How do u use a bible??

Question

i dont get it says things like "Acts 26:19-32, 1 Samuel 1:1-2:10, Psalm 49" nd i dont get where to go?

in the king james version

Answer 1

I use mine as a doorstop.
Once it was used to stop a table leg from wobbling, but I replaced the table.
Other than that it has no real use.

Answer 2

Take your Bible and flip through it until you find Acts. Then go to chapter 26 and then skim through the chapter 26 until you find verse 19. They are all numbered and then read through verse 32 and then stop.The front of your Bible will have a listing of the books. There are 66 books that make up the whole Bible. The page numbers that each book starts at will be listed too. You look up Scriptures in the same way you look up chapters in a text book.

1Samuel 1:1-2:10 means that you turn to first Samuel and start at chapter one and then read verses 1 and 2 and then you flip to chapter 10 and you read the whole chapter. Next you turn to Psalm 49 and read it. Maybe you can try what I just said and look in your table of contents. All Bibles have them.

If you go to the web site below, you can read the whole Bible online if you click on the link for it on the right side of the page, and you can also use the link found on the page and you can get someone to come to your home and have a weekly Bible study with you. I can see you don't know much about the Bible right now, and neither did I until a man and woman came to our house and they studied weekly with my wife and me. I was against them back them, and I came up with many questions to stump them with and they answered them all from my Bible. After that, I came to understand that they were telling me the truth. You can also ask for help locally by calling up the number in your phone book for Jehovah's Witnesses. You might have heard bad things about them, but none of it is true.

I hope you get to learn more about your Bible.

Answer 3

Acts 26: 19-31
Acts refers to the 'section' called Acts of the Apostles. If you go into the Table of contents, it should be listed there as Acts or Acts of the Apostle. Often on the sides of the bibles you'll find there are easy to read markers to tell you which book or Gospel you're in - to make it easier I'll call them 'sections' as that's what you'd term them in regular books.

So... you'd go to the Table of Contents, look up Acts - find the page, and go to it...

Next...

The number 26 refers to the Chapter. Usually these are large numbers on the left side of the column. So you'd look for a big '26' in the Acts 'section'.

Then you'd see that each sentence (verse) has a specific number assigned to it. In your first reference you state 19-32 - so you'd go down chapter 26 until you reach 19. Then you'd read from 19-32.

19 "After that, King Agrippa, I was not disobiedient to the heavenly vision...

32. Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have..."...

Most bibles have the front with a table of content, in the back are often topical indexes as well, timelines, etc.

PS: Psalms are easiest to find - get your bible - place the spine on the table, open in the middle - and usually it will open up into the Psalms :)

God bless!!

PS: If you're interested in finding out more about Christianity and the Bible, then you should look for an Alpha course in your area.

Answer 4

There are different books in the Bible (Acts, 1 Samuel etc.) which tell of different themes. Acts 26 means the 26th chapter in the book of Acts. Each chapter is based on a different topic (ie. Acts 26 is tittled Paul Speaks to Agrippa). In this chapter are little numbers 1-32 which are about 2 sentences long per number. The reasons for these numbers are to help point out sentences so they will be easier to find. I like to read the Bible I have read all of Acts which is really interesting. Try the New International Readers Version. I think you will like it.

Answer 5

Acts 26 tells of Paul's witness to Agrippa (then the Caeser of Rome). He made a fairly (though not entirely) persuasive case, as he won his freedom but not the conversion of the pagan Agrippa. This does help to explain why Paul was not martyred by the king.

1 Sam 1:1-2:10 tells of the story of Samuel and of the joy of his mother Hannah. There is a literary parallel here between Hannah and Elizabeth (Luke 1), and both had offspring who were special to the Lord.

The message of Psalm 49 has a lot of meaning, but can be summed up as "trust in the Lord" and look to your eternal gifts, not to those of this world.

Passages such as these are important to pray over and think through. Not all passages have the depth and immediacy as Jn 4:6 or Heb 12:1, but these are still good to pray through and read through so that you have a sufficient understanding of both contextual history and spiritual cohesion.

