Biblical references

Noted Biblical references, listing people, passages and terminology.
== Biblical figures ==
* Adam and Eve
* Angel
* Daniel
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* God
* Goliath
* Jesus Christ
* Jonah
* Lucifer
* Moses
* Queen of Sheba
* Flint's identities:
** Methuselah
** Solomon
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== Locations ==
* Tower of Babel
* Garden of Eden
== Terminology ==
=== Beard the lion in its den ===
To beard the lion in its den was to confront someone on their home territory.
In 2373, when Jake Sisko wanted to see if Kai Winn kidnapped Dr. Giger, he said that he and Nog were going to "beard the lion in its den". ()
=== Break bread ===
Breaking bread with someone meant to sit down to a meal with them, implying fellowship.
In 2259 of the alternate reality, Krall expressed his frustration with the Federation, who "(sat) me in a captain's chair and (broke) bread with the enemy." ()
=== Eye for an eye ===
An eye for an eye was the punishing of someone by making them experience the wrong they committed.
In 2377, when the EMH was expressing displeasure at the Nygean legal system, which involved execution as punishment for crimes, he suggested rehabilitation as an alternative, noting that the criminals may go on to become productive members of society. Seven of Nine noted that, in the case of murder, their victims would not be able to do the same, to which the EMH replied, "And that justifies taking their lives? An eye for an eye? It's not justice, it's revenge." ()
=== Good Samaritan ===
A Good Samaritan was someone who offered help out of the goodness of their heart, expecting nothing in return.
In 2266, Lenore Karidian expressed her wish that the Karidian Company of Players had alternate travel arrangements by saying, "if ever we needed a Good Samaritan…" ()
In 2373, a supposedly dead Kathryn Janeway told the alien posing as her father that he didn't seem like a Good Samaritan to her, but rather a vulture. ()
=== Into the lion's den ===
Going into the lion's den referred to entering a dangerous place or situation.
In 2268, when Spock wanted to avoid sending down a landing force to Triskelion to retrieve the missing Kirk, Uhura, and Chekov, and preferred to beam down solo to search for them, McCoy said, "Well, Mr. Spock, if you're going into the lion's den, you'll need a medical officer." ()
=== Judas goat ===
A Judas goat was a goat that led others to slaughter. Metaphorically, it was a traitor who trapped another person. 
In 2267, when convinced by Kirk and Spock to draw the Companion out into the open so that it could be neutralized, Zefram Cochrane recalled the term "Judas goat," as he regretfully knew that he was leading the Companion into a trap. ()
== Quotations and allusions ==
=== Hebrew Bible ===
;Genesis 1:1-31 :In 2265, enhanced esper Gary Mitchell creates a Kaferian apple tree on Delta Vega, saying, ""Let there be food", echoing the other "let there be"s of Genesis. ()
: In 2285, Leonard McCoy, appalled by Project Genesis, stated, "According to myth, the Earth was created in six days. Now, watch out: here comes Genesis, we'll do it for you in six minutes!" ()
: In 2377, The Doctor sardonically said to the leader of Iden's Rebellion, "And on the seventh day, Iden created Ha'Dara." ()
;Genesis 1:3 : The last words of Gideon Seyetik were, "Let there be light." ()
;Genesis 1:26-27 : The Borg Queen discussed Seven of Nine's re-acquaintance with Humanity and commented, "They've taken you apart and they've re-created you in their own image." ()
;Genesis 3:23-24 : In 2267, Pavel Chekov claimed, "It must've made Adam and Eve very sad to leave," in reference to their expulsion from the Garden of Eden, which he inaccurately believed was located "just outside Moscow." ()
: In 2269, Spock commented on the irony that, like his Biblical namesake, Adam had been punished for eating fruit from "Eden". ()
: In 2293, Spock kept an image of Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise in his quarters aboard the . A depiction of the Biblical expulsion from Eden, this painting reminded Spock that all things must end. ()
;Genesis 5:21-27 : Flint claimed to be Methuselah. ()
;Genesis 6:9-9:18 : The hologram Hippocrates Noah planned to flood the Earth, leaving only a few survivors to repopulate the planet. () The Biblical Noah was also a survivor of a worldwide flood.
