INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE

Twelve Interesting Facts About 'THE BIBLE'

1. The Bible is the Best-selling book of all the time

Although it is impossible to obtain exact figures, there is little doubt that the Bible is the world's best-selling and most widely distributed book. A survey by the Bible Society concluded that around 2.5 billion copies were printed between 1815 and 1975, but more recent estimates put the number at more than 5 billion.
By the end of 1995, combined global sales of Today's English Version(Good News) New Testament and Bible (copyright for which is held by the Bible Societies) exceeded 17.75 million copies, and the whole Bible had been translated into 349 languages; 2,123 languages have at least one book of the Bible in that language.


2. The Bible was written over a long period of time, by various men

The Bible was written over a1600 years of time, approximately by 40 men
The time of the writing was from 1500 B.C. to A.D. 100
30 authors contributed to the Old Testament and 10 to the New Testament
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God…” - 2 Timothy 3:16, KJV


3. The Bible claims to be God’s word

The Bible says more 3000 times – “Thus saith the Lord.” It means that the words which followed are quotes from.


4. Jesus did not author any books of the Bible.

Only the words spoken by Jesus are written in the Bible.


5. The Bible predicted the rise and fall of empires centuries in Advance

“…he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold” – Daniel 2:38

“After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.  Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.” - Daniel 2:39-40.

Head of Gold – BABYLON: 605 B.C. TO 539 B.C.

Chest & Arms of Silver – MEDO-PERSIA: 539 B.C. TO 331 B.C.

Belly and Thighs of Bronze – GREECE: 331 B.C. TO 168 B.C.

Legs of Iron – ROME: 168 B.C. TO 476 A.D.

Toes of Iron and Clay – Divided Rome: 476 A.D. to Now

Everything that is written in the book of Daniel happened and next to these Kingdoms is

“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever” - Daniel 2:44

 ‘Jesus is coming back soon’
‘The Kingdom of God comes… Are you Ready…’


6. The Bible is scientifically accurate.

Many things that are written in the Bible were scientifically proven.
No books of other religion are scientifically proven.


7.  The Bible is historically accurate.

The Bible has proven to be more historically and archeologically accurate than any other ancient book

8.  The Bible is very accurate.

The words written in the bible are very accurate, there is no fiction in the Bible.

9.  The Bible has dramatically changed many lives.
Reading the Bible has changed the lives of many people.
Some of these people include:

John Bunyan   1628 – 1688

John Newton   1705 -1807

Fanny Crosby   1820-1915

10. There is a Bible called, ‘The Wicked Bible’

This Bible has a printing mistake in one of the Ten Commandments.
The lot of 1000 copies of the wicked bible was destroyed.
But only a handful of them escaped destruction, making them rarest of rare.
There is one currently on sale for $99,500.

Thank you,
A.N.D.