What does the word "testament" mean?
It is an expression of conviction between God and his people.

It is a “covenant” or “contract.”

 

What is the first book of the Bible?
"In the beginning..."

Genesis.
The first book in the Bible is Genesis.
It tells of the creation of the Earth.
We believe Moses wrote it.
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What is the last book of the Bible?
This book reveals the End of Times.

Revelation.
The last book of the Bible is Revelation.
It tells of the end times of the Earth.
The book is believed to be written by someone named John.
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Name the books of the Gospels.
These books are about the life of Jesus.

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
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What are the first five books of the Bible called?
They are sometimes called the books of the law.

The Pentateuch.
It is also a component of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Torah.
It constitutes the Bible's first five books.
These books are believed to be written by Moses.
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What are the two major sections of the Bible?
One describes life before Jesus; the other describes life during and after Jesus.

The Old and New Testaments.
These are the two major sections of the Bible.
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What is the name of the third "middle" section that some Bibles have?
Some churches consider these writings to be non-canonical.

The Apocrypha.
It contains fourteen books.
We sometimes refer to them as the lost texts.
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How many books are in the traditional Protestant Bible?
The traditional Protestant Bible divides its books into two major sections.

The collection consists of sixty-six (66) books.
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How many books are in the Old Testament?
It is the first half of the Bible.

The collection consists of thirty-nine (39) books.
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And how many books are in the New Testament?
It is the last "half" of the Bible.

The collection consists of twenty-seven (27) books.
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Who wrote the first translation of the Bible into English? 
The church executed him at the stake for his actions.

John Wycliffe in 1382 A.D.

 

How do some Bibles show the words of Jesus?
Publishers printed the words of Jesus differently to make them easier to see.

Red ink.
Usually, the Bibles display the words of Jesus in red ink, known as the Red Letter Edition.
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What are the words of the shortest Bible verse?
It describes something that Jesus did.

"Jesus wept."
Jesus wept when his friend Lazarus died.
He didn't cry because Lazarus was dead.
He was about to bring Lazarus back to life.
He felt the sorrow of Lazarus' sisters and cried because of their grief.

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What is the last book of the Old Testament?
A prophet who lived in the 400s BC wrote this book.

Malachi.
The last book of the Old Testament was written by the minor prophet Malachi. 
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What is the first book of the New Testament?
A tax collector wrote this book.

Matthew.
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This book tells about Earth's First Family.
It is about Adam and Eve and the early years of humanity.

Genesis.
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This book is about the Israelites leaving Egypt.
Moses led these folks out of Egypt and through the desert.

Exodus.
It tells the story of the Israelites leaving Egypt and entering the promised land.
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Which book tells about the Mark of the Beast?
This book is very gruesome and tells of the demise of Earth.

Revelation.
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Which Bible book has the most words?
A prophet shares the same name as this book.

Jeremiah.
The book foretells the future of Israel and the destruction of Jerusalem.
God gave Jeremiah the job of a prophet when he was young.
The entire book is about the message that God told Jeremiah to pass on to the Hebrew nation.
Jeremiah never married.
He was the son of Hilkiah, a priest from the land of Benjamin.

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Which book has the fewest words?
There are five books with less than 500 words in any language.

Third John has the fewest words.
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What is the language of the original Old Testament?
This language is still currently being used by a religious group.

Hebrew is the original Old Testament language.
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What is the language of the original New Testament?
The Hebrew alphabet was the predominant language of the period.

Greek.
It was an early version of Greek, called Koine Greek.
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How many languages has the Bible been translated into?
There is a movement to translate the Bible into every language in the world.

The Bible, or significant parts of it, have been translated into over 2,000 languages.

 

How many people wrote the 66 books of the Bible?

It is believed that there are at least 40 authors who wrote the books of the Bible.

 

Do any original copies of the Bible books exist?

NO.
No originals exist.
However, many ancient and authentic copies exist.


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