There
are names of 16 books of the Bible mentioned in the
paragraph below.
Can You find them? Happy hunting.
I once made a remark about the hidden books of the Bible.
It was a lulu; keep people looking so hard for facts and
for others it was a revelation. Some were in a jam, especially
since the names of the books were not capitalized. But
the truth finally struck home to numbers of our readers.
To others it was a real job. We want it to be a most fascinating
few moments for you. Yes, there will be some really easy
ones to spot. Others may require judges to help them.
I will quickly admit it usually takes a minister to find
one of them, and there will be loud lamentations when
it is found. A little lady says she brews a cup of tea
so she can concentrate better. See how well you can compete.
Relax now, for there really are sixteen names of the books
of the Bible in this paragraph.
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Biblical Finer Points
About
50 Bibles are sold every minute.
Christianity
is the world's most widespread religion (1,7 billion Christians).
The
12 disciples were not were not allowed to carry food, money,
or extra clothing.
Delilah
was given 1,100 pieces of silver to deceive Samson into
revealing the secret of his strength.
Dogs
are mentioned 14 times in the Bible, and lions 55 times,
but domestic cats are not mentioned at all.
The
Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's
most shoplifted book.
The
word "Christian" appears only three times in the
Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.
There
are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and 27
in the New Testament.
The
66 books of the Bible is divided into 1,189 chapters consisting
of 31,173 verses. The Old Testament has 929 chapters, the
New Testament 260. (King James version)
The
King James Old Testament consist of 592,439 words consisting
of 2,728,100 letters and the New Testament 181,253 words
consisting of 838,380 letter (total 3,566,480 letters).
The
longest line in the Bible is Esther 8:9 - 89 words, 425
letters.
The
longest word in the Bible is Maher-shalal-hash-baz: Isaiah
8:1.
The
shortest verse in the NIV Bible is John 11:35: "Jesus
wept."
The
longest book chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, the shortest
is Psalm 117.
Obadiah,
with 21 verses consisting of 602 words, is the shortest
book in the Old Testament, and the third shortest in the
Bible.
II
John has the fewest number of verses of any book in the
Bible.
III
John has the fewest number of words of any book in the Bible.
Job
is the oldest book written in the Bible.
The
verse in the exact middle of the Bible is Psalm 118:8. There
are 549 chapters before Psalm 118 and 549 chapters after
Psalm 118, the total sum of which is 1188.
The
covering for the tabernacle was made out of ram skins and
sea cow hides: Exodus 36:19 NIV.
Nowhere
in the Bible does it say there were three wise men - Matthew
2:1 only says: "Magi from the east came to Jerusalem"
and later they present three gifts.
The
word "Lord" appears 1855 times in the Bible.
The
word "God" appears in every book except Esther
and Song of Solomon.
The
word "grandmother" appears in the Bible only once:
2 Timothy 1:5.
The
word "eternity is mentioned only once: Isaiah 57:15.
Seven
suicides are recorded in the Bible.
In
Old Testament times the Mediterranean Sea was called the
Great Sea.
There
are 7 different Jeremiahs in the Bible: 1 Chronicles 5:24;
12:4, 10, 13; 2 Kings 23:30; Jeremiah 1:1; 35:3.
The
raven is the first bird mention in the Bible. It appears
in Genesis 8:7, when it is sent out from the ark by Noah
to see if the flood waters have abated. The second bird
was a dove, in verse 8.
Almonds
and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.
A
chariot imported from Egypt cost around 600 shekels of silver
(1 Kings 10:29).
That would be about $77,000. One shekel was 4 days wages.
The
word "trinity" is not mentioned in the Bible.
During
the 6th Century, it was customary to congratulate people
who sneezed because it was thought that they were expelling
evil from their bodies. During the great plague of Europe,
the Pope passed a law to say "God bless you" to
one who sneezed.
The
last word in the Bible is AMEN.
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