Interesting facts about the Bible
MissSharon2013
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Just some trivia I ran across today about the Bible I wanted to share:
http://christian-talk.forumotion.com/t1466-interesting-facts-about-bible-did-you-know-that:
The last word in the Bible is AMEN
About 50 Bibles are sold every minute
The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.
Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible, and lions 55 times, but domestic cats are not mentioned at all.
The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.
The oldest almost-complete manuscript of the Bible still existing is the Codex Vaticanus, dating from the first half of the 4th century, now held in the Vatican library.
The word "Christian" appears only three times in the Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.
Esther is the only book in the Bible that does not contain the word "God."
There are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.
The 66 books of the Bible is divided into 1,189 chapters consisting of 31,173 verses. The Old Testament has 929 chapters, the New Testament 260. (King James version)
The King James Old Testament consist of 592,439 words consisting of 2,728,100 letters and the New Testament 181,253 words consisting of 838,380 letter (total 3,566,480 letters).
The longest line in the Bible is Esther 8:9 - 89 words, 425 letters.
The longest word in the Bible is Maher-shalal-hash-baz: Isaiah 8:1.
The shortest verse in the NIV Bible is John 11:35: "Jesus wept."
The longest book chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, the shortest is Psalm 117.
There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters after it.
Psalm 118 verse 8 is in the center of the Bible: "It is better to trust in the Lord than put confidence in man."
Obadiah, with 21 verses consisting of 602 words, is the shortest book in the Old Testament, and the third shortest in the Bible.
II John has the fewest number of verses of any book in the Bible - it is the shortest book in the Bible.
III John has the fewest number of words of any book in the Bible.
Job is the oldest book written in the Bible - it was written by an unknown Israelite around 1500 BC.
Malachi, written about 400 BC, is the youngest book in the Old Testament.
James, written around 45 AD, is the oldest book in the New Testament.
Revelation, written about 95 AD, is the youngest book in the New Testament.
The verse in the exact middle of the Bible is Psalm 117:8. There are 594 chapters before Psalm 117 and 594 chapters after Psalm 117.
St Paul wrote 14 (of the 27) books of the New Testament.
The covering for the tabernacle was made out of ram skins and sea cow hides: Exodus 36:19.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say there were three wise men - Matthew 2:1 only says: "Magi from the east came to Jerusalem" and later they present three gifts. More
The word "Lord" appears 1855 times in the Bible.
The word "God" appears in every book except Esther and Song of Solomon.
The word "grandmother" appears in the Bible only once: 2 Timothy 1:5.
The word "eternity" is mentioned only once: Isaiah 57:15.
Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.
In Old Testament times the Mediterranean Sea was called the Great Sea.
There are 7 different Jeremiahs in the Bible: 1 Chronicles 5:24; 12:4, 10, 13; 2 Kings 23:30; Jeremiah 1:1; 35:3.
The raven is the first bird mention in the Bible. It appears in Genesis 8:7, when it is sent out from the ark by Noah to see if the flood waters have abated. The second bird was a dove, in verse 8.
Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.
A chariot imported from Egypt cost around 600 shekels of silver (1 Kings 10:29). That would be about $77,000. One shekel was 4 days wages.
The word "trinity" is not mentioned in the Bible.
Methuselah is the oldest man on record: 969 years old (Genesis 5:27).
http://christian-talk.forumotion.com/t1466-interesting-facts-about-bible-did-you-know-that:
The last word in the Bible is AMEN
About 50 Bibles are sold every minute
The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.
Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible, and lions 55 times, but domestic cats are not mentioned at all.
The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.
The oldest almost-complete manuscript of the Bible still existing is the Codex Vaticanus, dating from the first half of the 4th century, now held in the Vatican library.
The word "Christian" appears only three times in the Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.
Esther is the only book in the Bible that does not contain the word "God."
There are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.
The 66 books of the Bible is divided into 1,189 chapters consisting of 31,173 verses. The Old Testament has 929 chapters, the New Testament 260. (King James version)
The King James Old Testament consist of 592,439 words consisting of 2,728,100 letters and the New Testament 181,253 words consisting of 838,380 letter (total 3,566,480 letters).
The longest line in the Bible is Esther 8:9 - 89 words, 425 letters.
The longest word in the Bible is Maher-shalal-hash-baz: Isaiah 8:1.
