Facts About the Bible

Facts about the Bible...

The Bible contains:

• 2 Testaments
• 66 books
• 783,137 words
• 3,116,480 letters
• 39 books in the Old Testament
• 27 books in the New Testament

Unique

• Unique Hebrew words: 8,674
• Unique Greek words: 5,624
• Unique English words: 12,143

Chapters and Verses

• The Bible has 1,189 Chapters
• The Bible has 31,102 verses
• The Old Testament has 929 chapters
• The Old Testament has 23,145 verses
• The New Testament has 260 chapters
• The New Testament has 7,957 verses
• Chapters were added to the Bible in 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro.
• Verse divisions were added in the year 1551 by Robertus Stephanus.

Longest and Shortest

• Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters)
• Longest chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses)
• Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
• Shortest book (by number of words): 3 John
• Shortest chapter (by number of words): Psalms 117
• Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words: “Jesus wept”)

The Bible was written:

• over a 1500 year span (from circa 1400 B.C to A.D. 100)
• over 40 generations
• over 40 authors from many walks of life
• in different places
• at different times
• on three continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe)
• in three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic [Chaldee], and Greek)

The Old Testament contains:.

• 17 Historical Books:
• Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Number, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
• 5 Poetical Books:
• Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
• 17 Prophetic Books:
• Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

The New Testament contains:

• 4 Gospels:
• Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
• Historical:
• Acts
• 21 Epistles:
• Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude

1. Paul wrote 14 of the books
2. Eleven single books and three dual books, or letters 

• The Revelation:
• Revelation