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Interesting
Facts
HISTORY
The
Bible was written by about 40 men who engaged in
writing it during a
period of about 1600 years dating from 1500 B.C. to
about 100 years after Christ.
These
men wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. 2
Peter 1:21.
They
wrote not in words of human wisdom but in words
taught by the Holy Ghost. 1 Corinthians 2:13.
The
first translation of an English Bible was initiated
by John Wycliffe and completed by
John Purvey in 1388. The Bible was translated into
chapters by Stephen Langton about 1228.
The
Old Testament was divided into verses by R. Nathan
in 1448 and the New Testament by
Robert Stephanus in 1551.
The Bible, divided into
chapters and verses first appeared in
the Geneva Bible of 1560.
BOOKS
Books
in the Bible 66
The
Old Testament 39
The
New Testament 27
Middle
Book of Old Testament Proverbs
Middle
Book of New Testament 2 Thessalonians
CHAPTERS
Bible
1189
Old
Testament 929
New
Testament 260
Middle
Chapter of Old Testament Job 29
Middle
Chapter of New Testament Romans 13
Middle
and shortest chapter of the Bible Psalm 117
Longest
Chapter of the Bible Psalm 119
VERSES
Old
Testament 23,214
New
Testament 7,959
Middle
Verse in the Old Testament 2 Chronicles 20:17
Middle
verse in the New Testament Acts 17:17
Shortest
verse of the Old Testament 1 Chronicles 1:25
Shortest
verse in the New Testament John 11:35
Longest
verse in the Bible Esther 8:9
WORDS
In
the Old Testament c. 592,439
In
the New Testament c. 181,253
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