INTERESTING BIBLE FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW

 

Old Testament  

 

  • 39 books, 929 chapters, 23,214 verses, 593,493 words
  • he shortest book of the Old Testament is Obadiah and the longest Psalms

 

New Testament

 

  • 27 books, 260 chapters, 7,959 verses, 181,253 words
  • The shortest book of the New Testament is 3 John and the longest Luke
  • The name of Jesus is about 700 times mentioned in four gospels and the Acts
  • The name of Christ is mentioned 60 times in four gospels

 

Words in the Bible

 

  • The name of God Jahve Father is mentioned 6,855 times
  • The word God appears 4,379 times
  • The word Lord appears 7,738 times
  • The word fear appears 397 times
  • The word hell appears 53 times

 

Other Interesting Facts:

 

  • The oldest man in the Bible is Methuselah, age 969 years (Gen 5:27)
  • A man with twelve fingers and toes (2 Sam 21:20)
  • A father that had 88 children (2 Chronicles 11:21)
  • Dinosaurs mentioned in the Bible (Job 40:15-18, Job 40:19-24)
  • Longest name in the Bible is Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)
  • The sun standing still for a whole day (Joshua 10:13)
  • Youngest king in the Bible aged 7 (2 Kings 11:21)
  • The Old Testament was written 1875 B.C. primarily in Hebrew with some books in Aramaic
  • The New Testament was written 45-63 A.D.  in Greek
  • The first full Bible was put together approx. 1200 A.D.
  • The Wycliffe Bible was the first translation of the English Bible, 1388 A.D.
  • In 1228 A.D., the Bible was divided into chapters by Stephen Langton
  • In 1448 A.D., the Old Testament was divided into verses by R. Nathan
  • In 1551 A.D., the New Testament was divided into verses by Robert Stephanus