Thinking...

Hello.

I have a question...why is the forbidden fruit in the Bible always depicted as an apple in pictures and what not? Where in the Bible does it specifically say...Eve ate the "apple". It never does...so why do we always perceive it as an apple? Was it even really an apple? I mean, what if it was fig or quince (which are very common in the Middle Eastern, Mediterranean area)? What if it's a fruit that we don't even know existed because it was forbidden and there is only mention of one tree and it is in the Garden of Eden? Who decided it was an apple?

Ok I lied...I have a 2nd question...Satan is called "the morning star" or "the angel of light" but only once in the Bible (only some versions actually) does it refer to him as "Lucifer" (Isaiah 14:12). When the Bible was being translated from latin, lucifer was a combination of the two latin words lux or lucis meaning "light" and ferre meaning "to bring" or "to bear".

"quomodo cecidisti de caelo lucifer qui mane oriebaris corruisti in terram qui vulnerabas gentes." Isaiah 14:12

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!" Isaiah 14:12

So is Lucifer a name we gave him, or is it a legit name of his?