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Interesting Bible Facts

7/28/2018

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BIBLE TRIVIADID YOU KNOW THAT…
  • The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.
  • An estimated 6 BILLION BIBLES were printed between 1815 and 1975.
  • Worldwide, over 50 Bibles are sold EACH MINUTE, or 72,000 DAILY.
  • 40 men wrote the Bible over a period of approximately 1500 years.
  • The Bible was written in 3 languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.
  • The first word in the Bible is “IN” – Gen. 1:1.
  • The last word in the Bible is “AMEN” – Rev. 22:21.
  • There are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament & 27 in the New Testament.
  • The Bible has been divided into 1189 chapters consisting of over 31,000 verses.
  • The shortest book in the Bible is 2 John.
  • The longest book in the Bible is Psalms.
  • The longest Word in the Bible is "Mahershalalhashbaz" - Isaiah 8:1
  • The shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35 - "Jesus wept.”
  • Esther is the only book in the Bible that does not contain the word "God."
  • Methuselah is the oldest man on record: 969 years - Genesis 5:27.
  • The second oldest man is Jared – 962 years, followed by Noah – 950 years.
  • The raven is the first bird mentioned in the Bible – Gen. 8:7; the second is a dove – Gen. 8:8.
  • “Christian" (or “Christians") appear only 3 times in the Bible: Acts 11:26, 26:28 and 1 Pet. 4:16.
  • "Grandmother" appears only once in the KJV Bible - 2 Tim. 1:5.
  • Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible, but domestic cats are not mentioned at all.
  • THE ONLY PERFECT BOOK IN EXISTENCE IS THE BIBLE – “The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.”  Psalm 119:160
 Jesus, always Jesus!
 
Dennis
 
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