BIBLE INFORMATION

GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE BIBLE

"It is very important for us to know the facts, in order to avoid misconception."

King James Version composed of:

1) 66 Books
2) 1,693 pages
3) 1,189 chapters
4) 31,101 verses
5) 773,692 words
6) 3,566,480 letters

CHAPTERS DIVISION
Cardinal Hugo De Santucaro
"Council of Cartages 1200 AD"

VERSES DIVISION
Nathan, R. 1488 AD - Old Testament
Robert Stephanus 1551 AD - New Testament

LANGUAGES IN WHICH THE BIBLE WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN

1) Hebrew
2) Aramaic
3) Greek

MATERIALS USED IN THE EARLY MANUSCRIPT

1) Stone Tablets
2) Papyrus
3) Animal Skins

CALL NAMES OF THE BIBLE WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE

1) Book of the Lord - Isa. 34:16.

2) Book of Remembrance - Mal. 3:16-17.
3) The Scriptures - Jn. 5:39.
4) Writing of Truth - Dan. 10:21.
5) The Holy Scriptures - 2Tim. 3:15-17.

BIBLICAL REASONS WHY THE BIBLE IS WRITTEN

1) To have faith - Jn. 20:31.

2) To give example - 1Cor. 10:16,11.
3) To teach - 2Tim. 3:15-17.
4) To give hope - Rom. 15:4

BIBLICAL PROOFS OF WORDS OF GOD

1) LUK. 1:37 - Powerful

2) MAT. 24:35 - It happened and it come true
3) JON. 15:3 - It is clean and without blemish
4) PSALMS 119:160 - Independently true
5) PSALMS 12:6 - Trusted and tested
6) HEB. 4:12 - Active and sharp
7) 1PETER 1:13 - Alive and living
8) JON 17:17 - His word is truth
9) ISAIAH 34:16 - Complete
10)DEUT. 18:21-22 - It is authentic
HOW DID THE WORDS OF GOD WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE

1) EXO. 31:18 - Written with the finger of God

2) ISA. 30:8 - God commanded it ti be written
HEB. 2:2-3
3) ACTS 4:25 - By Holy Spirit
1COR.14:37
4) ROM. 16:22 - He uses a writer

OLDEST MANUSCRIPTS OF THE BIBLE

1) OXYRHYNCUS PAPYRUS - oldest manuscript in Greek, 3rd century

2) CODEX SINAITICUS - in Greek, 4th century
3) CODEX VATICANUS - in Greek, 4th century
4) CODEX PALINTSESTUS SINAITICUS - in old Syriac, 4th century
5) CODEX BOBIENSIS - in old Latin, 4th century
6) CODEX WASHINGTONIANUS - in Greek, 5th century
7) CODEX ALEXANDRINUS - in Greek, 5th century
8) CODEX NITRIENSIS SURETONIANUS - in old Syriac, 5th century
9) CODEX BEZEE - in Latin, 5th century
10)CODEX MARCHIALIANUS - in Greek, 6th century
11)CODEX PURPUREARUS PETROPALITANUS - in Greek, 6TH century

BIBLE TRANSLATION

1) SEPTUAGINT - about (250 BC), Hebrew and Greek, the first translation.
2) PESHITO - in 2nd century or (200 AD).
3) LATIN VULGATE - (400 AD), first book ever printed, translated by Jerome on (383-405 AD).
4) WYCLIFFE VERSION - by John Wycliffe, (1384 AD).
5) MILES COVERDALE - published in (1535).
6) WILLIAM TYNDALE - new testament, (1526).
7) REIMS DOUAI Ver. - new testament, (1582 AD), old testament, (1609 AD).
8) KING JAMES Ver. - the authorized version with the permission of King James of Great Britain, France and Ireland, (1611).
9) MATTHEW'S BIBLE - 1537.
10)GREAT BIBLE - 1539.
11)GENEVA BIBLE - 1560.
12)BISHOPS BIBLE - 1568.
13)REVISED Ver. - 1881.
14)AMERICAN STANDARD - 1901.
15)REVISED STANDARD - 1952.
16)BERKELEY VERSION - 1959.
17)AMPLIFIED BIBLE - 1965.
18)JERUSALEM BIBLE - 1966.
19)NEW ENGLISH BIBLE - 1970.
20)NEW AMERICAN STANDARD - 1971.
21)THE LIVING BIBLE - 1971.
22)GOOD NEWS BIBLE - 1976.
23)NEW INTERNATIoNAL Ver.- 1978.
24)NEW KING JAMES Ver. - 1982.
25)COMMON BIBLE - 1973.