Biblical Fiction Quotes

“Nothing is ever going to be perfect,” said Zillah. “Things are not meant to be perfect.”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

“You shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your resources.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

“This last letter of yours must be a message filled with His truth, which is love.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

“Confidence returned as I joined Father in the recitation of a verse that enveloped my soul with faith, trust, and deligh”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

“Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

“He is breaking the twenty-sixth law: the command to love all human beings in the covenant.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

“Saul,” he said, reaching out to clasp my hand in both of his, “you have always felt like a son to me.” My father’s business partner seemed untouched by the passage of the years.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

“Gamaliel regarded me with neither judgment nor pity—a mercy for which I was profoundly grateful.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

“Eight, Rabban.” Simeon proceeded to list and define all eight words, focusing on philautia, unique to the Greek, meaning the love of oneself that is essential to the health of both mind and body.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

“In one way, it feels like six lifetimes, and yet I clearly recall my days of running along the beach of the Tarsus coast with my sisters, playing hide-and-seek behind the dunes.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

“Like Hebrew, Greek is an emotional language—a language of the heart. Latin, not as much.”
― Lin Wilder, My Name is Saul: A Novel of the Ancient World

“A few have heeded our words,' Adam comforted, placing his arm about her, but in his face Shaina read such suffering as she had never seen upon a human countenance. ' Man born into sinfulness no longer finds the things of God appealing. It requires a long, slow miraculous turning to bring him once more into tune with His Maker, and few will submit to the process because it is so much easier to simply enjoy the bounties of the earth and gratify every impulse. And upon us both rests the burden of this knowledge--the sordidness of man, his cruelty, his greed. All our legacy to those for whom God planned so much.”
― June Strong, Song of Eve

“Clean hands and a pure heart com from knowing when we have failed our God's standards and repenting. Repentance brings a pure heart.”
― Jill Eileen Smith, The Heart of a King

“Just how many nameless, faceless friends had I been protected by without knowing it?”
― Connilyn Cossette, Between the Wild Branches

“But Paulus, you will loose your life.

Paulus smiled. I cannot lose what I have already given away.”
― Shane Eash, Maximus: The Quest for Greatness

“I do not know the mind of the Eternal One, Moriyah. But neither do you. He has preserved your life this far, in the most unlikely of situations. Perhaps he has a unique purpose for you, in spite of what you endured. Or perhaps because of it. ... But I do know this, if he commands you to speak the truth, you must do so. No matter the cost.”
― Connilyn Cossette, A Light on the Hill

“Those songs don't each us about ourselves, son. They teach us about the God who freed us. Because if we forget who Yahweh is, if we let ourselves slide down that slippery slope, then we are no different from the nations around us.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Voice of the Ancient

“We aren't always able to harvest happiness immediately, but we can nurture it while it grows.”
― Heather Kaufman, Before the King: Joanna's Story

“Truth does not tremble in the presence of kings.”
― Ronnie Harmon, FIFTEEN MORNINGS with the PROPHET: First Edition

“Redemption doesn't require a long road; it only requires a turned head and a seeking heart. Even from the height of a cross, the distance to grace is only a prayer away.”
― David Hudnall, The Reach of the Stamped: The Story of Dismas, The Brigand

“Mercy? Mercy is a joke told by men with full bellies and dry beds. Up here, there is only the wood, the weight, and the wait. We aren't men anymore; we’re just meat hanging in the sun to warn the others.”
― David Hudnall, The Reach of the Stamped: The Story of Dismas, The Brigand

“This was a game Jeanne and I played. We spoke what we wished into the air as if we were God writing history. But we both knew we weren’t God, and that our words served as nothing more than desperate prayers.”
― Storm Shultz, Yvette's Moon

“As I read verse twenty-one, I stopped. Jael, a woman who had been minding her own business, had come across an enemy of God, and she’d killed him. My heart felt as if it would grow wings and burst from my chest.”
― Storm Shultz, Yvette's Moon

“If Yahweh had said 'yes', I would go with you without a second glance behind me. I would like nothing more than to be called your wife, Darek, but a marriage built on disobedience to Yahweh would only cause us more pain.”
― Connilyn Cossette, A Light on the Hill

“When I'd told the stories of our ancestors at the fire last night, not only had the shepherds and their families been both fascinated and entertained, but there had been something exhilarating about unrolling the stories of our ancestors for fellow Hebrews who'd never heard them.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Voice of the Ancient

“This isle of Albion never ceased to amaze him. At night, Jesus would lay awake watching the stars before the gentle lull of the lapping waves sent him to sleep. But naturally, he was not so foolish as to camp where he could be washed out to sea by the tides and always made sure there was a safe way to scale the cliffs if the need arose. Once, he had been startled into wakefulness by an unfamiliar sound but soon realised it was the eerie calling of passing whales communicating with each other as they sang of their joy for life. And as their song resonated deep within his soul, Jesus felt the greatness and generosity of their spirit. Their relevance and connection to the mysteries of the universe.”
― Natasha Rendell, Imagining Jesus

“Ten years after the crucifixion of Jesus, Rome wakes up.”
― Liam Robert Mullen

“The Roman scourge had done its work well; severe, calculated, designed not just to punish, but to break the spirit of its victim. You don't survive the beating He endured. You bleed out. You collapse in shock. You die before you even reach the hill, the place of our final destination.”
― Craig Minty, The Third Cross - The Story That Changed Eternity

“I looked at Him through the blood and the haze, and finally found the breath I didn't think I had left. The world was screaming, but in that small space between our crosses, there was only a terrifying, beautiful silence. 'Jesus,' I rasped, the word tasting of salt and soul, 'remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
― David Hudnall

“Over in the Amazon reviews a reader just said: 'Loved it! Great read especially during this season of Lent and with Good Friday only a week and a half away. Extremely impressed with the historical accuracy and research, although in general a fictional story brings to light/life the reality of capital punishment in ancient Rome. ...'
So grateful for the support as we just hit the top 200 in Biblical Fiction!”
― David Hudnall