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Jeremiah 39:12, his first words in the order of the books, comes when Jerusalem falls, years later."},{"id":"John@Mat.3.1-Act","what":"last","chosen":"MAT 11:3","candidate":"JHN 3:30","kind":"dated","why":"He sends this question from prison (Matthew 11:2); John 3:30, his last words in the order of the books, is spoken before he was imprisoned (John 3:24)."},{"id":"Herod@Mat.14.1-Act","what":"first","chosen":"MRK 6:22","candidate":"MAT 14:2","kind":"dated","why":"Mark tells the banquet as something that happened before (Mark 6:17); Matthew 14:2, his first words in the order of the books, comes after it."},{"id":"Herod@Mat.14.1-Act","what":"last","chosen":"MAT 14:2","candidate":"LUK 9:9","kind":"retold","why":"Luke 9:9 retells the same moment."},{"id":"Jesus@Isa.7.14-Rev","what":"first","chosen":"LUK 2:49","candidate":"MAT 3:15","kind":"dated","why":"Luke 2:42 places these words when he was twelve; Matthew 3:15, his first words in the order of the books, is spoken at his baptism, as an adult."},{"id":"Peter@Mat.4.18-2Pe","what":"first","chosen":"LUK 5:5","candidate":"MAT 14:28","kind":"dated","why":"Luke tells these words before Jesus chooses the Twelve (Luke 6:13); Matthew 14:28, his first words in the order of the books, comes after the Twelve are sent out (Matthew 10:5)."},{"id":"Judas@Mat.10.4-Act","what":"first","chosen":"JHN 12:5","candidate":"MAT 26:15","kind":"dated","why":"John dates this to six days before the Passover (John 12:1); Matthew 26:15, his first words in the order of the books, comes when the Passover is two days away (Matthew 26:2)."},{"id":"Judas@Mat.10.4-Act","what":"last","chosen":"MAT 27:4","candidate":"JHN 12:5","kind":"dated","why":"He says this after Jesus is condemned (Matthew 27:1–3); John 12:5, his last words in the order of the books, is spoken days before."},{"id":"Pilate@Mat.27.2-1Ti","what":"first","chosen":"JHN 18:29","candidate":"MAT 27:11","kind":"retold","why":"Matthew 27:11, his first words in the order of the books, is the question John tells at 18:33, after these words."},{"id":"Pilate@Mat.27.2-1Ti","what":"last","chosen":"MAT 27:65","candidate":"JHN 19:22","kind":"dated","why":"Matthew 27:62 places these words on the day after the crucifixion; John 19:22, his last words in the order of the books, is spoken on the day itself."}],"hand":[{"kind":"add","id":"Jeremiah@2Ch.35.25-Mat","ref":"JER 1:6","why":"His own account of his call. The Berean Standard Bible prints his words in quotation marks; the list of who speaks reads them as the book's narration."},{"kind":"add","id":"Daniel@Ezk.14.14-Mrk","ref":"DAN 12:8","why":"His question, in his own first-person account. The Berean Standard Bible prints it as his words; the list of who speaks marks the speaker as uncertain."},{"kind":"add","id":"Mary_Magdalene@Mat.27.56-Jhn","ref":"JHN 20:18","why":"The Berean Standard Bible prints “I have seen the Lord!” as her words; the list of who speaks treats the verse as reported speech."},{"kind":"add","id":"Ezra@Ezr.7.1-Neh","ref":"EZR 8:28","why":"His words in his own first-person account. The Berean Standard Bible prints them in quotation marks; the list of who speaks reads them as the book's narration."},{"kind":"add","id":"John@Mat.3.1-Act","ref":"MAT 11:3","why":"The question John sends from prison. The list of who speaks gives it to the disciples who carry it; Luke 7:19 gives the same question to John."},{"kind":"remove","id":"Isaiah@2Ki.19.2-Rom","ref":"ISA 40:6","why":"Who asks “What should I cry out?” is uncertain: the traditional Hebrew text reads “and one said”, and other ancient copies read “and I said”."},{"kind":"remove","id":"Ezra@Ezr.7.1-Neh","ref":"NEH 8:10","why":"The Berean Standard Bible gives these words to Nehemiah."},{"kind":"remove","id":"Ezra@Ezr.7.1-Neh","ref":"NEH 8:15","why":"The words the Law told the people to proclaim, not Ezra's own."},{"kind":"remove","id":"John@Mat.4.21-Rev","ref":"JHN 13:25","why":"Spoken by “the disciple whom Jesus loved”, whom the text does not name; tradition identifies him as John."},{"kind":"remove","id":"John@Mat.4.21-Rev","ref":"JHN 21:7","why":"Spoken by “the disciple whom Jesus loved”, whom the text does not name; tradition identifies him as John."},{"kind":"joint","id":"Ezra@Ezr.7.1-Neh","ref":"NEH 8:9","why":"Nehemiah, Ezra and the Levites say these words together."},{"kind":"joint","id":"Abimelech@Gen.20.2-","ref":"GEN 26:28","why":"“They replied”: Abimelech with Ahuzzath and Phicol."},{"kind":"joint","id":"Abimelech@Gen.20.2-","ref":"GEN 26:29","why":"The same reply, continued."},{"kind":"joint","id":"Peter@Mat.4.18-2Pe","ref":"MRK 1:37","why":"“They said”: Simon and his companions."},{"kind":"said","id":"Ahaz@2Ki.15.38-Mat","ref":"2CH 28:23","why":"The Berean Standard Bible says “he said”; the list of who speaks reads the words as a thought."