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Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
Every episode of Behind the Bible Verse begins with a passage of scripture, read aloud in full. Then we step into the world it came from: the history, the places, the customs, and the people who first heard these words, before ending with one question to carry with you.
Ruth and Naomi on the road to Bethlehem. Jonah running the wrong way. A father running to meet a son he thought was lost. Short, unhurried and non-denominational, for anyone curious about the stories that shaped so much of the…
Episodes
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
Wrestling at the Jabbok
The night before he meets the brother he cheated, Jacob is left alone by the river Jabbok and wrestles with a stranger until dawn. We read Genesis 32 from the…
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
The Sower
A farmer scatters seed on a path, on rock, among thorns and on good soil, and Jesus tells the crowd from a boat on the Sea of Galilee. We read Mark 4 from the…
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
The Still Small Voice
Fresh from his victory on Mount Carmel, the prophet Elijah runs for his life and ends up in a cave on Horeb, the mountain of Moses. We read 1 Kings 19 from the…
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
The Talents
A master hands three servants a fortune in silver and leaves. Two trade with it; the third buries his share in the ground. We read Matthew 25 from the World…
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
Only Her Lips Moved
Every year Hannah goes up to Shiloh, and every year her rival makes her weep, until she prays so quietly that the priest thinks she is drunk. We read 1 Samuel…
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
The Man in the Sycamore Tree
On the last stretch of road to Jerusalem, Jesus passes through Jericho, where a blind beggar will not stop shouting and a rich chief tax collector climbs a fig…
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
Five Smooth Stones
Two armies, one valley, and forty days of a giant's challenge, until a shepherd sent with bread for his brothers says he will go. We read 1 Samuel 17:32 to 50…
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
The Dreamer and the Pit
A father loves one son too openly, and the brothers sell the dreamer for twenty pieces of silver. We read Genesis 37:1 to 20 from the World English Bible…
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
Daniel in the Lions' Den: The Law and the Lions
A king signs a law he cannot undo, and Daniel prays with his windows open. We read Daniel 6:10 to 23 from the World English Bible, British Edition, then look…
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
The Workers in the Vineyard: A Denarius at Evening
The workers hired at dawn are angry when the ones hired at five receive the same coin. We read Matthew 20:1 to 16 from the World English Bible, British…
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
Esther: If I Perish, I Perish
A decree goes out against the Jews, and the queen has kept her people a secret. We read Esther chapter four from the World English Bible, British Edition, then…
- Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind Scripture
The Good Samaritan: Who Is My Neighbour?
A lawyer asks who counts as his neighbour, and Jesus tells him about a man left half dead. We read Luke 10:25 to 37 from the World English Bible, British…
Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind ScriptureThe Prodigal Son: Two Sons and a Party
A younger son asks for his inheritance early, leaves home, and spends it all in a distant country, until he is so hungry he envies the pigs he's been hired to…
Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind ScriptureJonah: The Prophet Who Ran the Other Way
God tells Jonah to go east to Nineveh, the great city of Assyria. Jonah gets up and heads in exactly the opposite direction, buying passage on a ship bound for…
Behind the Bible Verse: The Stories and History Behind ScriptureRuth: Where You Go, I Will Go
A famine, a move to a foreign land, and three funerals leave Naomi with nothing but two widowed daughters-in-law. When she sets out for home in Bethlehem, one…