Here's some fun Bible facts:
- The Bible has more proofs for authenticity than any other written document.(1)
- Approximately 50 Bibles are sold each minute, making it the world's best-selling book. (source) See Most Popular Mystery Writer.
- Ironically, It’s also the world's most shoplifted book. (source)
- Esther is the only book in the Bible that doesn’t mention God.
- Job is the oldest book (1500 BC).
- Revelation is the youngest (95 AD).
- St. Paul wrote 13 of the 27 books of the New Testament.(2)
- The last word in the Bible is AMEN—Revelation 22:21.
- The Bible is alive, God-breathed—Hebrews 4:12; 2 Timothy 3:16.
- The Bible is sufficient (no other books are needed to understand the Gospel)—2 Timothy 3:14-15.
- The Bible is perfect, eternal—Psalm 12:6; 119:89.
- The Bible is useful for teaching, correcting and training—2 Timothy 3:16.
- The Bible has always been criticized—Jeremiah 6:10.
- The Bible will never pass away—Matthew 24:35.
- The Bible will always accomplish God’s purposes (judging, converting, changing)—Isaiah 55:10-11.
- The Gospels are History, Not Myth. See Great Examples of the Bible's Historical Accuracy.
- The Manuscripts. See Living Dead Sea Scrolls.
- Bible Reliability
- If you are genuinely interested in this topic I recommend this 20 part video series Evidence for the Bible.
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Interesting facts, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI always knew the Bible is the best seller ever, but I would have never thought it is the most shoplifted, too... It's just a weird feelin to put these two concepts together.
ReplyDeletePsalm 118:8 is not the center verse. I thought that was really cool when I first read it years ago, but it's false.
ReplyDeleteOn a side note, I LOVE your blog. Thankyou for sharing, and being a Titus 2 woman. We need more of you.
Thanks, Rachel. I depended on the research of others, not my own. I just googled it and found a bunch of sites claiming Psalm 118:8 was the center verse, but also a few sites that made pretty good cases against the fact. So I'll remove that "fact" since it's probably not accurate. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
DeleteAnd thanks for the kind words about Bible Love Notes!
Gail
Depending on what version you read depends on where the middle verse will be. I'll use the KING JAME VERSION because that's the most commonly used one.
DeleteThere are 31,102 verses in the Bible (KJV). Since the count is an even number, there is no single middle verse of the Bible. Psalm 103:1–2 are the two middle verses of the Bible, with 15,550 verses before them and 15,550 verses after them.
The middle verses of the Bible say this: “Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all His benefits” (Psalm 103:1–2).