Bible

The Bible

Although one book, the Bible contains sixty individual books. Within each of these there is often a variety of writing such as poetry, prose, biography, letters, family trees, official records, songs and prayers.

Christians consider that the origin and ultimate author of the Bible is God, but it also clear that he has used human gifts and skills in the process of putting his message into writing. 2 Timothy 3:16 says that ‘all Scripture is God-Breathed’ and 2 Peter 1:21 that ‘ men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit’, a claim that God communicated his words in some way through people. In the same way it is reasonable to imagine that God worked through those who were involved in the process of writing down and translating his message. NIV (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)

What great men say?

• Abraham Lincoln said: “I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to men. All the good Savior gave to the world was communicated through this book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man’s welfare, here and hereafter, are to be found portrayed in it.”

• George Washington said: “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.”

• Mahatma Gandhi said: “The reading of the New Testament has given me comfort and boundless joy.”

• Gen. Douglas McArthur: “Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.”

• Sir Issac Newton: “…I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatsoever.”

• Michael Faraday: “Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them?”

Selected Bible Trivia

1. The Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours.
2. number of books in the Bible: 66
3. Number of Chapters in the Bible: 1,189
4. Number of Verses in the Bible: 31,101
5. Number of Words in the Bible: 783,137
6. Number of Letters in the Bible: 3,566,480
7. Number of Promises given in the Bible: 1,260
8. Commands: 6,468
9. Fulfilled prophecy: 3,268 verses
10. Unfulfilled prophecy: 3,140
11. Longest name: Mahershalalhashbaz ( Isaiah 8:1)
12. Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
13. Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words: “Jesus Wept”)
14. Middle Books: Micah and Nahum
15. Middle verse: Psalm 118:8 “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man”.
16. Number of Old Testament books: 39
17. Number of New Testament books: 27

The scripture is truly a unique book: “different from all others; having no like or equal”.