9 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE

9 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE

1)
There are 66 books in the bible, 39 books of the old testament and 27 books of the new testament

2)
There are 1189 chapters in the bible, 929 and 260 in old and new testaments respectively

3)
There are only 5 books with one chapter each in the bible ( obadiah, philemon, 2john, 3john, and jude)

4)
2john which is the fewest chapter (RSV) contain 300 words and 1135 letters

5)
The first five disciples of jesus were fishermen ( peter, andrew, john, james and philip)

6)
Feeding of 5000 thousand followers with 5 barley loaves and 2 fishes was the only miracle recorded in all the four synoptic gospels  (matt 14:17, mark 6:38, luke 9:13, john 6:9).

7)
After resurrection jesus ate broiled fish ( luke 24:42-43 )

8)
The shortest bible verse is john 11:35

9)The longest chapter in the bible is psalm 119 with 176 verses

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