Hebrew Bible Version of Old Testament Version of the Old Testament
24 Books
Torah/Prophets/Writings
The Bible was not a a single book but a collection of scrolls or stacks of volumes until the 4th century A.D. In the 16th Century A.D. , the Bible was divided into the chapters and verses referred to today.
The Old Testament has 39 books and 929 chapters, 23,314 verses and 593,493 words.
The New Testament has 27 books, 260 chapters, 7959 verses and 181,253 words.
Shortest book-Old Testament=The Book of Obadiah The New Testment=2 John
Shortest Verse=John 11:35 “Jesus wept” Longest Verse=Ester 8:9, consisting of 90 words describing the Persian Empire.
Middle verse of the Bible (Old and New Testaments): Psalm 118:8 “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in man.”
Oldest verse in the Bible: fragments of “The Song of Deborah”
Newest verses: Gospel of John, dating from around 100A.D.
The name Yahweh or Lord appears in the Bible 855 times.
The name Jesus appears 700 times in the Gospels and Acts, fewer than 70 times in Epistles. The name Christ occurs 60 times in Gospels and Acts, 240 times in Epistles and Revelation.
An English translation of the Bible was produced by John Wycliff in the 14th Century.
King James commissioned the Bible that bears his name to attempt to satisfy both Catholics and Protestants. In 1603 he appointed 54 scholars to this task. The Bible was published in 1611. A revised version was published in 1952 and revised again by the National Council of Churches in 1952. So over time the Bible has been translated and re-translated.
Christians call the first 5 books of the Bible the Pentateuch (Greek for 5 scrolls); Jews call the the Torah (or Law).
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