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A number of Biblical references are made in the Resident Evil franchise, normally though the quoting of particular verses of scripture.

Old Testament/Tenakh[]

Torah[]

In the original Resident Evil, Genesis 22:16-18 are cited directly when recovering the three Pass Code files. Often called the "Biding of Isaac", Genesis 22 covers the life of the patriarch Abraham and his refusal to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Versus 16-18 in particular cover God's covenant with Abraham, promising his bloodline will be as numerous as the sand grains on a beach.

In Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Dr. Alexander R. Isaacs and his clone invoke a number of Biblical references. In one scene, Isaacs cites the Bible as a precedence for his proposal of destroying the world and re-settling it with a chosen few. This is in reference to the deluge talked about in Genesis 6-9, where the patriarch Noah and his extended family are pre-warned and survive for forty days in Noah's Ark.

Ketuvim[]

An excerpt from Psalm 137 is featured in the Resident Evil 7: Biohazard demo. The song relates to the freeing of the Hebrew Israelites following the Babylonian Captivity, and their urge of enacting vengeance. The warning of coming violence in Verse 9, "Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks" (NIV), is re-written as "I shall dash them against the stones" (with "them" being scribbled out later and replaced with "you").

New Testament[]

The Golgotha Virus, and the rejected boss for Resident Evil 2 of the same name, is named after Gol'gotha (Aramaic: gagûltâ ܓܓܘܠܬܐ), the site of Jesus' execution near Jerusalem, which is also known as Calvary in English scriptural translations. The virus is so-named because of its ability to reanimate the dead, akin to Jesus' resurrection following his execution. Wesker's Report Ⅱ alludes to this further, with Lisa Trevor being executed and being confirmed dead after three days, before her revival.

The events of John 5 are brought up in the novelisation of Resident Evil: Vendetta. In the book's opening Leon is on a mission to arrest a traitorous senator in Bethesda, Maryland, and thinks upon Jesus' healing of a paralysed man there.[1]

The Epistle to the Romans is referenced in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, when the Isaacs clone says "Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord". In the context of the epistle, St. Paul is urging the Jewish-Christian community of Rome to liberate themselves from the Mosaic laws, but live in peace with others under God.[2]

Other references[]

In the 2020 Resident Evil 3 remake, Jill Valentine's necklace has the phrase "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" written on it. This is taken from a 1905 hymn of the same name which draws inspiration from sayings by Jesus in Matthew 6:26 and Matthew 10:29-31 as well as Psalm 32:8.

Sources[]

  1. Makoto, Vendetta, chapter: "Prologue: Operation Eyre".
  2. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017).
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