Happy Sunday Pals

Some of us find the Bible difficult to
comprehend and tag it as complicated.
On the other hand, some of us feel we
know the Bible inside out. Well, this
article lists down some Bible fun facts
that will challenge our knowledge of the
Bible.
The Bible is a unique book, as there
hasn’t been a book like this ever written
before. Written over a period of 1500
years, it has been written over 40
generations by over 40 authors, from
different walks of life like poets,
fishermen, kings, shepherds, peasants
and scholars, under the inspiration of
the Holy Spirit. This shows how God
does not call the equipped, but equips
the called.
Well, we all know that the
Bible is the best selling book of all
times, having sold about 6 million
copies, in over 2000 languages and
dialects, however, do we know that …
the Bible is the most shoplifted book in the
world?
More Bible Fun Facts
Old and New Testament Facts…
• Did you know the word Bible comes
from the Greek word Biblia,
meaning; books. No wonder it’s
called the Bible: it’s a collection of
66 wonderful books!
• Did you know the Bible contains
773, 693 words and 3,566,480
letters. Reading them all aloud
would take a person approximately
70 hours!
• The Old Testament has 39 books,
while the New Testament has 27
books, bringing the total to 66. Of
the 27 books of the New Testament,
the Apostle Paul wrote 14 books
(more than half) of the New
Testament.
• The Bible contains 1189 chapters.
The word ‘testament’ means
‘contract’ or ‘covenant’.
The old testament was written in
Hebrew.
The new testament was written in
Greek.
First and the Last…
• The first three words in the Bible
are ‘in the beginning’.
• The first five books of the Bible,
referred to as the Pentateuch were
written by Moses.
• The last word in the Bible is ‘Amen’.
Longest and the Shortest…
• The shortest book in the Bible is 3 John with just one
chapter
containing 14 verses and 299 words.
• 2 John happens to have just one
chapter with 13 verses, but the
total number of words are 303.
• The shortest verse in the Bible is
John 11: 35, ‘Jesus wept’.
• The longest book in the Bible is
Psalms.
• The longest verse is Ester 8:9
containing 90 words.
The longest word in the Bible is
Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1).
It’s going to be a problem for those
with fear of long words!!!
Strongest, Wisest, Oldest, Tallest…
• The strongest and wisest men in the
Bible are: Samson and
Solomon, respectively.
• The tallest and biggest villain in the
Bible is Goliath whose height was
over 9 ½ feet.
• The greatest warrior in the Bible is
Gideon, who defeated 1,35, 000
Midianites along with 300 men and
300 trumpets under God’s power.
• The oldest individual in the Bible
was Methuselah (Genesis 5:27),
who died at the age of 969!
• The oldest parable in the Bible is in
Judges 9: 8-15.
Did you know…
• Psalms 117, 118 and 119 are
chapters with special significance in
the Bible.
Apparently, Psalm 117 is
the shortest chapter in the Bible,
Psalm 118 is the central chapter of
the Bible and Psalm 119 is the
longest chapter in the Bible. It’s a
hat-trick for the Psalms!
• 2 John and 3 John have the same
number of verses (13), however,
John 3 wins the title of the shortest
book due to its fewer number of
words.
• Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters of
the alphabet, except ‘J’ (In the New
King James Version).
• There is one chapter that is
repeated twice in the Bible: (Psalms
14 and Psalms 53) ‘The fool says in
his heart, “there is no God.” They
are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there is no one who does good.’
However, they are not mirror
images of each other.
• The word ‘God’ appears 3,358 times
in the Bible.
• The two books, ‘Songs of Solomon’
and ‘Esther’ have no mention of God
in them.
• The word “Christian” only appears
thrice in the Bible.
• Did you know the first baptism in
the Bible was conducted by Moses,
who used ox’s blood to baptize the
people.
• The sheep is the most frequently
mentioned animal in the Bible.
• Did you know the only
domesticated animal not mentioned
in the Bible is the cat!
• The number of promises in the Bible
are 1,260.
How many have you
found? 1,260 promises to claim!
Wow!
•The phrase ‘do not be afraid’
appears 365 times in the Bible, just
as the number of days in a year.
This phrase is not a suggestion but a
command. So as we live each day,
we know God has commanded us to
trust Him with all our heart and be
at rest!
• The first mention of prayer in the
Bible is in Genesis 4:26.
•The total number of questions in
the Bible is 3294.
•God’s first question asked in the
Bible is ‘Adam, Adam where are
you?” And God’s question to us
today is still the same. He calls out
for his lost sheep. It is up to us to
turn back to Him.
You can also Drop some facts You know Too… Happy
Sunday!!!