I can't remeber...
2007-05-05 15:28:32 · 18 answers · asked by tee 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
atticus and melspost, i asked for an answer not advise on what i should do. so how about you start reading it...
2007-05-05 15:37:07 · update #1
i knoww it's not important but i'm just interested to know
2007-05-05 15:55:43 · update #2
Sorry I dont know that song.
2007-05-05 15:36:36 · answer #1 · answered by Stu pid 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Bible is traditionally divided into 66 books for Protestants, 73 for Catholics and 78 for most Orthodox Christians. Each is further divided into chapters and verses.
In Protestant Bibles, there are 929 chapters in the Old Testament and 260 chapters in the New Testament. This gives a total of 1,189 chapters (on average, 18 per book). Not including deuterocanonical books, there are 23,145 verses in the Old Testament and 7,957 verses in the New Testament. This gives a total of 31,102 verses, which is an average of a little more than 26 verses per chapter.
The Jewish verse divisions of the Hebrew text differ at various points from those used by Christians. For instance, in Jewish tradition, the ascriptions to the Psalms are regarded as independent verses, making 116 more verses, whereas the established Christian practice is to count and number each Psalm ascription together with the first verse following it.
So it depends on which version you are talking about.
2007-05-13 02:54:27 · answer #2 · answered by Pam 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are no verses in the Bible itself. No Bible author made chapters and verses. These are arbitrary, modern additions for the sake of convenience. They can be very misleading. For instance, Genesis chapter 1 should finish at Chapter 2 verse 3. The printed arrangement usually hides the fact that there are two quite separate and different creation stories. More oddities like that can be found in the New Testament. Also, some people deliberately include verse numbers in quotes, often on separate lines, to obscure the flow of argument of, say, Paul's letters, so that they can take him out of context. (it is always best to read Paul in long chunks at first, whole letters if possible.)
So chapters and verses are very useful, but need to be treated with care when reading. The prophets and apostles managed very well without them, and that should not be forgotten.
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2007-05-06 05:36:53 · answer #3 · answered by miller 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Bible is like a small library made up of 66 books. It has two big sections: the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament has 39 books, and the New Testament has 27 books. In these 66 books, you will find a total of 1,189 chapters containing about 31,273 verses.
2007-05-12 09:28:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
66 books and I'm going to count the verses? Sorry,I have a life.
2007-05-05 22:39:20 · answer #5 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ha ! Trick question.
None.
Chapters and verses, even punctuation, was not introduced into the 'Bible' until the Middle Ages.
2007-05-05 22:44:27 · answer #6 · answered by cosmicvoyager 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Search on google
2007-05-05 22:48:41 · answer #7 · answered by sim 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get out a Bible and start counting.
2007-05-05 22:32:34 · answer #8 · answered by Atticus Finch 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
on judgement day.... it won't matter if you know how many verses, books, chapters or testaments are in the bible.
what WILL matter is that if you know what is in the bible and if you have faith in it.
god bless.
2007-05-13 19:04:22 · answer #9 · answered by jesusfreak 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think knowing the actual number is important.
2007-05-05 22:39:54 · answer #10 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There were two dear,
You,
and me.
Everything after that has only place and time.
2007-05-05 22:42:21 · answer #11 · answered by Albinoballs 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