Facts about the Scripture

66 books; 39 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New Testament. Join me for a crash course in fun facts!

• Approximately 40 authors, many of whom never even met, contributed to this library of books we call Scripture.
• The Bible was written over a span of 1500+ years, and yet the overarching message as well as supporting themes throughout are coherent and consistent.
• These authors lived on three continents with original records being kept in three languages — Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek — with many different backgrounds and occupations being represented among those who contributed, and yet the unity of the message is intact.
• The Bible has been translated into over 690 languages.
• Other historical writings confirm biblical writings
• Archaeological evidence supports places, events, and people mentioned in the Scriptures.
• Every year, over 100 million copies of the Bible are sold. The next best-selling books after the Bible:
  - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes — 500 million total copies sold
  - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens — 200 million copies
  - The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien — 150 million sold.
• Johann Gutenberg finished his first printing, a Bible, in 1455, in Mainz, Germany.
• The Geneva Bible was the first Bible to have numbered verses.
• The Bible is over 600,000 words long.
• The Bible has 1,189 chapters.
• Want to go really deep into Old Testament manuscripts? There are great facts here! https://www.josh.org/manuscript-validate-old-testament/