The Bible/Trivia
- God Never Said That:
- It's popularly assumed that the Roman soldier who pierced Jesus' side to confirm his death had his blindness cured when he touched his eyes with his blood-stained hands. This actually isn't anywhere in the Bible, but comes from a medieval bast-seller The Golden Legend. And who would hire a blind soldier anyway?
- The bit about Mary Magdalene being a harlot. She was actually a former victim of demon possession, while the harlot was from another passage. Also the bit about her being in love with Jesus.
- Name's the Same: The Catholic and Orthodox Bibles have two different Judases. One is a heroic freedom fighter, the other betrays Jesus.
- Trope Namer: This work named the following tropes:
- Adam and Eve Plot
- Angel Unaware
- The Antichrist
- Archangel Gabriel
- Archangel Michael
- Archangel Raphael
- As the Good Book Says...
- Belly of the Whale (Though it's actually referred to as a fish in most versions.)
- Bible Times
- The Blind Leading the Blind
- Cain and Abel
- A Chat with Satan
- Crucified Hero Shot
- David Versus Goliath
- Fallen Angel
- Forbidden Fruit
- A God Am I
- Good Samaritan
- Holy Halo
- I Am Legion
- Jacob and Esau
- Jesus Saves
- Judgment of Solomon
- The Messiah
- Moses in the Bulrushes
- Never Accepted in His Hometown
- Nice Job Breaking It, Herod
- Number of the Beast
- Pals with Jesus
- Satan
- Taking Up the Mantle
- Thou Shalt Not Kill
- Tower of Babel
- Turn the Other Cheek
- Universe Bible
- The Uriah Gambit
- Word of Dante: Obviously, the Divine Comedy. But also ...
- The whole "Lucifer = Satan" thing.
- The fish that swallowed Jonah being a whale.
- The Antichrist/'false messiah' concept. Revelation describes a despot ruler and his false prophet, but there's nothing about him actually claiming to be any kind of Jewish messiah.
- Judas' motives (e.g. claiming he was a Miser Advisor) for telling Jesus that they could have sold the oil and used the funds for the benefit of the poor.
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