“go the extra mile” (see Matt. 5:41), “wash your hands” of something (see Pilate’s action in Matt. 27:24), “eat, drink, and be merry” (see Luke 12:19), “it is more blessed to give than to receive” (see Acts 20:35), and “the powers that be” (see Rom. 13:1) are a tiny sample of the many well-known phrases that have their origins in the Bible.1 Some will be familiar with a “family Bible,” in which all the births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths have been recorded for several generations. But once the