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- BIBLE FACTS
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- The Bible has been translated, in whole or in part, into more than 1,100
- languages and dialects.
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- About 30,000,000 copies of the complete text of the Bible, or of its principle
- parts,are distributed annually.
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- The first book printed with movable metal type was the Gutenberg Bible,
- printed by Johannes Gutenberg, before August 15, 1456, in Mainz, Germany.
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- The first printed Bible divided into verses was a Latin edition by Pagninus,
- printed in 1528.
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- The first complete English version of the Bible divided into verses was the
- Geneva Bible, printed in 1560.
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- The Bible was written by some 50 men, only one of whom (Luke) was a Gentile.
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- Statistics: (King James Version)
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- OLD NEW
- TESTAMENT TESTAMENT TOTAL
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- Books...........39.........27...........66
- Chapters.......929........260.........1189
- Verses......23,214.......7959.......31,173
- Words......592,439....181,253......773,692
- Letters..2,728,100....838,380....3,566,480
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- Shortest book: II John (13 verses)
- Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters)
- Shortest chapter: Psalm 117
- Longest chapter: Psalm 119
- Shortest verse: John 11:35
- Longest verse: Esther 8:9
- Middle verse: Psalm 97:8
- Longest word: Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:1)
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- Nautical chapter: Acts 27
- Similar chapters are 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37
- Verse containing all letters except J: Ezra 7:21
- Verse containing all letters except Q: Daniel 4:37
- The word "God" appears in every book of the Bible except Esther and Song of
- Solomon
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