Bible Statistics (from the web)
Q: How many books are in the Bible?
A: There are sixty-six books in the Bible.
Q: How many books are there in the Old Testament?
A: There are thirty-nine books in the Old Testament.
Q: How many books are there in the New Testament?
A: There are twenty-seven books in the New Testament.
Q: What does “testament” mean?
A: Testament means “covenant” or “contract.”
Q: Who wrote the Bible?
A1: The Bible was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
A2: The Bible was written by over 40 authors.
Q: What kinds of people wrote the Bible?
A: People from all walks of life:
• doctors
• farmers
• fishermen
• kings
• military leaders
• philosophers
• priests
• shepherds
• tent-makers
• theologians
Q: Who wrote the most in the Old Testament?
A: Moses. He wrote the first five books of the Bible.
Q: Who wrote the most number of books in the New Testament?
A: Paul. He wrote thirteen books of the New Testament.
Q: Who wrote the most number of verses in the New Testament?
A: Luke. Luke wrote the Gospel bearing his name and the book of Acts. These amount to 28 of the New Testament.
Paul’s thirteen letters add up to 2,033 verses, but Luke’s Gospel and Acts add up to 2,138 verses.
Q: When was the Bible written?
A: The Bible was written over a period of about 1,550 years.
The first Old Testament books were probably written around 1450 b.c.
The last New Testament book was probably written before a.d. 100.
Q: Which is the oldest book in the Old Testament?
A1: Job. The book of Job is anonymous and although scholars disagree about the exact date of its writing many of them believe that it was the first book of the Bible to be written.
A2: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Those who do not think that Job is the oldest book usually say that the first five books of the Bible are the oldest books.
Q: Which is the last Old Testament book to have been written?
A: The book of Malachi. It was written around 400 b.c.
Q: Which languages were the books of the Bible originally written in?
A: Nearly all of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew. There are a handful of verses in Aramaic.
All of the New Testament was written in Greek.
Q: When was the first translation of the Bible made into English?
A: In 1382, by John Wycliffe.
Q: When was the Bible first printed?
A: The first printed Bible was produced in 1454 by Johannes Gutenberg.
Q: What is the oldest copy (or nearly complete copy) of the Old Testament?
A: The Codex Vaticanus, a.d. 350. It is now housed in the library of the Vatican in Rome.
Q: What is the oldest copy of any part of the Old Testament?
A: Fragments of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls which have been dated back to the 2nd century b.c.
Q: What is the oldest fragment of the New Testament?
A: A scrap of John’s Gospel, found in Egypt, has been dated back to around a.d. 125. It is now housed in the Rayland’s Library in Manchester, England.
Q: Which is the longest book in the Bible?
A: The book of Psalms.
Q: Which is the shortest book in the Bible?
A: 2 John.
Q: Which is the longest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalm 119 .
Q: Which is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalm 117 .
“Praise God, everybody!
Applaud God, all people!
His love has taken over our lives;
God’s faithful ways are eternal. Hallelujah!”
The Message
Q: Which is the longest verse in the Bible?
A: Esther 8:9 .
Q: Which is the shortest verse in the Bible?
A: John 11:35 .
Q: Which books in the Bible do not mention the word “God?”
A: The book of Esther and Song of Solomon.
