AMAZING BIBLE FACTS

52 The sun returned 10 degrees back which made one day last for another 40 minutes. "Hezekiah had asked Isaiah. “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the LORD on the third day from now? Isaiah answered, "This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps? It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps," said Hezekiah. "Rather, have it go back ten steps. Then the prophet Isaiah called on the LORD, and the LORD made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz" (2 Kings 20:8-11)

51 Did you know God made a covenant with men and gave a symbol as a reminder? It’s the rainbow, which we still see in our days (Genesis 9:14-17).

50 It is known that Methuselah is the oldest man in the Bible, but nevertheless his father, Enoch, never died.

49 The bible was written by about 40 writers

48 The book of Psalms is considered as the hymnal of the people of Israel.

47 In the book of Daniel, there are shown four guys whose names were changed: Daniel to Belteshazzar, Hananiah to Shadrach, Mishael to Meshach, and Azariah to Abednego. But it is curious how Daniel continues to appear as Daniel in the bible, but Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah are called by the names given by the chief of the eunuchs (Daniel 2:47-49); (Daniel 3:14,16,19,23,26); (Daniel 3:28-30).

46 Do you know which of the major prophets God does not call by his name? It is Ezekiel; because God always calls him “Man’s son”.

45 The division of the old testament into verses was established by Jewish scholars who studied the Bible, called Massoretes. They dedicated their lives to recite and copy the Scriptures, as well as to formulate the Hebrew grammar and the dialectical techniques to teach the Bible. They were the first who, between the 9th and the 10th centuries, divided the Hebrew text (Old Testament) into verses. Influenced by the work of the Massoretes, a French printer called Robert d’Etienne divided the New Testament into verses in 1551.

44 The Bible was divided into chapters in the thirteenth century (between 1234 and 1242) by the theologian Stephen Langthon, then Bishop of Canterbury in England, and professor at the University of Paris

43 The shortest chapter is (1 John 1), and the longest one is (Luke 1).

42 Did you know bible talks about a judge who died when he fell down from a chair? His name was Eli (1 Samuel 4:18).

41 Young people should stand when an old person arrived (Leviticus 19:32).

40 Did you know that Bible speaks of a ‘teleportation’ of Philip? (Acts 8:39-40).

39 Who came first? Chicken or the egg? According to (Genesis 1:20) the chicken was first.

38 Honeymoon in biblical times used to last 1 year (Deuteronomy 24:5).

37 In the Milky Way there are more than 220.000 stars and God named each one of them (Psalm 147:4)

36 The phrase “hands to work” is taken from the Bible (1 Chronicles 22:16).

35 (Proverbs 21:9) and (25:24) are different just by one word.

34 The walls of Jericho did not fall by 7 laps, but actually 13 laps (Joshua 6:11-15).

33 Do you know bible does not say that the forbidden fruit was an apple?

32 Goliath did not die because David hit him, but by his own sword (1 Samuel 17:48-51).

31 The king Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3).

30 (Leviticus Chapter 11) shows the larger number of animals ever mentioned in the bible.

29 Contrary to popular belief, the one who cut Samson’s hair was not Delilah but a man. She only made him fall asleep on his knees to cut it off (Judges 16:19).

28 According to the Bible, God just wrote by his own once, when he created the tables of law, the 10 commandments. For the rest of the Bible he inspired other people to write it instead of him.

27 The last book written on the Bible was not Revelation; it was (3 John).

26 The old testament does not allow tattoos. (Leviticus 19:28) says; “Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves, i am the Lord”.

25 The only character in the bible who is mentioned to use a watch is king Ahaz (2 Kings 20:11).

24 Judges (8:30) says that Gideon had 70 children.

23 Esther’s book does not mention the word “God” literally anywhere.