Catholic Answers Live - Your Bible Questions

No Bible question is too big or too small, we take them all. Jimmy Akin lends his Scripture knowledge to listeners who ask questions about translations, content, and truth.

Questions Covered:

• 04:23 - Is there any special significance to Lot’s wife being turned into a pillar of salt and not sand or some other material? 
• 07:59 - Why was the English translation of the Bible opposed during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots? 
• 16:00 - After Cain killed Abel, he goes east of Eden and finds a wife. Where did his wife come from if Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the only people on earth? 
• 21:31 - King David prayed for horrible things to be done to his enemies. Why? 
• 32:20 - Which Scripture verses confirm that the apostles specifically have authority and not just every follower of Christ? 
• 37:00 - Is it true that we are begotten or is Christ the only one to be begotten? 
• 44:50 - In Scripture, God uses plagues to help people to turn back to him. Is there any parallel between those and this coronavirus? 
• 44:50 - In Scripture, God uses plagues to help people to turn back to him. Is there any parallel between those and this coronavirus? 
• 51:22 - Is there anywhere I can purchase a Catholic copy of the Septuagint in Greek? 

Resources Mentioned:

• The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 by Eamon Duffy

• Fires of Faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor by Eamon Duffy

• The Great Divorce by Chris Check 

• Hard Sayings: A Catholic Approach To Answering Bible Difficulties by Trent Horn

• The Bible Is A Catholic Book by Jimmy Akin
• Basics of Biblical Greek by Bill Mounce
• Verbum.com