People attribute all manner of sayings, numbers, and things to the Bible that are not found anywhere within its pages. Here are the straight facts:

1. The Bible does not say Eve sinned by eating an apple. It says the fruit of “knowledge of good and evil”.
2. Noah did not bring all animals by twos. There were seven of every clean and two of every unclean.
3. The Bible does not say that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. It says a large fish.
4. The Bible does not say that there were three wise men who visited the child Jesus. It only names the three gifts that they brought and not the number of men. They also were not at the manger but met the family at a house when Jesus was nearly two.
5. Jesus did not just feed five thousand with the loaves and fish. The Bible says that besides the five thousand men, there were women and children who also ate.
6. The Bible does not say that money is the root of all evil. It says the love of money is a root of all types of evil.
7. Hezekiah is not a book in the Bible. He was, however, a king of Judah for 29 years.
8. Mary Magdalene was never referred to as a prostitute in the Bible.
9. The book of Revelation in many Bibles is titled “The Revelation of (St.)John” or something similar. Yet the first verse tells us that it is the Revelation of Jesus The Christ that was given to John.
10. The maxim “God helps those who help themselves” is not found anywhere in the Bible.