Facts and figures about the Holy Bible

The Bible contains:-

3,566,480 letters.
773,742 words.
31,173 verses.
1,189 chapters.
66 books.
There are 929 chapters in the Old Testament and 260 in the New Testament
totalling – 1,189.
There are 39 books in the Old Testament. If we multiply the first digit
by the other we will have 27 – the number of books in the New Testament.
The shortest verse in the New Testament is John 11:35 – ‘Jesus
wept.’
The middle verse of the Bible is Psalm 103:2.
The middle book of the Bible is Micah.
The word ‘reverend’ appears only once in the Bible and it applies
to God and God alone!
It has been said that there have been around 10,000 decrees by Kings and
rulers to destroy the Bible, but it still lives – while they are all
in the grave!!

The Bible contains some 7,487 promises from God to man. The greatest being
the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16.
There are 27 words in John 3:16 the middle one being the word – Son.
‘Thus saith the Lord’ and ‘God said’ occurs more
than 2,500 times throughout the entire Bible.
This occurs more than 500 times in the first 5 books.
The name ‘Jesus Christ’ appears in the first and last verses
of the New Testament.
The Old Testament ends with a curse and the New Testament with a blessing.
2 Timothy 1:5 is the only place in the Bible where the word grandmother
appears.
Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters of the alphabet except – ‘J’.
1 Chronicles 12:40 contains all the letters of the alphabet except – ‘Q’.
The Book of Revelation has 404 verses with 550 references made to the Old
Testament.
There are over three hundred sayings from the Bible used in every day life
today. eg…..

‘The powers that be’ – Romans 13:1.
‘as clear as crystal’ – Revelation 22:1.
‘the apple of his eye’ – Deuteronomy 32:10.
‘a word in season’ – Proverbs 25:11.
‘the salt of the earth’ – Matthew 5:13.

Date : 30/11/-0001

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