|
NOTE: OT = Old Testament; NT = New Testament.
1. Chapters - OT, 929; NT, 260; total, 1189.
2. Verses - OT, 23214; NT, 7959; total, 31173.
3. Words - OT, 592493; NT, 181253; total, 773746.
4. The middle chapter in the Bible -- and the shortest -- is Psalm 117.
5. The middle verse is Psalm 118:8.
6. The middle book in the OT is Proverbs;
The middle chapter is Job 29;
The middle verse is 2 Chronicles 20:18;
The shortest verse is 1 Chronicles 1:1.
7. The middle book in the NT is 2 Thessalonians;
The middle chapters are Romans 13-14;
The middle verse is Acts 17:17;
The shortest verse -- and the shortest in the
Bible -- is John 11:35.
8. All the letters in the alphabet except j are in one verse -- Ezra 7:21.
9. Two Bible chapters are identical -- 2 Kings 19
and Isaiah 37.
10. Famous Bibles
A) The Gutenberg Bible, 1452, was the first book
printed in movable type.
Fifty-six copies are known -- 13 in this country;
Charles Scribner's Sons of New York own a fine
copy that is valued at $200000.
B) The Caxton Memorial Bible was printed and
bound in twelve hours in 1877 -- one hundred copies.
C) The Thumb Bible, 1670, was one inch square and
half an inch thick. It could be read only with
a magnifying glass.
11. Queer Misprints
A) The Bug Bible, 1551, printed Ps. 91:5,
"Thou shalt not be afraid of bugs by night."
B) The Breeches Bible, 1560, printed Gen. 3:7,
"make themselves breeches."
C) The Placemakers' Bible, 1562, printed Matt. 5:9,
"Blessed are the placemakers."
D) The Treacle Bible, 1568, printed Jer. 8:22,
"Is there no treacle in Gilead?"
E) The Rosin Bible, 1609, printed the same verse,
"Is there no rosin in Gilead?"
F) The Vinegar Bible, 1717, called the parable of
Luke 20:9-16 " the Parable of the Vinegar."
G) The Printers' Bible, 1702, printed Ps. 119:161,
"Printers have persecuted me."
H) The Murderers' Bible, 1801, printed Jude 16,
"These are murderers, complainers."
Hope you enjoyed.
|