Answer 6

As many people have already pointed out those references are "Book" "chapter":"verse(s)."
The hardest part is finding the book. The majority of Bibles have a table of contents in the front that list the books, but as m_ousley pointed out, not all do. When starting out, you deffinately want to have that table of contents. (I grew up in the church and have a BA in religion and STILL need the table of contents half the time.)
Another nice feature in a lot of Bibles is a concordence in the back. If you are buying a Bible I suggest looking for one that has features that allow you to "grow into it," but is not going to drown you in features.
Most Bibles will tell you what chapter you are open to at the top of the page, very simular to a dictionary. Generally the begining of a chapter is indicated by a large number. Verses are normally numbered at the begining in superscript or just regular font. A verse may be a short phrase or a long paragraph.
Since Bibles do have variences in format, if you don't understand it after reading all the answers you recieve, I suggest going to a Christian (book) store or church and asking someone there to help you with your particular Bible. I know there are some Bibles that do a lot of rewording and because it turns almost into a summary at times, does not list individual verses. While these may be helpful for personal devotions, they don't work very well for sharing scripture with and you should always read a regular version of the Bible as well.
(Btw, in general NIV (New International Version), is usually easier wording to understand then NKJ (New King James). Sometimes the difference is more along the lines of "you" instead of "thou." In other spots it is an updated wording/translation/understanding of the text, such as "love" instead of "charity" in 1 Cor. 13. I'm not familar enough with other versions to comment on them.)

Answer 7

As the Bible is a collection of 66 books written by around 40 authors over a 1500 year period, some method had to be found to make it easy to find a particular spot in the Bible.

In the early 1500, a scholar divided the individual books into chapters and verses (or sentences) to make it easy to find what you were looking for. So a reference like John 3:16-17 would mean to go to the book of John, the 3rd chapter and the 16 through 17 verses. As some books only have one chapter, it would say "Jude 10", meaning the book of Jude and the 10 verse.
In the early 1500, a scholar divided the individual books into chapters and verses (or sentences) to make it easy to find what you were looking for. So a reference like John 3:16-17 would mean to go to the book of John, the 3rd chapter and the 16 through 17 verses. As some books only have one chapter, it would say "Jude 10", meaning the book of Jude and the 10 verse.

It is also divided into two major sections, the Old Testament, which contains writings from before the birth of Jesus, and the New Testament which is writings from after the birth of Jesus. The Christians share the books of the Old Testament with the Jews, who call them the Torah, rather than the Bible.

There is a table of content at the front of each Bible to help you locate the individual books.

The Old Testament is organized with history books first, from Genesis to Esther. Theses are also sometimes called "The Law" because it is in these books that the 10 commandments and the other laws are listed. Next are several books of poetry, sayings, and song lyrics (Job to Ecclesiastes) The larger of these books (in fact the largest of the Bible) is the book of Psalms, So this whole section if often refered to as "the Psalms". Finally, there are books written by the Old Testament prophets. These go from Isaiah to Malachi. Many of these books where read as parts of different Jewish holidays, so the order of many has to do with when they were read during the year, not with when they written. So they appear to be all out of order when you read them. These are often called "The Prophets" (surprise).

The New Testament contains four biographies of Jesus (Matthew-John), a history of the early church leaders (Acts), a series of letter written by Paul, Peter, John and other to the early chruches or church pastors (Romans to Jude) and the book of Revelation with its vision of the future.

Answer 8

The bible is one big reference with many books inside of it. The things like Acts, 1 Samuel, psalm, ect. are books. The first number after the book is the chapter of the book. The numbers after the chapter are the verses. To locate the book in the bible there is usually an index in the bible (like in a book) That'll have the books listed and the pages they are on. Go to the page that it says the book is on. When your at the book you want look for the chapter (like in a normal book). When you have that, look through the chapter to find the verse you want. (The verse numbers are really tiny and right inside the chapter). Then read it if u want.

Answer 9

Have you read it , i know as crazy as it may sound to some, there are people who never pick it up and read it. Acts 26: 19-32 is referring to the book of Acts in the New testament,( 2nd half of the bible) each book in broken down into chapters, and each chapter has a set of verses. 26 would be chapter 26, and the 19-32 would be the verses in chapter 26. I hope you do read it's liberating and wonderful.

Answer 10

For Acts 26:19-32
you turn to the book of acts, chapter 26, and read verses 19-32

Answer 11

Well, Acts, 1 Samuel, Psalms, they are all books of the Bible. The first number is the chapter of that book. The numbers after that are verses, they refer to certain passeges within each chapter. Use the Bible how ever you like. Some use it as a guide, it has answers for every aspect of your life. Each book of the Bible is different, for example Psalms is a book of songs written by David, King of Israel. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts...They are books about the life of Jesus and his time here on earth.