Interesting Holy Bible Facts

HOLY BIBLE FACTS

• Number of languages the Bible has been translated into: over 1200 
• The Old Testament has more than 60 references to Jesus.
• The New Testament has more than 260 Old Testament quotations. 
• The name Christian first appears in Antioch, Syria about 100 AD. 
• The Gutenberg Bible was printed in August 1456. 
• Stephen Langton added the Chapters in 1228. 
• R. Nathan added the verses to the Old Testament in 1488. 
• Robert Stephanus added the verses to the New Testament in 1551.
• The Geneva Bible was the first Bible with Chapters and Verses in 1560
• The system of chapters was introduced in A.D. 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro, while the verse notations were added in 1551 by Robertus Stephanus, after the advent of printing.

BIBLE STATISTICS

•  The Bible was written between 1450 BC and 100AD 
•  Number of different Authors: 40 
•  Number of books in the Bible: 66 
•  Chapters: 1189 
•  Verses: 31,101 
•  Words: 783,137 
•  Letters: 3,566,480 
•  Number of promises given in the bible: 1,260 
•  Number of Commands: 6,468 
•  Number of predictions over 8,000 
•  Fulfilled prophecy: 3,268 
•  Unfulfilled prophecy: 3,140 
•  Number of questions: 3,294 
•  Longest chapter: Psalm 119 
•  Longest verse, Esther 8:9 (78 words). 
•  Shortest chapter: Psalm 117 
•  Shortest verse , John 11:35 (2 words: “Jesus Wept“) 
•  Number of times “God” appears: 3,358 
•  Number of times “Lord” or “LORD” appears: 7,736
•  The oldest parable in the Bible is Judges 9: 8-15. 
•  The word Christian appears only 3 times in the Bible, Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, and Peter 4:16. 
•  Two men in the Bible never died. Enoch and Elijah, they were taken up to heaven by God. 
•  There were 12 tribes of Israel. There were 12 Disciples. 
•  “Do not be Afraid “ appears 365 times, once for each day.
• There are 8,674 different Hebrew words in the Bible, 5,624 different  Greek words, and 12,143 different English words in the King James Version.
• According to statistics from Wycliffe International, the Society of Gideons, and the International Bible Society, the number of new Bibles that are sold, given away, or otherwise distributed in the United States is about 168,000 per day.
• A number of verses in the Bible (KJV) contain all but 1 letter of the  alphabet: Ezra 7:21 contains all but the letter j; Joshua 7:24,  1 Kings 1:9, 1 Chronicles 12:40, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Ezekiel 28:13,  Daniel 4:37, and Haggai 1:1 contain all but q; 2 Kings 16:15 and  1 Chronicles 4:10 contain all but x; and Galatians 1:14 contains all  but k.
•  It takes 70 hours to read the bible aloud.

OLD TESTAMENT STATISTICS (King James Authorized): 

• Number of books: 39 
• Chapters: 929 
• Verses: 23,145
• Words: 602,585 
• Letters: 2,278,100 
• Middle book: Proverbs 
• Middle chapter: Job 20 
• Middle verses: 2 Chronicles 20:17,18 
• Smallest book: Obadiah 
• Shortest verse: 1 Chronicles 1:25 
• Longest verse: Esther 8:9 
• Longest chapter: Psalms 119 
• Largest book: Psalms 

NEW TESTAMENT STATISTICS

• Number of books: 27 
• Chapters: 260 
• Verses: 7,957 
• Words: 180,552 
• Letters: 838,380 
• Middle book: 2 Thessalonians 
• Middle chapters: Romans 8, 9 
• Middle verse: Acts 27:17 
• Smallest book: 3 John 
• Shortest verse: John 11:35 
• Longest verse: Revelation 20:4 
• Longest chapter: Luke 1 
• Largest book: Luke