Cool Bible Facts

Published by Techpin, on Oct 20 2009, in the categories: science



Did you ever consider the fact that the Bible is acutually a really cool story to tell, with interesting facts about ones life and future and lessons of living that we should really take into consideration? It does not matter your religion because I believe there is a God for us all but take as a simple lecture or as a way of living, the Bible has very cool facts that you should know and teach to others, maybe saving them from doing harm to them or to others without even knowing it.




The deepness of this book is highly ranked because it's a spiritual book that involves many hidden understandings and every time you will read it you will surely notice something new. It's spiritually guiding and will nurture your spirit and soul so that after reading it and having many examples in it oh good people and bad people you will surely have the better understanding of making a difference between good and bad and you will define them better. You do not have to be necessarily religious to read it or a Christian, you can read it as a normal human being that wants to nurture his or her soul and make a positive difference to one self.



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With some cool bible facts you will make studying the Bible interesting and fun mainly when you will learn on topics that you are interested like prophecy, angels or the life of Christ. These interesting facts may include many statistics like how many verses are in the bible or many animal lovers may be interested in how you could care better for animals or things related to them. Other people who love history will surely enjoy reading the multitude of verses that will surely contain historical information.



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A cool fact about the Bible is the fact that Nazareth is located in Galilee, thirty miles from the Mediterranean Sea and it was not mentioned in the Old Testament but it existence was known for over then 1500 years before baby Jesus was even born. There the angel appeared in front of Mary and announced her that she will have a son. After its birth, King Herod dictated that all new born to be killed and Joseph and Mary escaped to Egypt with Jesus and then came back to live in Nazareth where baby Jesus grew up. Today you may know Nazareth as En-Nasira.


In the Exodus Chapter, God states His name as ' I am who I am' on in Hebrew 'Yahweh' and this term is the most common and used term that will refer to God in the Old Testament and it will appear almost 6800 times in its original text and language. The majority of the Bibles today will translate this as "lord'. Now that is a cool fact.Another cool fact may be the statistics made up and that informs us that the Bible is translated in many languages around the world but there are still 3000 languages that have not had the chance to do so.



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Translating the Bible is really hard work because it really depends on how people will interpret some verses and maybe some will bring their own input. This will not be acceptable so after every translation, experts on the Bible and its text will analyze it and give their professional opinion. This is a very spiritual and important book so you will not want to tamper with its content. It is too important for many cultures and for too many people to do so.



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A great inspirational and cool fact about the bible is that it thinks at your state of mind. If you ever get afraid then you should think about this the next time you get scared of something or about it: in the Bible the phrase 'don't be afraid' is written 366 times and this means that it is one phrase a day for each year even the ones that have the extra leap onto them. Do remember that when you get scared next time.



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The first book in the New Testament is Matthew and he was one of the twelve disciples and he will write a book about the Jewish people just to show this culture who Jesus really was. The majority of the events that were written in this book took place between 6 BC and AD in Galilee, this being almost 6 years before Jesus was born and merely 30 years after he will die. Another cool fact about the Bible is that it has over one million words and it is the best selling book all over the world, having 66 books starting with Genesis and finishing with Revelation. It was written by tons of authors and was written over a period of 1500 years.



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The Bible is divided in two parts. The first part was called the Old Testament at it is a collection of the first 39 books and it will tell the story about how Jesus was born and raised and you will find interesting and exciting stories on how people interacted with God and valuable lessons of life. In the second part you will learn on how the Church started and about the life of Jesus and its disciples. In the last book you will learn on how life will be in the future when Jesus will come back.



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In 1063 when Queen Elizabeth died, its crown was passed on to James I who was king of Scotland for almost 37 years and he pursuit the translation of the bible. It is known today as the King James Version and it was completed in 1611.


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