The Holy Spirit &

The Bible

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What language was the Bible originally written in?

The Old Testament was written mostly in Hebrew, with some Aramaic parts. The New Testament was written in Greek.

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How many languages has the Bible been translated into?

The Bible has been translated into about 2,400 different languages.

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How many books are there in the Bible?

66 books

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How many books are there in the Old Testament?

39 books

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How many books are there in the New Testament?

27 books

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How many authors?

40

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Over what period of time was the Bible written?

1500 years

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What is the longest book in the Bible?

Psalms

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What is the shortest book in the Bible?

2 John (no. of verses), 3 John (no. of words)

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What is the longest book in the New Testament?

Luke

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How many chapters are there in the Bible?

1,189, with 929 chapters in the Old Testament and 260 in the New Testament.

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How many verses are there in the Bible?

31,102, with 23,145 in the Old Testament and 7,957 in the New Testament.

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When did chapters and verses first appear in the Bible?

The Geneva Bible published in 1560 was the first to use chapters and verses.

Bible QuizWhat is the longest verse in the Bible?

Esther 8:9

So the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

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What is the shortest verse in the Bible?

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

God’s Word is Truth

John 17:17 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

Your word is the truth. So let this truth make them completely yours.

Truth = Revelation = Christ

INSPIRATION

2 Samuel 23:2

"The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me; his word was on my tongue."

INSPIRATION

Isaiah 59:21 "As for me, this is my covenant with

them, says the LORD. "My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever," says the LORD.

INSPIRATION

Job 32:8 New King James Version (NKJV)

But there is a spirit in man,And the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.

INSPIRATION

Hebrews 3:7-10 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

A Rest for God's People It is just as the Holy Spirit says, "If you hear

God's voice today, don't be stubborn! Don't rebel like those people who were tested in the desert. For forty years your ancestors tested God and saw the things he did. "Then God got tired of them and said, `You people never show good sense, and you don't understand what I want you to do.'

INSPIRATION

Hebrews 9:6-8 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

But this is how everything was when the priests went each day into the first part of the tent to do their duties. However, only the high priest could go into the second part of the tent, and he went in only once a year. Each time he carried blood to offer for his sins and for any sins that the people had committed without meaning to.

All of this is the Holy Spirit's way of saying that no one could enter the most holy place while the tent was still the place of worship.

INSPIRATION

Hebrews 10:15-17 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

The Holy Spirit also speaks of this by telling us that the Lord said, "When the time comes, I will make an agreement with them. I will write my laws on their minds and hearts. Then I will forget about their sins and no longer remember their evil deeds."

INSPIRATION

Acts 1:16 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

He said: My friends, long ago by the power of the Holy Spirit, David said something about Judas, and what he said has now happened. Judas was one of us and had worked with us, but he brought the mob to arrest Jesus.

INSPIRATION

2 Peter 1:20-21 New International Version (NIV)

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

INSPIRATION

2 Timothy 3:16-17 New International Version (NIV)

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

INSPIRATION

Why is it so important to affirm that the Holy Spirit inspired the writers of the Bible?

JF Walvoord“The Holy Spirit: A Comprehensive Study of the Person and Work of the Holy

Spirit”

"... inspiration guarantees accuracy and gives divine authority ..."

"A proper statement of meaning of inspiration is ... that God so supernaturally directed the writers of the Scripture that without excluding their human intelligence, their individuality, their literary style, their personal feelings, or any other human factor, His own complete and coherent message to man was recorded in perfect accuracy, the very words of Scripture bearing the authority of divine authorship."

The work of inspiration was not accomplished by an impersonal force, by a law of nature, or by providence alone; but the immanent Holy Spirit, working in the hearts and affairs of men, (revealing) ... the truth of God ... bearing in its pages the unmistakable evidences that the hands which inscribed them were guided by the unwavering, infinitely wise, unfailing Holy Spirit.

INSPIRATION

Why is it so important to affirm that the Holy Spirit inspired the writers of the Bible?

Accepting that the Holy Spirit inspired the writers of the Bible gives to our faith confidence in the Word of God. Confidence in the Word of God is essential to faith and life.

ILLUMINATION

Hebrews 4:12 New International Version (NIV)

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

ILLUMINATION

1 Corinthians 2:14 New International Version (NIV)

The person without the Spirit does not

accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

ILLUMINATION

John 10:27 New King James Version (NKJV)

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

ILLUMINATION

Colossians 3:16 The Message

Let the Word of Christ – the Message – have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives.

ILLUMINATION

John 16:13 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

The Spirit shows what is true

and will come and guide you

into the full truth ...

LIFE APPLICATION

Self or Spirit?

"I'm listening ... What do you want me to do?"