluding the series i started last week. Which is  about some stories in the Bible that were usually misread or retold to make it perfect.Over history, people have developed strange misconceptions about the Bible and the tales it tells. This list hopes to put down some of the more obvious misconceptions people have about the Bible.

If you missed the previous edition click here

• Adam and Eve’s Fruit

Contrary to popular belief, Adam and Eve did not eat an Apple in the book of Genesis. The fruit is not actually named at all – it is referred to only as the fruit of “the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil”. The reason this misconception has come about is most likely due to the fact that in Middle English, the word “apple” was used to refer to all fruit and nuts (except berries). Over the centuries, this word has stuck in reference to the Genesis fruit. [Genesis 2:17]

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• Devilish Serpent

The serpent that convinced Eve to take the fruit from the tree of Knowledge and Evil is not referred to as Satan in Genesis. He is known only as the serpent who was “more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth”.  [Genesis 3]
Additionally, the term “Lucifer” used in reference to Satan comes from the Vulgate (Latin version of the Bible) translation of Isaiah 14:12 – at no point in the Bible is Satan directly referred to by the name Lucifer. But we all know Isaiah was referring to Satan, right?

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• Noah’s Ark

We all know that the “animals went in two by two”… right? Wrong! In fact, all clean animals went in in groups of seven, and unclean animals in groups of two. According to Jewish dietary law, there are far more clean animals than unclean, so the majority of creatures entering the ark went in as a group of 7. [Genesis 7:2-3]

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• Mary Magdalene’s Career

Nowhere in the Bible does it say that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. In fact, she is barely mentioned at all. Aside from her presence at the resurrection, the only other thing that the Bible does say is that she was possessed by seven demons. [Luke 8:2]

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• The Prodigal Son

Contrary to popular belief, “Prodigal” means “characterized by a profuse or wasteful expenditure” – it is not a reference to leaving or returning. [Luke 15:11-32]

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• The wall of Jericho

The children of Israel marched around the city of Jericho "seven times for seven days right"? Wrong!
God simply told Joshua to have the people to march silently around Jericho for six days, and then after seven circuits on the seventh day to shout. (Joshua 6:1-27) This meant that they marched around the city for thirteen times!

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Thanks for stopping by today. See you next week Friday for another edition of I Thought You Knew!

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