Thursday, 17 April 2014

How well do you know your bible?

  1. First word in the Bible: 'In', as part of the sentence 'In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.'
  2. Last Word in the Old testament it is the word "CURSE" . In the New testament it is the word "AMEN"
  3. Most Common Words "and"

    Most Common Nouns Lord 7970 times,God 4094 times,Man 3323 times,King 2504 times,Sin 1016 times
  4. Words: There are 788,258 words in the King James Bible. Of these, 14,565 are unique
  5. Biblical hermeneutics is the study of the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible
  6. Shortest Verse Jesus wept.
  7. Middle of the bible The middle verse of the Bible is the 8th verse of the 118th Psalm.
  8. Best Reading The finest piece of reading is the 26th chapter of Acts.
  9. The number 40 holds particular significance in the Bible and refers to a precise number, not just a long period of time. There are at least ten instances in the Old Testament and New Testament where 40 occurs, either in years or days, e.g. it rained for 40 days and 40 nights, Moses was on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights, the Israelites wandered 40 years, Jesus fasted in the wilderness for 40 days and was seen on the earth for 40 days after His crucifixion.

  1. Bible translations have been made into 2,454 languages, with various portions of the Bible in 848 languages, one of the two Testaments in 1,168 languages, and the full Bible in 438 languages
  2. Time to Read The Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours.
  3. Chapters System The system of chapters was introduced in A.D. 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro
  4. Verses System verse notations were introduced in 1551 by Robertus
    Stephanus
  5. Longest name Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)
  6. Meaning of Bible The word Bible comes form the Greek word biblia and means "book."
  7. Scrolls Old Testament books were scrolls, a strip of animal skin that was rolled up on two sticks. One ancient copy of the book of Isaiah is twenty-four feet long. 1
  8. Memorize the Bible Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), Archbishop of Canterbury, reportedly memorized the entire Bible! Some historians record that it took him only three months to accomplish this amazing feat!
So what's your own fact about the bible you would like to share.

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