Religion
About 50 Bibles are sold every minute.
Christianity is the world's most widespread religion (2.1 billion Christians)
There are about 34,000 Christian denominations in the world.
The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.
John was the only apostle who witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus.
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.
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.
There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters after it.
Psalm 118 verse 8 is in the center of the Bible: "It is better to trust in the Lord than put confidence in man."
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