It has been reported for about 50 years that the Bible has been the largest seller of all books published.
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 Pet. 1:21).
They wrote not in words of human wisdom but in words taught by the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 2:13).
English Bible
The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in A.D. 1388.
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 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.
The entire Bible divided into chapters and verses first appeared in the Geneva Bible of A.D. 1560.
Books Of The Bible
Books of Bible 66
The Old Testament 39
The New Testament 27
Middle book of Old Testament is: Proverbs.
Middle book of New Testament is: 2-Thessalonians.
Chapters Of The Bible
A. Facts and figures:
Entire Bible 1189 chapters
Old Testament 929 chapters
New Testament 260 chapters
Middle chapter of Old Testament... Job 29
Middle chapter of New Testament... Rom. 13
Middle and shortest chapter of the Bible... Ps. 117
Longest chapter in the Bible... Ps. 119
B. Great Golden Chapters:
Ascension
Acts 1
Backsliders
Hos. 14
Beatitudes
Matt. 5
Bread of Life
John 6
Brotherhood
Rom. 14
Builders
Neh. 4
Burden-bearers
Gal. 6
Call, Universal
Is. 55
Call, Workers
Is. 6
Chastening
2 Cor. 4
Confession
Ps. 51
Consecration
Phil. 3
Constancy
Ruth 1
Contrast
Deut. 28
Converts
Ps. 32
Deliverance
Acts 12
Divinity
John 1
Duty
Rom. 12
Faith
Heb. 11
Flood
Gen. 7
Friendship
1 Sam. 20
Fruit
John 15
Gifts
1 Cor. 12
Gideon's Band
Judg. 7
Good Shepherd
John 10
Heaven
John 14; Rev. 7-22
Holy Spirit
John 14-15
Humility
John 13
Instruction
Prov. 1
Intercession
John 17
Joy
Is. 12
Jubilee
Lev. 25
Judgment
Matt. 25
Law
Ex. 20
Life, Frailty of
Ps. 90
Love
1 Cor. 13
Messianic
Is. 53
Minister's
1 Cor. 4
Missions
Ps. 72; Rom. 10
New Covenant
Heb. 8
Old Age
Eccl. 12
Omniscience
Ps. 139
Overcomers
Rev.2-3
Passover
Ex. 12
Praise
Ps. 103
Prayer
Dan. 6; Luke 11-18
Prosperity
Ps. 73
Providence
Ps. 121
Refuge
Num. 35
Regeneration
John 3
Rest
Heb. 4
Resurrection
1 Cor. 15
Revival
2 Chr. 30; Luke 3
Safety
Ps. 91
Service
Luke 10
Shepherd
John 10
Soldier's
Eph. 6
Teacher's
1 Cor. 2
Temperance
Prov. 23
Tither's
Mal. 3
Tongue
James 3
Transfiguration
Matt. 17
Unity
Eph.4
Vanity
Eccl. 2
Watchman's
Ezek. 33
Water of Life
John 4
Wisdom
Prov. 3
Woman's
Prov. 31
Word of God
Deut. 6
Worship
Ps. 84
Verses
Old Testament: 23,214 verses
New Testament: 7,959 verses
Middle verse of the Bible: Ps. 118:8
Middle verse of the Old Testament: 2-Chr. 20:17
Middle verse of the New Testament: Acts 17:17
Shortest verse of the Old Testament: 1-Chr. 1:25
Shortest verse of the New Testament: John 11:35
Longest verse in the Bible: Esth. 8:9
Verse containing all letters of the alphabet except J: Ezra 7:21
Verse containing all letters of the alphabet except Q: Dan. 4:37
Verses alike: Ps. 107, verses 8, 15, 21, 31
Words
In the Old Testament c. 622,771 words
In the New Testament c. 184,590 words
Special Words in the Bible
Longest word in the Bible is: Maher-shalal-hash-baz (18 letters) Is. 8:3
"And" occurs 34,044 times in the Old Testament, 9,935 times in the New Testament
God occurs c. 4,379 times
Lord occurs c.7,738 times
Letters
In the Old Testament c. 2,728,100
In the New Testament c. 838,380
Unusual Things In The Bible
Man who lived to be 969 years old: Gen. 5:27
Sons of God married the daughters of men: Gen.6:2
Man used a stone for a pillow: Gen. 28:11
Baby had a scarlet thread tied around its hand before it was born: Gen. 38:28,29
Battle won because man stretched out his hand: Ex.17:11
Man was spoken to by a donkey: Num. 22:28-30
One who had a bed 13 1/2 feet long and 6 feet wide: Deut. 3:11
The women who had to shave their heads before they could marry: Deut. 21:11-13
Women forbidden to wear men's clothing: Deut. 22:5
Sun stood still for a whole day: Josh. 10:13
A woman killed a man by driving a tent peg through his head: Judg. 4:17-21
Men lapped water like dogs: Judg. 7:5
An army with seven hundred left handed men: Judg. 20:16
Man whose hair weighed about 6 2/3 lb.. when it was cut annually: 2 Sam. 14:26
Where a ferry boat was used: 2 Sam. 19:18
Man who had twelve fingers and twelve toes: 2 Sam. 21:20
The ax that floated in the water: 2 Kin. 6:1.6
Woman boiled and ate her son: 2 Kin. 6:29
Man had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines: 1 Kin. 11:3
Father who had eighty-eight children: 2 Chr. 11:21
No taste in the white of an egg: Job 6:6
The sun traveled backward: Is. 38:8
Man walked naked for three years: Is. 20:2,3
Army of 185,000 destroyed in one night: Is. 37:36
A man whose life was increased by 15 years because he prayed: Is. 38:1-5
The Scroll that was cut with a pen knife: Jer. 36:20-23
Graveyard full of dead bones resurrected: Ezek. 37
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