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Bible - Do you know Fun Facts

 Did You Know That:
1)   Psalm 118 is the middle chapter of the entire bible?

2)   Psalm 117, before Psalm 118 is the shortest chapter in the bible?

3)   Psalm 119, after Psalm 118 is the longest chapter in the bible?

4)   The Bible has 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594
chapters after  Psalm 118?

5)   If you add up all the chapters except Psalm 118, you get a total
of 1188 chapters.

6) 1188 or Psalm 118 verse 8 is the middle verse of the entire
bible?  Should the central verse not have a fairly important message?
"It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man."
Psalm118:8  Is this central verse not also the central theme of the entire Bible?

10 Facts about the Bible

Here is a list of 10 facts about the Bible.
The Protestant Bible in use today contains 66 Books. 39 of the books are in the Old Testament and 27 are found in the New Testament.
Fact # 2
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.
Fact # 3
Although the Bible was written over a period of about 1400 years, its text has come to us in a remarkable state of preservation. This preservation was possible because of the large number of manuscripts found.
The New Testament evidence for reliability is almost embarrassingly large. It includes about 4500 Greek manuscripts beginning about A.D. 125.
Fact # 4
The books of the Bible originally had no chapters or verses. Now that is a cool Bible fact.
Fact # 5
The Bible, in whole or in part, is now available in more than 1100 different languages and dialects.
Fact # 6
In the earliest days of English Christianity the only know Bible was the Latin Vulgate, made by Jerome between A.D. 383 and 405. This version of the Bible could only be read by the clergy.
Fact # 7
When Queen Elizabeth died in 1603, the crown was passed on to James I, who had been king of Scotland for 37 years as James VI. Several months after he began the pursuit of a new Bible translation. It was completed in 1611 and is now know as the King James Version.
Fact # 8
The authors of the New Testament appealed to their audience because they all had first hand knowledge of the Person of Jesus Christ.
Fact # 9
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.
Fact # 10
The theme of the Bible is the same in both the Old and New Testaments. It is the redemption of man.

There are 1189 chapters in the Bible: 929 chapters in the Old Testament and 260 chapters in the New Testament.
The Star of Bethlehem was reported by Matthew but at the same time the Chinese were discovering it and thought it was just an unknown star.
There were two men in the Bible that never died! There names were Enoch and Elijah and God brought them to heaven.
The word “Christian” only appears 3 times in the Bible.
Noah took un-clean animals into the ark two-by-two but he took clean animals seven-by-seven (Genesis 7:2).
Between chapters 6 & 7 of Ezra, both Confucius and Buddha died (516-458 B.C.)
The entire Bible has 31,173 verses. The Old Testament has 23,214 verses while the New Testament has 7,959 verses. The middle verse of The Bible is Psalms 118:8. The middle verse of the Old Testament is 2 Chronicles 20:17. The middle verse of the New Testament is Acts 17:17.
The longest word in the Bible is "Mahershalalhashbaz" (18 letters) which is found in Isaiah 8:1.
There are several words occurring only once in the Bible. The word eternity (Isaiah 57:15), reverend (Psalm 111:9), grandmother (2 Timothy 1:5), and gnat (Matthew 23:24).
If you read the Bible at face value and not with the Spirit of God then there are some unusual things said. There is a man who lived to be 969 years old (Genesis5:27). Another man had an argument with a donkey (Numbers 22:28-29). The sun and the moon stood still for an entire day (Joshua 10:13). There was an army with seven hundred left handed men (Judges 20:16). The list goes on and on.

Bible Fun Facts

• Did you know the word Bible comes from the Greek word Biblia, meaning; books. No wonder it's called the Bible: it's a collection of 66 wonderful books!
• Did you know the Bible contains 773, 693 words and 3,566,480 letters. Reading them all aloud would take a person approximately 70 hours!
• The Old Testament has 39 books, while the New Testament has 27 books, bringing the total to 66. Of the 27 books of the New Testament, the Apostle Paul wrote 14 books (more than half) of the New Testament.
• The Bible contains 1189 chapters.
• The word 'testament' means 'contract' or 'covenant'.
• The old testament was written in Hebrew.
• The new testament was written in Greek.

• The first three words in the Bible are 'in the beginning'.
• The first five books of the Bible, referred to as the Pentateuch were written by Moses.
• The last word in the Bible is 'Amen'.

• The shortest book in the Bible is John 3 with one chapter, 13 verses.
• The shortest verse in the Bible is John 11: 35, 'Jesus wept'.
• The longest book in the Bible is Psalms.
• The longest verse is Ester 8:9 containing 90 words.
• The longest word in the Bible is Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1). It's going to be a problem for those with fear of long words!

• The strongest and wisest men in the Bible are the two sons: Samson and Solomon.
• The tallest and biggest villain in the Bible is Goliath whose height was over 9 ½ feet.
• The greatest warrior in the Bible is Gideon, who defeated 1,35, 000 Midianites along with 300 men and 300 trumpets under God's power.
• The oldest individual in the Bible was Methuselah (Genesis 5:27), who died at the age of 969!
• The oldest parable in the Bible is in Judges 9: 8-15.

