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Books of the Bible
"Among the writers, 'the holy men of God,' who spoke
always inspired by the Holy Spirit, we find persons of various classes and
education, since some are priests, as Ezra; poets, as Solomon; prophets, as
Isaiah; warriors, as David; shepherds, as Amos; statesmen, as Daniel; sages, as
Moses and Paul; and fishermen without letters, as Peter and John. Of these, some
formulated laws, as Moses; others wrote history, as Joshua; one wrote psalms, as
David; another proverbs, as Solomon; some prophecies, as Jeremiah; others
biographies, as the evangelists; others letters, as the apostles. "In
respect to place, the writings were at points as distant as are the sands of
Arabia, the deserts of Judea, the porticoes of the temple, the schools of the
prophets in Bethel and in Jericho, the palaces of Babylon, on the banks of the
Chebar, and in the midst of the Western civilization."
From Eric Lund's Hermeneutics, translated from the Spanish by P. C. Nelson.
2 Tim 3:16-17 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."
| The
Law
Genesis |
History
Joshua |
Poetry and Wisdom Job |
Major Prophets Isaiah |
| Minor
Prophets
Hosea |
Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi |
New Testament
The books of the New Testament were written by the followers of Jesus Christ. These followers wanted others to know the good news about Jesus Christ and the possibility of a "new" life available to them through his death and resurrection. The following chart shows the books that make the New Testament. Although Scholarly opinion has varied, Paul has traditionally been identified as author of the letters indicated below.
| The
Gospels
Matthew Acts |
Paul’s
Letters
Romans |
General Letters Hebrews Revelation |
Bible Facts
There are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and 27
in the New Testament.
The 66 books of the Bible is divided into 1,189 chapters consisting of 31,173
verses. The Old Testament has 929 chapters, the New Testament 260. (King James
version)
The King James Old Testament consist of 592,439 words consisting of 2,728,100
letters and the New Testament 181,253 words consisting of 838,380 letter (total
3,566,480 letters).
The longest line in the Bible is Esther 8:9 - 89 words, 425 letters.
The longest word in the Bible is Maher-shalal-hash-baz: Isaiah 8:1.
The shortest verse in the NIV Bible is John 11:35: "Jesus wept."
The longest book chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, the shortest is Psalm 117.
Obadiah, with 21 verses consisting of 602 words, is the shortest book in the Old
Testament, and the third shortest in the Bible. II John has the fewest number of
verses of any book in the Bible.
III John has the fewest number of words of any book in the Bible.
Job is the oldest book written in the Bible.
The verse in the exact middle of the Bible is Psalm 118:8. There are 549
chapters before Psalm 118 and 549 chapters after Psalm 118, the total sum of
which is 1188.
Does this verse say something significant about God's perfect will for our
lives? The next time someone says they would like to find God's perfect will for
their lives and that they want to be in the center of His will, just send them
to the center of His Word! Psalms 118:8 (NKJV) "It is better to trust in
the LORD than to put confidence in man." Now isn't that odd how this worked
out (or was God in the center of it)?
During the 6th Century, it was customary to congratulate people who sneezed
because it was thought that they were expelling evil from their bodies. During
the great plague of Europe, the Pope passed a law to say "God bless
you" to one who sneezed. The last word in the Bible is AMEN.
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