Bible Roadmap

Faith and careful study

God's Word

What we confess. What the manuscripts show. Why careful reading matters.

  1. 01 · Doctrinal foundation

    Inspired and trustworthy

    Our doctrinal foundation affirms the Bible as inspired by God and trustworthy. Historical study can investigate its manuscripts and setting; historical evidence and the theological claim of inspiration are not the same claim.

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    Source: Baptist Faith and Message 2000, Article I

  2. 02 · Note

    The books of Scripture

    Bible Roadmap reads the Protestant canon: 39 Old Testament and 27 New Testament books. The Old Testament is described in terms of the Law, Prophets and Psalms in Luke. Early church discussion of the canon was a historical process; it was not a single council inventing the Bible.

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    Source: Eusebius, Church History III.25 (historical source, not Scripture)

  3. 03 · Note

    Ancient witnesses: the Dead Sea Scrolls

    The Great Isaiah Scroll is dated by the Israel Museum to c. 125 BC. It generally agrees with the later Masoretic text while containing differences in spelling and readings, as well as corrections. It is an ancient witness—not evidence that every manuscript was identical.

    Source: Israel Museum, The Great Isaiah Scroll

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    Copies, variants and careful comparison

    Manuscripts preserve evidence that can be compared. Variants include spelling differences and longer or shorter readings. A responsible account acknowledges them rather than hiding them. Their significance must be assessed passage by passage.

    Source: Israel Museum, Versions and Translations

  5. 05 · Note

    A transparent example: 1 John 5:7

    The longer wording appears in the KJV and Textus Receptus but has limited early Greek manuscript support. Conservative readers differ over its inclusion. The doctrine of the Trinity does not rest on this one reading.

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    Source: NET Bible, textual note on 1 John 5:7

  6. 06 · Note

    Transmission is not translation

    Transmission concerns the copying of a text; translation concerns rendering it in another language. Compare translations with awareness of their source texts and methods. The Hebrew and Greek tools here are aligned to KJV references; a word list does not replace context.

    Source: Israel Museum, Versions and Translations

The New Testament's own connections

Promises and fulfilment

Matthew connects Bethlehem with Micah; Acts identifies the suffering servant passage with Jesus. These are explicit New Testament connections, not a speculative timetable.

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