;Genesis 11:1-9 : The planet Babel is a reference to the ancient city of Babel. () Christopher Pike made reference to the Tower of Babel when the s universal translator malfunctioned. () In the Bible, the city of Babel was said to be the location where mankind started speaking many languages and divided into various nations.
;Genesis 13:15 : In several places in the Bible, Israel is referred to as the Promised Land. When breaking McCoy out of confinement to reunite Spock's katra with his body, Kirk delivered the message, "The Kobayashi Maru has set sail for the promised land," which McCoy understood to mean that one phase of their mission had been successful. ()
;Exodus
;Deuteronomy 8:3 : See Luke 4:4
;Joshua 1:9 : "…be of good courage." – Preacher ()
;1 Samuel 17:1-51 : In 2376, The Doctor determined that a pathogen had killed all the adult Borg drones on a cube in the Delta Quadrant. In showing the pathogen to Captain Kathryn Janeway and Tuvok, The Doctor remarked, "Behold! The David that slew our Goliath." ()
;1 Samuel 17:35 : Jake Sisko used the expression, "We're going to beard the lion in its den." The saying originated from this verse, combined with the passage at Daniel 6:1-28. ()
;1 Kings 3:16-27 : In 2269, Kirk referenced an account of Solomon choosing between two women claiming to be the mother of a child after Spock chose between two Kirks. ()
;1 Kings 10:1-13 : Trelane compared Nyota Uhura to the Queen of Sheba. ()
;2 Chronicles 9:1-12 : See 1 Kings 10:1-13.
;Job 19:23 : "Oh, that my words were now written! Oh, that they were printed in a book!" – Preacher ()
;Psalms 8:2 : "Out of the mouth of babes…" – James T. Kirk (; )
;Psalms 23:4 : "I fear no evil." – Benjamin Sisko ()
;Psalms 95:4 : "In His hands are the deep places of the Earth." – Dr. Ozaba ()
;Psalms 119:105 : "The light of the Lord is in his path." – Preacher ()
;Psalms 121:6-8 : When releasing Ripper, Sylvia Tilly recited a short prayer: May the sun and moon watch your comings and goings in the endless nights and days that are before you. ()
;Proverbs
;Ecclesiastes 8:15 : "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry." – commonly conflated with Isaiah 22:15 (q.v.) as "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die"; quoted by Julian Bashir and Quark ()
;Ecclesiastes 9:11 : "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." (The title of references this verse)
;Isaiah 11:6 : "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them." (The title of "And the Children Shall Lead" is a paraphrase of this passage)
;Isaiah 14:12 : Leonard McCoy compared Lucien to the biblical Lucifer. ()
;Isaiah 22:13 : "Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die." – commonly conflated with Ecclesiastes 8:15 (q.v.) as "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die"; quoted by Julian Bashir and Quark ()
:"It is a time to celebrate, for tomorrow we all may die!" – Kurn ()
;Isaiah 35:5 : "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped." – Preacher ()
;Daniel 6:1-28 : In 2268, McCoy and Spock both referred to the account of Daniel and the lion's den during Kirk's capture by the Providers of Triskelion. () See also 1 Samuel 17:35.
