SMILEYS IN THE BIBLE
I was reading in Matthew 24 when I came across verse 15 and noticed the punctuation :). A smiley face in text lingo! This had never stood out to me before and probably would not have for a long time if ever, had I not minutes before received a text from someone who used a smiley face. I began to search the Bible for other occurrences. I went all through the New Testament and found the ones below. This was done with the King James Version. Other versions may or may not have the same punctuations. (This is not a "pro KJ" or "anti all others" study. It's just a fun study I used the KJ for). I will be taking on the much larger task of doing the same in the Old Testament :)
Mat. 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth,
let him understand:)
Mk. 6:14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and
therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Lk. 2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;
(because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
Jn. 6:23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
Acts 10:36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
Rom. 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring
Christ down from above:)
2Cor. 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Gal. 2:6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they
who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
Gal. 2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
Heb. 7:21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent,
Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Heb. 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Heb. 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
OLD TESTAMENT SMILEYS
1Chr. 5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
LEFT OFF WITH EX. 13
Mat. 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth,
let him understand:)
Mk. 6:14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and
therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Lk. 2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;
(because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
Jn. 6:23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
Acts 10:36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
Rom. 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring
Christ down from above:)
2Cor. 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Gal. 2:6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they
who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
Gal. 2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
Heb. 7:21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent,
Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Heb. 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Heb. 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
OLD TESTAMENT SMILEYS
1Chr. 5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
LEFT OFF WITH EX. 13
