Interesting facts about the bible

•          The last word in the Bible is AMEN

•          About 50 Bibles are sold every minute

•          The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic and Koine Greek.

•          Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible, and lions 55 times, but domestic cats are not mentioned at all.

•          The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.

•       The oldest almost-complete manuscript of the Bible still existing is the Codex Vaticanus, dating from the first half of the 4th century, now held in the Vatican library.

•          The word "Christian" appears only three times in the Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.

•          Esther is the only book in the Bible that does not contain the word "God."

•          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.

•          There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters after it.

•         Psalm 118 verse 8 is in the center of the Bible: "It is better to trust in the Lord than put confidence in man."

•          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 - it is the shortest 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 - it was written by an unknown Israelite around 1500 BC.

•          Malachi, written about 400 BC, is the youngest book in the Old Testament.

•         James, written around 45 AD, is the oldest book in the New Testament.

•          Revelation, written about 95 AD, is the youngest book in the New Testament.

•          The verse in the exact middle of the Bible is Psalm 117:8. There are 594 chapters before Psalm 117 and 594 chapters after Psalm 117.

•          St Paul wrote 14 (of the 27) books of the New Testament.

•          The covering for the tabernacle was made out of ram skins and sea cow hides: Exodus 36:19.

•          Nowhere in the Bible does it say there were three wise men - Matthew 2:1 only says: "Magi from the east came to Jerusalem" and later they present three gifts. More

•          The word "Lord" appears 1855 times in the Bible.

•          The word "God" appears in every book except Esther and Song of Solomon.

•          The word "grandmother" appears in the Bible only once: 2 Timothy 1:5.

•          The word "eternity" is mentioned only once: Isaiah 57:15.

•          Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.

•          In Old Testament times the Mediterranean Sea was called the Great Sea.

•          There are 7 different Jeremiahs in the Bible: 1 Chronicles 5:24; 12:4, 10, 13; 2 Kings 23:30; Jeremiah 1:1; 35:3.

•          The raven is the first bird mention in the Bible. It appears in Genesis 8:7, when it is sent out from the ark by Noah to see if the flood waters have abated. The second bird was a dove, in verse 8.

•         Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.

•          A chariot imported from Egypt cost around 600 shekels of silver (1 Kings 10:29). That would be about $77,000. One shekel was 4 days wages.

•         The word "trinity" is not mentioned in the Bible.

•           Methuselah is the oldest man on record: 969 years old (Genesis 5:27).