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Bible in a Nutshell1. God's Creation!

2. Satan's Deception. Adam's Consumption.

3. Noah's Boat. Abraham's Faith. Joseph's Dreams.

4. Pharaoh’s Oppression. Moses' Escape. Doubters’ Wandering.

5. Joshua's Conquests. Judges’ Strength. David's Slingshot.

6. Solomon's Wisdom. Prophets' Proclamations. Israel’s Scattering.

7. Mary's Delivery!

8. Jesus' Miracles. Rabbi’s Lessons. Lamb’s Death. Resurrection!

9. Spirit's Arrival. Disciples’ Testimony. Paul's Letters.

10. Churches' Multiplication. World's Demise.

11. Heaven's Triumph!

The number 3 is associated with God and his divine

perfection or completeness.

Perhaps it's significant that the word "God" is the third word in

the Bible

Largest OT book: PsalmsLargest NT book: Luke

“A continual diet of the Word satisfies, and it builds an

appetite for more.” ― James MacDonald

“God” appears: 3,358 times“Lord” appears: 7,736 times

“Love” occurs 697 times

“Fear” occurs 397 times“Hate” occurs 128 times“Hell” occurs 53 times

“All the stories and poems and letters and oracles and wisdom verses of God's Word, like individual instruments in a great orchestra, serve THE WHOLE

story.” ― James MacDonald

Longest name: Mahershalalhashbaz(Isaiah 8:1) (18 Letters)

Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)

Number of books in the Bible: 66

“I still believe that many Americans have a deep longing for

that glorious moment when a sermon is more Biblical than

American.” ― Criss Jami

Number of different authors: 40

Number of total Bibles Printed 6,001,500,000

The books of the Old Testament were written before the birth of

Jesus Christ and the New Testament covers the life of Christ

and beyond.

Obadiah, Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude are short books which

only have verse divisions.

Chapters were introduced to the Bible in 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro.

Verse divisions were not added until 1551 by Robertus Stephanus.

The Bible was written in 3 different languages!

Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

“When asked, 'What is more important: praying or reading

the Bible?' I ask, 'What is more important: breathing in or breathing out?” ― Russ Scalzo

The Bible was written over a period of 1,600 years!

Between 1500 B.C. and 100 A.D.

There are 66 books in the entire Bible!Old Testament = 39 booksNew Testament = 27 books

There are 1,189 chapters in the Bible!Old Testament = 929 chaptersNew Testament = 260 chapters

“The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood

only by supernatural aid.” ― A.W. Tozer