The
Bible was written over a 1500 year span (from 1400 B.C to A.D. 100), over 40
generations , over 40 authors from many walks of life (i.e. - kings, peasants,
philosophers, fishermen, poets, statesmen, scholars), in different places (i.e.
- wilderness, dungeon, palaces), at different times (i.e. - war, peace), in
different moods (i.e. - heights of joy, depths of despair), on three continents
(Asia, Africa, and Europe) in three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek)
The
Bible is the best-selling book of all time. How many Bibles, do you think are
sold in one year? Any guesses? 150 million! And there are over 4 billion Bibles
in print.
The
New Testament contains more than 260 Old Testament quotations.
The
two Testaments form two volumes of one work. The first is incomplete without
the second and second cannot be understood without the first. Together they are
Gods revelation to man of the provision He had made for human salvation.
The
Old Testament has 17 Historical, 5 Poetical, and 17 Prophetic books in it.
The 17
Historical Books are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua,
Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles,
Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
The 5
Poetical Books are: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon,
The 17
Prophetic Books are: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea,
Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai,
Zechariah, and Malachi.
The
New Testament has 4 Gospels, Acts, 21 Epistles, and Revelation in it
The 4
Gospels are: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,
The 21 Epistles are: Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude.
The 21 Epistles are: Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude.
There
are 592,439 words in the Old Testament and 181,253 in the New Testament.
Psalm
117 is the shortest book in the Bible with only two verses.
Number
of Bibles distributed in the U.S. every day: 170,000
Number
of promises in the Bible: 1,260
Number
of commands in the Bible: 6,468
Number
of questions in the Bible: 3,294
Number
of writers: 40
The
Old Testament has 929 chapters and the New Testament has 260 chapters.
The
Bible contains 1189 chapters.
Did you know that over 3000 times the Bible says, “thus saith the Lord.”
Did you know that over 3000 times the Bible says, “thus saith the Lord.”
Translation
into English was first started by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in
1388. This highest selling book is much revered and was first divided into
chapter's paragraph in the Geneva Bible of 1560.
The
word Bible comes for the Greek word Biblia, which literally means
"books." So, reading the Bible is like reading 66 books. Think about
it...the Bible was written by over 40 different authors.
The
Bible contains about 773, 692 words! It would take you approximately 70 hours
to read the whole Bible out loud.
The
shortest Old Testament book is Obadiah. It has 1 chapter with 21 verses.
The
shortest verse in the Old Testament is 1 Chronicles 1:25.
The
oldest parable in the Bible is in Judges 9:8-15.
The
Old Testament has more than 60 references to Jesus.
The
New Testament contains more than 260 Old Testament quotations.
The
shortest book in the New Testament is 2 John with 13 verses.
The
longest book in the New Testament is Acts. It has 28 chapters.
Matthew also has 28 chapters, but it is shorter.
Matthew also has 28 chapters, but it is shorter.
Paul
four of his letters in the Bible while in prison. They are Ephesians 3:1,
Philippians 1:7, Colossians 4:3, and Philemon.
The New Testament was faithfully
transcribed into Hebrew, Syriac, Egyptian, Coptic, Latin and other languages by
60-70 AD.
The
first American edition of the Bible was perhaps published some time before A.D.
1752.
The
Bible has been translated in part or in whole as of 1964 in over 1,200
different languages or dialects.
The
system of chapters in the Bible was introduced in A.D. 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de
S. Caro, while the verse notations were added in 1551 by Robertus Stephanus,
after the advent of printing.
The
Bible was divided into chapters by Stephen Langton about A.D. 1228.
The
Old Testament was divided into verses by R. Nathan in A.D. 1448 and the New
Testament by Robert Stephanus in A.D. 1551.
According
to statistics from Wycliffe International, the Society of Gideons, and the
International Bible Society, the number of new Bibles that are sold, given
away, or otherwise distributed in the United States is about 168,000 per day.
There
are 8,674 different Hebrew words in the Bible, 5,624 different Greek words, and
12,143 different English words in the King James Version.
The
word "God" occurs 4,379 times.
The
word "Lord" occurs 7,738 times.
The
longest intercontinental telegram ever sent was the text of the New
International Version of the Bible, sent from Geneva, where it was translated,
to New York for printing.
The
Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours.
Oldest
verse was found on a small silver leaf from a necklace with Numbers 6:24-26
inscribed dated 7th century before Christ
A
Bible in the University of Gottingen is written on 2,470 palm leaves.
Most
of the Old Testament is written in Hebrew, the language spoken by the
Israelites. Except for a few words and sentences, the New Testament was
composed in Greek, the common language in the Hellenistic world.
The
Bible, in whole or in part, is now available in more than 1100 different
languages and dialects.
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