The Bible is an amazing book, if only because for over 2000 years it has been the most demanded work of mankind. Interest in her does not fade to this day.
1. The Bible is the most popular book in the world.
2. The word “Bible” comes from the Latin “biblia” which means “book”.
3. According to the information of 2019, the Bible is partially or completely available in 3 384 languages of the world.
4. The Bible is considered the best-selling book of all time. Total sales exceed 5 billion copies.
5. Printing presses were invented and improved primarily for the publication of the Bible.
6. The world's largest Bible supplier is China.
7. Some experts claim that Jesus never saw himself as the creator of a new religion. He just reformed Judaism.
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8. Judas sold Jesus for about 4 months' salary for an average worker.
9. Leonardo Da Vinci researched river erosion, and this allowed him to claim that the Earth is much older than the Bible says.
10. The tradition of swearing on the Bible contradicts the canons described in the Bible itself.
11. Keeping the Bible, as well as watching South Korean films or distributing pornography, is punishable by death in North Korea.
12. The Bible was Isaac Newton's greatest passion. He wrote more about religion than science and mathematics.
13. When in the 19th century the Emperor of Ethiopia Menelik II felt unwell, he ate several pages from the Bible, hoping that it would help him.
14. The Bible does not describe Jesus' appearance. His image was invented.
15. There is an organization that delivers Bibles to North Korea using balloons.
16. The Bible contains many puns, funny names, humorous images, sarcasm and irony.
17. The Bible does not say that there were three wise men who brought gifts to the newborn Jesus. There were three gifts: gold, incense and myrrh. And there could be as many wise men as you like.
18. The events of the Bible take place on three different continents: Africa, Europe and Asia.
19. The phrase “God will never give you more than you can bear” does not occur in the Bible. In fact, it even says exactly the opposite.
20. There is a story in the Bible where God sends two bears who kill 42 children because they teased the prophet Elisha because he is bald.
21. There is a “Gospel of Judas” that is not in the Bible. It speaks of Judas as one of Jesus' disciples who fully understood his teachings. And he betrayed Jesus, because he himself asked him about it.
22. Lucifer is translated from Latin as "luminiferous".
23. In Islam, the Bible is considered a revelation of God, which has been distorted by people. The Koran, in their opinion, was created in order to correct this.
24. In Europe until the 17th century, dinosaur fossils were considered the remains of biblical creatures.
25. The Book of Esther (a book that is part of the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament) never mentions God.
26. The only country that has the Bible on its flag is the Dominican Republic.
27. Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays because the Bible contains two stories about birthday celebrations, both of which end in murder.
28. The Bible is a book created by a large number of authors working in completely different fields. So, among the writers there are kings, shepherds, healers, fishermen, generals and officials.
29. According to the information of law enforcement officers, the Bible is stolen more often than other books.
30. Muslims revere Jesus Christ and consider him one of the prophets.
Author: pan2020