Common Bible Questions
(Some of these numbers
will change depending on which translation of the Bible you are using.)
1. How many books in the Bible?
a. Catholic
Bible – 73 (First assembled around 382
A.D.)
b. Protestant
– 66 (First assembled around 1529 A.D.)
c.
Eastern Orthodox
Bible – 79 to 81 (varies) (First
assembled sometime in the 4th century A.D.)
d. Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) – 24 (Believe finalized
around 164 B.C)
(For the following answers we will
use only the Protestant Bible.)
2. How many pages in the Bible?
This depends on the page size, font, line spacing and what version of the Bible
you are reading. Each of these will have a vastly different page count.
3. How many words in the Bible?
783,137
4. How many chapters in the Bible?
1,189
5. How many versus in the Bible?
31,102
6. What is the longest book of the
Bible? Psalms (150 Chapters)
7. What is the shortest book of the
Bible? 3 John (by word count)
8. How many people wrote the Bible?
Forty, Thirty-One various authors wrote the Old Testament while only nine
authors wrote the New Testament.
9. How many miracles did Jesus Perform?
The exact number is not recorded but Jesus performed hundreds, perhaps
thousands of miracles during His ministry. The New Testament records
thirty-seven specific miracles but alludes to hundreds more.
10. How many people went on the Ark?
According to Genesis 7:13, eight people went on the Ark. These were Noah, his
wife, their three sons, Shem, Ham and Jacpheth and their wives.
11. How many animals did Noah take on the
Ark?
Noah took seven of each ‘clean’ animal and two each of ‘unclean’ animals.
Estimates range from a total of 6,750 animals up to as many as sixteen thousand
animals were taken aboard the Ark.
12. How long did the flood last?
The rain fell for forty days and forty nights. The water from the rain and the
deep wells of the earth, remained on the earth for a period of 150 days after
which it began to recede. This is recorded in the book of Genesis 7:17
13. How big was the Ark?
The Bible tells us the Ark was 300 cubits long by 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits
tall. A cubit can vary in size but it is generally believed the Ark would have
measured 438 feet by 73 feet, by 44 feet. Some calculations have the Ark being
as long as 510 feet.
14. How long was a cubit?
A cubit was the length of a man’s arm from the elbow to the tip of his finger.
This means it was not an exact number. In most cultures a cubit was considered
to be between 17 and 21 inches
15. What is the longest verse in the
Bible? Ester 8:9
16. What is the shortest verse in the
Bible? John 11:35 ‘Jesus Wept’.
17. Number of times the word “God”
appears? 4,094
18. Number of times the word “Lord”
appears? 6,781
19. How many Bibles have been sold?
It is estimated that more than five billion copies of the Bible have been sold.
20. Is the Bible the best-selling book?
– Yes, the Bible is the best-selling book of all time. It is also the most
stolen book of all time. This is attributed to the number of Bibles in public
places, such as hotels and places of worship.
21. How many copies of the Bible have
sold recently? In 2023 Americans alone purchased 14.2
million Bibles. In the first ten months of 2024 Americans purchased 13.7
million Bibles, an increase of 22% over 2023. – Some publishers credit the
increased sales to a higher interest in the Bible from Generation Z and younger
Americans.
22. How many languages has the Bible been
translated into? As of late 2024 the Bible had been
translated into at least 3,756 different languages. The entire Bible, Old and
New Testaments has been translated into 756 languages. The New Testament alone
has been translated into 1,726 languages while the Old Testament has been
translated into 1,274 languages.
23. How many languages has the Bible not
been translated into? Estimates place the number at 985
languages where no current translation project is underway. (Some say this
number is even higher at 3,776.) – It is estimated that 80% of the world’s
population can read the entire Bible in their native language. The New
Testament has been translated into far more languages than the Old Testament.
24. What is the longest word in the
Bible? – This comes from the Book of Isaiah 8:3,
Mahershalalhashbaz. (Was the second
prophetic name mentioned in Isaiah.)
25. How many ‘Wise Men’ (Magi) came to
visit Jesus? – The Bible does not record the exact
number, but by the word usage we can confirm there was more than one. Magi is
the plural for Maus, so we can be certain there was more than one who visited. Many
have assumed there were three wise men because there were three gifts, but this
is not confirmed by the Bible text.
26. How many women are named in the
Bible? A total of 188 women are mentioned by name in the
Bible. 93 of these women spoke in the Bible.
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