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Bible Facts
Did you know . . .
 | The word "Bible" simply means books. |
| The Bible was originally written in three languages; Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. |
| The Bible contains 66 books written by over 40 different authors. |
| The Bible contains 1189 chapters and over 31,00 verses. |
| The Bible has about 774,000 words (about 592,000 in the Old Testament, and 181,000 in the New Testament) |
| The longest book of the Bible is Psalms. |
| The shortest book is 2 John. |
| The longest verse is Esther 8:9. (Look it up and count the words!) |
| The shortest verse is John 11:35. |
| The shortest chapter is Psalm 117. |
| The longest chapter is Psalm 119. |
| The Bible's longest word: Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1, 3) |
| The Bible has been translated into over 1,200 languages. |
| The Bible is the best selling book of all time. |
| A man named Stephen Langton first divided the Bible into chapters in 1228. |
| The Old Testament was first divided by verses in 1448 and the New Testament in 1551. |
| It takes most people about 70 hours to read the entire Bible. |
| The book of Isaiah is constructed much like
the entire Bible: **Bible: 66 books. **Isaiah: 66 chapters. **Bible: First 39 books mainly concern Israel. **Isaiah: First 39 chapters mainly concern Israel. **Bible: Last 27 books concern the life and coming of Jesus Christ. **Isaiah: Last 27 chapters have several mentions of the life and coming of Jesus Christ. |
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