• Psalms 117, 118 and 119 are chapters with special significance in the Bible. Apparently, Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible, Psalm 118 is the central chapter of the Bible and Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible. It's a hat-trick for the Psalms!
• 2 John and 3 John have the same number of verses (13), however, John 3 wins the title of the shortest book due to its fewer number of words.
• Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters of the alphabet, except 'J' (In the New King James Version).
• There is one chapter that is repeated twice in the Bible: (Psalms 14 and Psalms 53) 'The fool says in his heart, "there is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.' However, they are not mirror images of each other.
• The word 'God' appears 3,358 times in the Bible.
• The two books, 'Songs of Solomon' and 'Esther' have no mention of God in them.
• The word "Christian" only appears thrice in the Bible.
• Did you know the first baptism in the Bible was conducted by Moses, who used ox's blood to baptize the people.
• The sheep is the most frequently mentioned animal in the Bible.
• Did you know the only domesticated animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat!
• The number of promises in the Bible are 1,260. How many have you found? 1,260 promises to claim! Wow!
• The phrase 'do not be afraid' appears 365 times in the Bible, just as the number of days in a year. This phrase is not a suggestion but a command. So as we live each day, we know God has commanded us to trust Him with all our heart and be at rest!
• The first mention of prayer in the Bible is in Genesis 4:26.
• The total number of questions in the Bible is 3294.
• God's first question asked in the Bible is 'Adam, Adam where are you?" And God's question to us today is still the same. He calls out for his lost sheep. It is up to us to turn back to Him.

::INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE::
Total Chapters in the Bible -- 1189.
Chapters in the Old Testament -- 929.
Chapters in the New Testament -- 260.
Longest Chapter -- Psalms 119.
Shortest Chapter -- Psalms 117.
Centre Chapter -- Psalms 118.
Chapters before Psalm 118 -- 594 Chapters.
Chapters after Psalm 118 -- 594 Chapters.
Add the Chapters up --1188 (594+594)+1(Centre Chapter)=1189.
Centre Verse -- Psalms 118:8.
Psalm 118:8 -- It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Most Comforting Chapters -- Psalms 23, John: 14.
Love Chapter -- 1 Corinthians 13.
Faith Chapter -- Hebrews 11.
New Testament Formation -- Acts 2.
Alike Chapters -- 2 Kings 19, and Isaiah 37.
Longest Verse -- Esther 8:9.
Shortest Verse -- John 11:35.
Most Precious Verse -- John 3:16.
Saddest Verse -- Mark 15:34.
Grandest Verse -- Romans 8:11.
The Garden verse -- Num. 11:5.
The Metal verse -- Ezek. 22:19.
Word "God" occurs -- 4,370 times.
Word "Jehovah" occurs -- 6,855 times.
Word "Lord" occurs -- 7,736 times.
English Bible published first-- 1380 A.D.
Divisions of the Chapters made first -- 1227 A.D.
Longest Word -- Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:1).
The Greatest Word -- JESUS.
Words appears only once in the Bible -- Reverend (Psalms 111:9), Eternity (Isaiah 57:15), and Grandmother (2 Timothy 1:5).
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The Bible gives all glory and honour to the Heavenly Father Jesus Christ (Yashua Massiah) is hidden in the Old Testament and revealed in the New Testament.
The Bible was written by the Holy Spirit through 40 men over a period of about 1600 years dating from 1500 BC to about 100 years after Christ.
The Bible is the Book of Salvation and Jesus Christ is the Only Saviour under Heaven given among the human beings.
Scholars estimate that the 66 books of the King James version of the Bible were written by some 50 different authors. Some biblical scholars believe that Aramaic (the language of the ancient Bible) did not contain an easy way to say 'many things' and used a term which has come down to us as 40. This means that when the bible -- in many places -- refers to '40 days, they meant many days.
The system of chapters was introduced in A.D. 1227 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro, while the verse notations were added in 1551 by Robertus Stephanus, after the advent of printing. The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in 1380.
A Bible in the University of Gottingen is written on 2,470 palm leaves.
The Bible devotes some 500 verses on prayer, less than 500 verses on faith, but over 2000 verses on money and posessions.
The Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours.
There are 8,674 different Hebrew words in the Bible (KJV), 5,624 different Greek words, and 12,143 different English words.
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 USA is about 168,000 per day.
A number of verses in the Bible (KJV) contain all but 1 letter of the alphabet:-- Ezra 7:21 contains all but the letter j; Joshua 7:24, 1 Kings 1:9, 1 Chronicles 12:40, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Ezekiel 28:13, Daniel 4:37, and Haggai 1:1 contain all but q; 2 Kings 16:15 and 1 Chronicles 4:10 contain all but z; and Galatians 1:14 contains all but k.
Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the three angels mentioned by name in the Bible. (Raphael is the name of another angel, mentioned in the Apocalypse).
The words baptize, baptized, baptizest, baptizeth, baptizing appears in the Bible 77 times.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, named in the Bible's Book of Revelation are Conquest, Slaughter, Famine, and Death.
The 3 Magi or Wise Men and their gifts:-- Melchoir (means king of light) offered Gold; Gaspar (means the white one) offered Frankincense (Frankincense is a gum resin used as a base for incense); and Balthazar (means lord of treasures) offered Myrrh (Myrrh is a gum resin, was valued as a perfume and unguent used in embalming).
The two robbers crucified next to Jesus were named Dismas and Gestas.
Voltaire, the French philosopher was an ethist, threatened that he will see to the destruction of the Bible and its removal from the face of the earth. What happened is that the Bible Society bought the house where he was born after his death and today that building is one of the biggest sales centers of the Bible.
The name “Easter” derives from the Anglo - Saxon goddess Eostre, who governed the vernal equinox.
Salt is mentioned more than 30 times in the Bible.
There are 49 different foods mentioned in the Bible.
Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.
Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.
The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.