Interesting Facts 66

  

    

      

    

  

      

Salt is mentioned more than 30 times in the Bible.

      

Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.

      

The Bible was written by about 40 men over a period of about 1600 years dating from 1500 BC to about 100 years after Christ

      

The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in 1388.

      

There are 49 different foods mentioned in the Bible.

      

There are 1189 chapters in the Bible: 929 chapters in the Old Testament and 260 chapters in the New Testament.

      

The shortest verse in the Bible consists of two words: “Jesus wept” (John 11:35).

      

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