The Bible is the best - selling book of all time. It was written over a period of about 1500 years and contains 66 smaller books written by over 40 different people. The Bible is the most translated book in history and currently exists in about 2100 languages. Why is this book so respected? There are many reasons to trust the Bible. Here are a couple:

• The Bible is recognized as one of the most accurate records of ancient history ever written. The Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institute states, “Much of the Bible, in particular the historical books of the Old Testament, are as accurate historical documents as any that we have from antiquity, and are in fact more accurate than many Egyptian, Mesopotamian, or Greek histories. These biblical records can be and are used, as are other ancient documents, in archeological work.” None of the artifacts found in biblical regions or locations have ever contradicted history.
• The Bible contains over 300 fulfilled prophecies. This is one of the strongest arguments that the Bible is trustworthy. For example, the Bible predicted the time of Jesus’ presentation to Israel (Daniel 9), the village where He would be born (Micah 5:2), and a detailed description of His death (Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53). The Bible made incredible predictions about Jesus, who had yet to be born. Mathematically, the chance of even four prophecies being fulfilled in one person is 1 in 10⁴⁰. That’s 1 with 40 zeros after it! Therefore, the only way over 300 prophecies can be fulfilled in one person is because those prophecies are true!

Combine these two examples with the many other reasons (see below) and the end result is that the Bible is a book that can be trusted!