Bible Quick Facts
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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” does not in the book of Esther nor 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 “1 Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. 2 For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.” NIV
Longest chapter: Psalm 119 (go to)
Shortest verse: John 11:35 “Jesus wept.” NIV Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (go to)
Examples of various types of biblical prayers:
Confession (Psalm 51; Luke 18:10-24)
Praise (1 Chronicles 29:10-13; Luke 1:46-55)
Petition (Genesis 24:12-14; Acts 1:24-26)
Intercession (Exodus 32:11-13; Philippians 1:9-11)
Commitment (1 Kings 8:56-61; Acts 4:24-30)
Forgiveness (Daniel 9:4-19; Acts 7:60)
Confidence (Psalm 23; Luke 2:29-32)
Benediction (Numbers 6:24-26; Jude 24)
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