Bible Facts
Places and journeys
Direct biblical statementQuail covered the campIn the wilderness God sent quail in the evening and manna in the morning.Direct biblical statementPaul shook off a snakeOn Malta a viper fastened on Paul's hand; he shook it into the fire and suffered no harm.Direct biblical statementA star went ahead of the MagiMatthew says the star the Magi had seen went before them until it stood over where the young child was.Direct biblical statementAn earthquake opened a prisonAt Philippi, while Paul and Silas sang hymns at midnight, an earthquake opened the prison doors and loosened everyone's chains.Direct biblical statementIsrael crossed the sea on dry groundExodus says God drove back the sea with a strong east wind all night, and Israel walked through on dry ground.Direct biblical statementThe Jordan stopped at flood timeIsrael crossed the Jordan at harvest time, when it overflowed its banks; the water stopped as the priests' feet touched it.Direct biblical statementSeven days, seven times on the seventhIsrael marched around Jericho once a day for six days, then seven times on the seventh day, before the walls fell.Direct biblical statementJesus was buried in a new rock tombJoseph of Arimathea laid Jesus' body in his own new tomb cut in the rock and rolled a great stone against the door.Direct biblical statementThe name "Christians" began in AntiochActs says the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.Direct biblical statementPeople heard in their own languagesAt Pentecost visitors from many lands heard the disciples speaking about God's mighty works in their own languages.Direct biblical statementSolomon's temple took seven yearsFirst Kings says Solomon spent seven years building the temple, and thirteen years building his own house.Direct biblical statementNo hammer was heard at the templeThe stones for Solomon's temple were prepared at the quarry, so no hammer, axe or iron tool was heard at the building site.Direct biblical statementA Persian king sent the exiles homeCyrus king of Persia issued a decree allowing the Jews to return and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.Direct biblical statementJerusalem's wall rebuilt in 52 daysUnder Nehemiah's leadership the wall of Jerusalem was finished in fifty-two days.Direct biblical statementJeremiah wrote a letter to the exilesJeremiah sent a letter to the exiles in Babylon telling them to build houses, plant gardens and seek the peace of the city.Direct biblical statementMicah named BethlehemMicah prophesied that a ruler of Israel would come from Bethlehem Ephrathah; Matthew quotes this in the account of the Magi.Direct biblical statementRahab hid the spies under flaxRahab hid Joshua's two spies on her roof under stalks of flax and let them down by a rope through her window.Direct biblical statementLydia sold purple clothLydia, a seller of purple cloth from Thyatira, became the first named believer in Europe in Acts and hosted Paul's team.Direct biblical statementIsrael wandered forty yearsAfter refusing to enter the land, Israel wandered in the wilderness forty years, one year for each day the spies explored.Direct biblical statementAbram set out at seventy-fiveAbram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran as God had told him.Direct biblical statement276 people on Paul's shipActs says there were 276 people on the ship that was wrecked on the way to Rome, and all reached land safely.Direct biblical statementJonah sailed the opposite wayGod sent Jonah east to Nineveh, but he boarded a ship going to Tarshish, in the far west.Direct biblical statementAn Ethiopian official was reading IsaiahPhilip met an Ethiopian court official in a chariot reading Isaiah aloud, explained it to him, and baptized him.Direct biblical statementTwo disciples walked to Emmaus with JesusOn the day of the resurrection, two disciples walked to Emmaus, sixty stadia from Jerusalem; Jesus walked with them but they did not recognise him.Direct biblical statementNineveh took three days to crossJonah describes Nineveh as "an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across".Direct biblical statementPaul escaped in a basketIn Damascus, the disciples let Paul down through an opening in the city wall in a basket.Literary or interpretive observationMoriah: Abraham's mountain and the temple siteGod sent Abraham to "the land of Moriah", and Chronicles says Solomon built the temple on Mount Moriah.