;Jonah 1:17-2:10 : In a log entry made by Lieutenant John Kelly of the Earth spacecraft Ares IV in 2032, the lost astronaut remarked that he was beginning to feel like Jonah; Kelly remarked that he had been trapped in the vessel longer than Jonah was in the "belly of that whale." ()
: In 2371, Kathryn Janeway said, "Find yourself a seat with a good view, because just like Jonah and the whale, you're going in." ()
;Haggai 2 : There was a corresponding Book of Haggai in the , also containing two chapters. ()
=== New Testament ===
;Matthew 4:4 : See Luke 4:4
;Matthew 5:13 : Tom Paris describes his ancestors as "salt of the Earth"-type people (i.e. good folks). ()
;Matthew 5:18 : Not one . ()
;Matthew 5:43 : While playing the role of a priest on the holodeck, The Doctor said, "Gentlemen, please! Love thy neighbor!" ()
;Matthew 6:3 : In 2364, Data attributed Starfleet's ignorance about a pattern in personnel reshuffling to the subtlety in which it occurred, saying, "Starfleet's left hand did not know what its right hand was doing." ()
;Matthew 6:28 : In 2268, Spock, quoting from the , compared tribbles to "lilies of the field… they toil not, neither do they spin." ()
;Matthew 8:26 : When assuring that he could remember a series of four coordinates Kirk had given him, chided Kirk, saying, "O ye of little faith." ()
;Matthew 13:45-46 : In 2268, Montgomery Scott related the parable of the Pearl of Great Price while referring to 's value to the Vians. ()
;Matthew 18:12 : Showing special attention to some overlooked crew members, Captain Janeway paraphrased this verse, "If even one sheep strayed into the wilderness, the shepherd left the safety of the flock and went after it." ()
;Matthew 26:41 : In 2373, The Doctor, having been taken over by an evil personality caused by an unstable combination of various historical figures' personalities, told Kes, "The flesh is weak." ()
;Matthew 27:24 : Origin of the phrase "wash my hands of it." In 2266, Doctor Simon Van Gelder pointed out to Kirk that he wanted to "wash [his] hands" of claims Gelder had made. ()
;Luke 4:4 : In 2268, Harry Mudd remarked, "Human beings do not survive on bread alone," slightly paraphrasing the words of Jesus Christ found in this verse and the parallel account at Matthew 4:4. These words were, in turn, a paraphrase of Moses' writing at Deuteronomy 8:3. ()
;Luke 4:23 : "Physician, heal thyself" – James T. Kirk (); Tom Paris ()
;Luke 10:29-37 : A "Good Samaritan" was someone who offered help out of the goodness of their heart, expecting nothing in return.
::In 2266, Lenore Karidian expressed her wish that the Karidian Company of Players had alternate travel arrangements by saying, "if ever we needed a Good Samaritan…" ()
::In 2373, a supposedly dead Kathryn Janeway told the alien posing as her that he didn't seem like a Good Samaritan to her, but rather a vulture. ()
;John 3:3-8 : Regarding the expression "born again", Tom Paris said to B'Elanna Torres, "One minute, you're in a coma, the next you're a born-again Klingon?!" ()
;John 8:7 : "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." (The title of is a variation of this verse)
;John 8:32 : "The truth that shall set them free!" – Preacher (), also referenced by Vic Fontaine, who phrased it, "The truth shall set you free." ()
;John 10:11 : Empathizing with this passage, Captain Janeway said, "Ever hear the tale of the Good Shepherd?" ()
;John 11:1-12:17 : Flint claimed to be . ()
;1 Corinthians 13:12 : "For now we see but through a glass, darkly." – Jean-Luc Picard (; The title of is also an allusion to this verse)
;1 Corinthians 15:32 : "Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die." – quotation of Isaiah 22:13 (q.v.), commonly conflated with Ecclesiastes 8:15 (q.v.) as "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die"; quoted by Julian Bashir and Quark ()
;2 Corinthians 12:7 : "Thorn in my side" (, )
;2 Timothy 4:7 : "I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith." – Joseph Sisko ()
;Revelation 16:16 : Source of the term "Armageddon"
;Revelation 22:6 : "And he said to me, 'These words are trustworthy and true.' And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place." – Preacher ()
== Appendices ==
=== Biblical references in episode titles ===
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** (Armageddon, from Revelation 16:16)
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** (Genesis 2 and 3; the title refers to the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, traditionally but not biblically described as an apple) 
** (Babel, from Genesis 11:1-9)
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** (Isaiah 11:16, "and a little child shall lead them")
** (Gideon, from Judges 6-8) 
** (Eden, from Genesis 2:8)
** (Methuselah, from Genesis 5:21-27)
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** (the parable of the Good Samaritan, from Luke 10:29-37)
** (Numbers 14:18, "The Lord [shall visit] the iniquity of the fathers on the children")
** (Book of Genesis) 
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** (Armageddon, from Revelation 16:16)
** (Babel, from Genesis 11:1-9)
** (Ezekiel 26:36)
** (John 8:7, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her")
** (Ecclesiastes 9:11)
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** (Mark 10.25, Matthew 19.24, and Luke 18.25; "camel through the eye of a needle")
** (John 10:11)
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** (Babel, from Genesis 11:1-9)
** (1 Corinthians 13:12)
** (1 Corinthians 13:12)
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** (Psalm 23:4, "through the valley of the shadow of death")
=== Apocrypha ===
The A Time to… novels reference Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 in their titles.
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