Interesting and Unusual facts about the Bible-1

History

THE BIIBLE;-

- was written by about 40 men over a period of about 1600 years dating from 1500 BC to about 100 years after Christ. These men wrote this Scripture as they were given inspiration by God. (2 Timothy 3:16)


The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in 1388.


  It has since been translated in part or in whole into over 1200 languages and dialects.


  It was divided into chapters by Stephen Langton in 1228. The Old Testament was divided into verses by R. Nathan in 1488 and the New Testament by Robert Stephanus in 1551.


The entire Bible divided into chapters and verses first appeared in the Geneva Bible of 1560.


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Books

Books of the Bible	. . . .	66
The Old Testament	. . . .	39
The New Testament	. . . .	27
Middle Book of Old Testament	. . . .	Proverbs
Middle Book of New Testament	. . . .	2 Thessalonians
Longest Book of Old Testament	. . . .	Psalms
Longest Book of New Testament	. . . .	Luke

Chapters

Entire Bible	. . . .	1189 chapters
Old Testament	. . . .	929 chapters
New Testament	. . . .	260 chapters
Middle chapter of Old Testament	. . . .	Job 29
Middle chapter of New Testament	. . . .	Romans 13
Middle & shortest chapter of The Bible	. . . .	Psalm 117
Longest chapter in The Bible	. . . .	Psalm 119
Chapters that are alike	. . . .	2 Kings 19 & Isaiah 37
Between chapters 6 & 7 of Ezra, both Confucius and Buddha died (516-458 B.C.)

Verses

Entire Bible	. . . .	31,173 verses
Old Testament	. . . .	23,214 verses
New Testament	. . . .	7,959 verses
Middle verse of The Bible	. . . .	Psalm 118:8
Middle verse of Old Testament	. . . .	2 Chronicles 20:17
Middle verse of New Testament	. . . .	Acts 17:17
Shortest verse in The Bible	. . . .	John 11:35
Longest verse in The Bible	. . . .	Esther 8:9
Verses that are alike	. . . .	Psalm 107:8, 15, 21 & 31
Verse containing all the letters of the alphabet except 'J'	. . . .	Ezra 7:21
Verse containing all the letters of the alphabet except 'Q'	. . . .	Daniel 4:37

Source: by Robert Gunn

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