}],"silent":[{"name":"Zadok the priest","named":40,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Jehoiakim","named":36,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Sihon","named":34,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Asaph the musician","named":33,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Uzziah, king of Judah","named":33,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Nun","named":30,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Abiathar","named":29,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Timothy","named":28,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Ahaziah, king of Judah","named":26,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Baasha","named":26,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Zeruiah","named":25,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Nebat","named":25,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Manasseh, king of Judah","named":24,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Jehoiachin","named":22,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Og","named":22,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#never"},{"name":"Abel","named":9,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#well-known"},{"name":"Enoch","named":10,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#well-known"},{"name":"Methuselah","named":7,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#well-known"},{"name":"Joseph, husband of Mary","named":16,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#well-known"},{"name":"Lazarus","named":11,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#well-known"},{"name":"Matthew","named":8,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#well-known"},{"name":"Mark","named":10,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#well-known"},{"name":"Luke","named":5,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#well-known"},{"name":"Barabbas","named":10,"href":"/famous-but-silent-bible-characters#well-known"}],"jesus":{"gospels":[{"book":"Matthew","first":{"from":"MAT 3:15","words":"Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way."},"death":{"from":"MAT 27:46","words":"Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"},"last":{"from":"MAT 28:20","words":"And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age."}},{"book":"Mark","first":{"from":"MRK 1:15","words":"The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!"},"death":{"from":"MRK 15:34","words":"Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"},"last":{"from":"MRK 16:15","to":"MRK 16:18","words":"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. … they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.","label":"Last words, in the longer ending"},"note":"Some of the earliest manuscripts end Mark at 16:8. In them, his last words are his cry from the cross; the words after his resurrection come in the longer ending (16:9–20) that most Bibles also print."},{"book":"Luke","first":{"from":"LUK 2:49","words":"Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?"},"death":{"from":"LUK 23:46","words":"Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit."},"last":{"from":"LUK 24:49","words":"And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."}},{"book":"John","first":{"from":"JHN 1:38","words":"What do you want?"},"death":{"from":"JHN 19:30","words":"It is finished."},"last":{"from":"JHN 21:22","words":"If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!"}}],"after":[{"label":"Before he is taken up into heaven","from":"ACT 1:7","to":"ACT 1:8","words":"It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."},{"label":"His last words in Acts, to Paul in Jerusalem","from":"ACT 23:11","words":"Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome."},{"label":"His last words in the Bible","from":"REV 22:20","words":"Yes, I am coming soon."}],"cross":[{"from":"LUK 23:34","words":"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.","note":"Some early manuscripts do not include this saying."},{"from":"LUK 23:43","words":"Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise."},{"from":"JHN 19:26","to":"JHN 19:27","words":"Woman, here is your son. … Here is your mother."},{"from":"MAT 27:46","words":"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?","also":["MRK 15:34"]},{"from":"JHN 19:28","words":"I am thirsty."},{"from":"JHN 19:30","words":"It is finished."},{"from":"LUK 23:46","words":"Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit."}]},"ends":[{"who":"David","from":"2SA 23:1","words":"These are the last words of David","after":"The poem that follows (23:1–7) is not the last time he is quoted. He confesses after counting the troops, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done” (2 Samuel 24:10), and gives his charge to Solomon as death draws near (1 Kings 2:1–9)."},{"who":"David's prayers","from":"PSA 72:20","words":"Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.","after":"Eighteen later psalms carry his name in their headings, beginning with Psalm 86. The line is usually read as the close of an earlier collection of psalms."},{"who":"Job","from":"JOB 31:40","words":"Thus conclude the words of Job.","after":"He speaks twice more, both times to God: “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.” (Job 40:4), and his last words (42:2–6)."},{"who":"Jeremiah","from":"JER 51:64","words":"Here end the words of Jeremiah.","after":"The chapter that follows tells the fall of Jerusalem without him. The book is not in time order: the latest words it dates are spoken in Egypt, after the city fell (Jeremiah 44)."}],"claims":{"people":107,"top":85,"curated":21,"added":["Jacob"],"deaths":15,"farewell":5,"scene":10,"once":7,"onceAlone":5,"dated":12,"retold":19,"datedPeople":11,"retoldPeople":17,"departedPeople":24,"handVerses":15}}