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This paper discusses Biblical foundations for Christian education, and focuses on the revealed Word of God in the Old and New Testament. The Biblical revelation of God is dealing with His covenant people Israel and the examples of Jesus and His apostles from the seedbed for what we know today as Christian education. We look to the Biblical record for both its origin and form. Its purposes, methods, and institutional expressions are rooted in the Scriptures. God intended the education He would have had His chosen people carry on to be an important means of achieving His plan for them and for all men. The Mosaic Law is contained within itself a plan for instruction in its provisions, it regulated education also. Parents were commanded to teach their children the history of the people and commandments and the ordinances of the Law. Teaching in the home was basic in the plan God had for the education of His people. All the festivals and ceremonies were to be utilized as means for the instruction of children. The priests were responsible for acquainting the people with the teaching of the law which had been delivered into their hands. Moreover, the priests had the duty of transmitting to generations of priests to come knowledge concerning the rituals and ceremonies of the Law. Also, the priests were to teach the people how to worship, to instruct them in the law of sacrifices, in ritual, and in religious duties. Prophets represent in their teachings the highest education, an education that centered in God. They were not against the ritual and ceremonies of the Law but they pleaded for a spiritual worship of God instead of the mere outward form. The prophets taught that goodness of character was obtained through repentance, faith, and obedience to God. The roots of Christian education run deep into the soil of Judaism. The religious rites of the Hebrew people were occasions for pedagogy. Christian education had its beginning with Jesus. Christian education in the early church had its beginning in the teaching done by Jesus. Apostolic preaching formed the core of action, calling men and women to repentance. Emphasis was upon the death, resurrection, and exaltation of Jesus. The life and work of the early church, as revealed in Scripture, revolved in large measure around teaching.