Bible Facts

The Original Manuscripts of the Holy Bible

a collection of 66 books,

spanning 1500 years  (1400 B.C to A.D. 100),

over 40 generations,

over 40 authors including kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets, statesmen, scholars, men, women, Jews,

and a gentile (Luke),

in three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek),

the first complete assembled Bible had no chapters or verses,

were handwritten manuscripts written without spaces between the words and no punctuation.

 The First Printed Bible

divided into verses was a Latin edition by Pagninus, printed in A.D.1528.

first complete English version was the Geneva Bible, printed in A.D.1560.

 The word “God” appears in every book of the Bible except Esther and Song of Solomon.

The Old Testament can be divided as follows;

 Historical Books (17) -Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.

Poetical Books (5) -Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon,

Prophetic Books (17) Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

The New Testament is divided as follows;

Gospels (4) -Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,

Epistles (21) -Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude.

And the final chapter, Revelations, thought to be both prophetic and historical.

Miscellaneous Facts

Passages which speak of Jesus Christ as God; John 1:1, John 20:28, Romans 9:5, Philippians 2:11, and Colossians 1:16.

Passages which speak of Jesus Christ as man; John 1:14, Luke 2:7, Luke 2:40, Luke 8:23, John 4:6 and Hebrews 4:15.

 Shortest book: II John/13 verses     Longest book: Psalms/150 chapters     Shortest chapter: Psalm 117     Longest chapter: Psalm 119

Shortest verse: John 11:35     Longest verse: Esther 8:9