Science & Scripture

Luke

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New Testament · passages in Luke compared with current science.

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• A 137-meter wooden boat once housed breeding pairs of every land animal species for a year.

  Luke 17:26-27

  What it means: There are approximately 6.5 million known land animal species on Earth.

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• An ancient city was destroyed by a rain of burning sulfur falling from the sky as divine punishment.

  Luke 17:29-32

  What it means: The Dead Sea region where Sodom is traditionally located is geologically active.

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• Complete blindness can be reversed instantly through a verbal declaration by another person.

  Luke 18:35-43

  What it means: Restoring sight to a completely blind person would require repairing whatever caused the blindness — regrowing dead retinal cells, reconnecting severed optic n…

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• The sun, moon, and stars will display special signs visible from Earth to signal upcoming apocalyptic events.

  Luke 21:25

  What it means: The sun is a ball of hydrogen plasma 150 million km away, fusing atoms and completely indifferent to human affairs.

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