Some Bible Factoids:

 

---The Bible has been translated and is available in over 2233 languages and dialects.

---The Bible is the first book ever printed on a printing press in 1454.

---Tape-recorded messages from the Bible are available in over 5,700 languages and   dialects.

---Approximately 50 Bibles are sold each minute in the U.S.

---The Bible is by far the best selling book in the world in any era.

---The Bible is most shoplifted book.

---Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible and lions 55. No mention of domestic cats!

---The Bible does not say Adam and Eve ate an apple. It just says, ‘Fruit’.

---The Bible never mentions 3 wise men. It only says the Maji (Wise men) from the east came bearing their gifts. There is no number recorded.

---The Bible was written in 3 languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

---The Bible was written over a period of about 1,500 years from 1400BC to 100AD.

---The first English Bible was the ‘Geneva’ Bible printed in 1560.

---The original Bible had no chapter or verse divisions. These were added later to make study and location of various passages easier.

---The Bible was divided into chapters by Stephan Langton in about 1228.

---The Bible was further divided into verses by R. Nathan in about 1448 for the Old Testament portion and by Robert Stephanus in 1551 for the New Testament.

---The Bible mentions the earth being round long before Columbus. Columbus actually recorded in his journal that he believed the earth was not flat because the Bible says so in Isaiah 40:22.

---The Bible tells us that all we can see is made of things unseen (Hebrews 11:3). This was 2,000 years before science discovered the existence of the atom.

---Bible written by over 40 writers inspired by God. Among these were; kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets, statesmen, and scholars.

---The bible contains 1,189 chapters and can be read in 1 year by reading 3.25 chapters per day. (Many guides for reading the Bible in 1 year are available.)

---The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119 and the shortest is Psalm 117.

---The longest verse is Esther 8:9. The shortest verse is John 11:35.

---The entire Bible contains 31,173 verses.

---The middle verse of the Bible is Psalm 118:8

---Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters of the alphabet except ‘J’ in the King James Version.

---Daniel 4:37 Contains all the letters of the alphabet except ‘Q’ in the King James Version.

---The whole Bible contains 773,692 words in the KJV

---These words are used only once in the KJV Bible; Eternity (Isaiah 57:15), Reverend (Psalm 111:9), Grandmother (2Timothy 1:5), Gnat Matthew 23:24.

 

NOTE: These facts may be fun and trivial but the fact that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose again that we too may rise up and live forever with him is far from trivial. The Bible is truly the Word of God and the message it contains has changed countless millions of lives. It can change yours too if you allow it to enter your heart and not merely your head.

Jesus said this, “Whoever hear these words of mine and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house on a rock. The rains came down, the floodwaters rose, and the winds beat hard against that house but it did not fall because it’s foundation was on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. The rains came down, the floodwaters rose, the winds beat down hard against the house and it fell with a great fall because its foundation was on the sand.” (Matthew 7:24-27)

 

Jesus also said, “IF any person really want to know if what I teach is merely human teaching or truly the word of God, test them by living them. Then you will know. (John 7:17 paraphrased) In other words you will see the results in your life and that will be your answer!