The shortest verse in the NIV Bible is John 11:35: "Jesus wept."
The longest book chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, the shortest is Psalm 117.
There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters after it.
Psalm 118 verse 8 is in the center of the Bible: "It is better to trust in the Lord than put confidence in man."
Obadiah, with 21 verses consisting of 602 words, is the shortest book in the Old Testament, and the third shortest in the Bible.
II John has the fewest number of verses of any book in the Bible - it is the shortest book in the Bible.
III John has the fewest number of words of any book in the Bible.
Job is the oldest book written in the Bible - it was written by an unknown Israelite around 1500 BC.
Malachi, written about 400 BC, is the youngest book in the Old Testament.
James, written around 45 AD, is the oldest book in the New Testament.
Revelation, written about 95 AD, is the youngest book in the New Testament.
The verse in the exact middle of the Bible is Psalm 117:8. There are 594 chapters before Psalm 117 and 594 chapters after Psalm 117.
St Paul wrote 14 (of the 27) books of the New Testament.
The covering for the tabernacle was made out of ram skins and sea cow hides: Exodus 36:19.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say there were three wise men - Matthew 2:1 only says: "Magi from the east came to Jerusalem" and later they present three gifts. More
The word "Lord" appears 1855 times in the Bible.
The word "God" appears in every book except Esther and Song of Solomon.
The word "grandmother" appears in the Bible only once: 2 Timothy 1:5.
The word "eternity" is mentioned only once: Isaiah 57:15.
Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.
In Old Testament times the Mediterranean Sea was called the Great Sea.
There are 7 different Jeremiahs in the Bible: 1 Chronicles 5:24; 12:4, 10, 13; 2 Kings 23:30; Jeremiah 1:1; 35:3.
The raven is the first bird mention in the Bible. It appears in Genesis 8:7, when it is sent out from the ark by Noah to see if the flood waters have abated. The second bird was a dove, in verse 8.
Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.
A chariot imported from Egypt cost around 600 shekels of silver (1 Kings 10:29). That would be about $77,000. One shekel was 4 days wages.
The word "trinity" is not mentioned in the Bible.
Methuselah is the oldest man on record: 969 years old (Genesis 5:27).
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Wow. Thanks for posting that. Very interesting! I never knew most of those. There's one interesting fact that I always think about is "fear not' appears in the bible 365 times. That's so powerful to me!
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Just some trivia I ran across today about the Bible I wanted to share:
http://christian-talk.forumotion.com/t1466-interesting-facts-about-bible-did-you-know-that:
This was lots of fun! Thanks for sharing. I added some notes:
The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.
In the Navy, many chaplains insisted on putting 'property of USN' on the Bibles. I always asked for donations of Bibles so our sailors could have them without feeling the need to 'steal' the Bible...I felt an imperative to offer to give them away so they wouldn't have to 'steal' them. I always wondered why anyone would want to keep the Word of God from the hands of people needing it.
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Job is the oldest book written in the Bible - it was written by an unknown Israelite around 1500 BC.
The Book of Job has a unique style with words not common to other Books of the Bible. Some think Job was a ancient Gentile and that a Hebrew wrote the story in 600 BC, perhaps transcribing the story from an earlier Arabic story. Regardless, it addresses the very important aspects of 'why bad things happen to good people' and God's self revelation clearly shows other things are going on besides just the matters on earth.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say there were three wise men - Matthew 2:1 only says: "Magi from the east came to Jerusalem" and later they present three gifts.
Magi means wise magician/astrologer, (we use mage in RPGs and magicians, which come from the word). Magi was most closely associated with Zoroaste religion. The number 'three' became associated with the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. In fact, they probably had a huge entourage/caravan of people and support staff, since they traveled a fair distance. Other traditions add to the names (Caspar, Melchior and Belshazzar) to the story. Some traditions have as many as 12 kings represented from the east.
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The word "trinity" is not mentioned in the Bible.
The word Trinity comes about because of the reference to three aspects of the one God--Creator/father; begotten Son and Spirit--hence, people began referring them as the Trinity as early as 170 AD (Tertullian) and then the Fourth Lateran Council established the Trinitarian aspects in their meeting. Even though it was not mentioned, there were three persons/one God mentioned.
Great stuff, Sharon. So much fun to discover. Thanks for sharing.
Blessings
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