Adam and Eve were created on the sixth day of the creation week, according to Genesis 1. Whether that day was a literal twenty-four hours or a long age is a question faithful Christians have answered differently.

Scripture never tells us the calendar date hell was made. Matthew 25:41 describes the fire as prepared for the devil and his angels, which means it was ready before any human judgment, but the Bible does not say whether it was made at the fall of the angels or before creation itself.

The book of Zephaniah was most likely written during the reign of King Josiah of Judah, between about 630 and 620 BC, based on the superscription at Zephaniah 1:1.

The Psalms were written over roughly six centuries, from Moses and David through the Babylonian exile and the return to Zion. The book is a collection of collections, not a single sitting.

Genesis does not give the flood a calendar year. It dates the event by Noah's age, placing the beginning in his six hundredth year and the drying of the ground in his six hundred first year.

Micah 1:1 places the prophet in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, so his recorded ministry spans roughly 735–700 BC. The book itself bears marks of that era.

Jude was most likely written between AD 65 and 80, making it one of the New Testament's latest letters. The evidence comes from its relationship to 2 Peter, its use of apostolic tradition, and the false teaching it addresses.

Judges never states who wrote it or when. The book's own markers point to a time after Israel had a king, and that is about as close as the text itself lets us get.

The Epistle of James was most likely written in the late AD 40s, before the Jerusalem Council of Acts 15. This early date fits its Jewish audience, its use of the Greek Old Testament, and its silence on the Gentile mission debates.

Habakkuk was most likely written between 609 and 605 BC, during the reign of Judah's king Jehoiakim, just as Babylon was emerging as the dominant power. The book gives no date, but its own words about the Chaldeans narrow the window considerably.

Most scholars date Galatians either around AD 48-49, just before the Jerusalem council of Acts 15, or in the mid-50s after it. The deciding evidence is how Paul's visit in Galatians 2:1-10 lines up with the visits recorded in Acts.

The book of Esther gives no date line, so its date is argued from its language, its Persian setting, and its own references to records. Most date it within the Persian period, roughly 470-400 BC.

Colossians was most likely written around AD 60-62 while Paul was imprisoned in Rome. The letter's own details, including greetings from fellow prisoners, fit that setting best.

The Book of Acts was most likely written around AD 62, during or just after Paul's two-year Roman imprisonment, because the narrative ends without resolving Paul's appeal to Caesar. Conservative and critical scholars differ, and the evidence should be weighed honestly.

Most conservative interpreters date 2 Peter around 65–68 AD, near the end of Peter's life and shortly before the destruction of Jerusalem. The letter itself points to an author who expects to die soon, and it presupposes that a collection of Paul's letters already exists.

Paul most likely wrote 2 Corinthians around AD 55 or 56, from Macedonia, after leaving Ephesus and before his final journey to Corinth. The letter's travel notes, the collection for Jerusalem, and its tense relational backdrop all point to that window.

1 Kings never states its own date. Its latest datable event is the release of Jehoiachin in Babylon, which fixes the earliest possible completion of the book after that event in the sixth century BC.

Luke anchors John the Baptist's ministry to a named Roman emperor and governor. That fixed date, read alongside the Passover chronology in John, gives the two years most historians settle on for the crucifixion.

Mark 15:25 places the crucifixion at the third hour, roughly 9 a.m. This article examines that timing, the darkness from the sixth to ninth hour, and how John's reference to the sixth hour fits within the Gospel accounts.

Scripture makes the core of saving faith clear: Jesus is Lord, and God raised him from the dead. Paul's words in Romans 10:9-10 name the confession and the belief that God answers with salvation.