Wycliffe's Bible

(KJV)     

Old Testament     

New Testament   

Total Bible

Number of books  

39

27 

66

Chapters 

929

260 

1,189

Verses 

23,214 

 7,959

31,173

Words 

592,439 

181,253 

773,692

Letters  

2,728,100 

838,380 

3,566,480

Longest book of the Old Testament   

Psalms

Longest book of the New Testament  

Luke

Shortest book of the Old Testament    

Obadiah

Shortest book of the New Testament  

3 John

Middle book of the Old Testament   

Proverbs

Middle book of the New Testament   

2 Thessalonians

Middle chapter of the Old Testament      

Job 29

Middle chapter of the New Testament 

 Romans 13

Shortest chapter in the Bible   

 Psalm 117

Longest chapter in the Bible 

 Psalm 119

Shortest verse in the Old Testament    

1 Chronicles 1:25

Shortest verse in the New Testament   

 John 11:35

Longest verse in the Bible  

Esther 8:9

God occurs   

4,379 times

Lord occurs      

7,738 times

Fear occurs    

397 times

Hell occurs 

53 times

Oldest man 

969 years-Gen 5:27

Person that had a bed 13 1/2 ft long

Deut 3:11

A man with twelve fingers and toes 

2 Sam 21:20

A father that had eighty-eight children 

2 Chr 11:21

BOOK

1

BOOK NAME:

Genesis.  Origin; generation; source; begetting; the first book of Moses.

THEME:

BY: 

Moses

DATE WRITTEN:

1450 B.C.-1400 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

The beginning to 1620 B.C.; Chapter 12 to the end—1921 B.C.-1689 B.C.

FOR/TO:

A general record

WHERE WRITTEN:

In the wilderness

STATISTICS:

50 chapters, 1533 verses, 38,267 words

MISC:

From the Creation to Joseph.

BOOK

2

BOOK NAME:

Exodus. Departure, going out; the second book of Moses.

THEME:

Deliverance from Egypt

BY:

Moses

DATE WRITTEN:

1450 B.C.-1400 B.C., 1580 B.C.-1230 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

1677 B.C.-1461 B.C., 1530 B.C.-1450 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The Israelites

WHERE WRITTEN:

In the wilderness

STATISTICS:

40 chapters, 1213 verses, 32,692 words

MISC:

Joseph through the descendants of Jacob

The Exodus

Moses:  40 years thinking he was somebody

               40 years learning he was nobody

               40 years discovering what God can do with a nobody.

BOOK

3

BOOK NAME:

Leviticus.  He called; pertaining to the Levite, of the Levites; the book of atonement, the book of laws; the third book of Moses.

THEME:

Genesis-man ruined; Exodus-man redeemed; Leviticus-man worshipping

BY:

Moses (Ezra 6:18 refers to the book of Moses)

DATE WRITTEN:

1450 B.C.-1400 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

1462 B.C.-1461 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The Israelites

WHERE WRITTEN:

In the wilderness, Mt Sinai region

STATISTICS:

27 chapters, 859 verses, 24,546 words

MISC:

Without Leviticus, the powerful message of the cross is more difficult to understand—Holiness, sacrifice, atonement, and dedication.

BOOK  

4

BOOK NAME:

Numbers.  In the wilderness; the book of the march; the fourth book of Moses.

THEME: 

Walk, worship, service

BY: 

Moses named as the author more than 80 times

DATE WRITTEN:

1450 B.C.-1400 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

1461 B.C.-1423 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The Israelites

WHERE WRITTEN:

In the wilderness, Mt Sinai

STATISTICS:

36 chapters, 1288 verses, 32,902 or 32,092words

MISC:

Chapters 1-21 wilderness years; 26-36 new generation, covers about 39 years.

BOOK

5

BOOK NAME:

Deuteronomy.  These are the words; a copy of the Law; this second law; the second law giving; repetition of the Law; the fifth book of Moses. 

THEME:

Renewal of the Covenant; God is One

BY:

Moses (Deut 31:9, 24); also describes his death—34:5-12.

DATE WRITTEN:

1450 B.C.-1400 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

1423 B.C.-1422 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The Israelites

WHERE WRITTEN:

In the wilderness, on the banks of Jordan

STATISTICS:

34 chapters, 959 verses, 28,461 words

MISC:

More than 80 references to this book in the New Testament.

BOOK

6

BOOK NAME: 

Joshua.  Jehovah is salvation

THEME:

Conquering the Land

BY:

Joshua, or perhaps Phinehas, Eleazar, Samuel, or Jeremiah

DATE WRITTEN:

1370 B.C.-1330 B.C., before 1200 B.C., 1235 B.C., 1410 B.C.-1390 B.C. 

DATES COVERED:

1422 B.C.-1362 B.C.

FOR/TO: 

The Israelites

WHERE WRITTEN:

Canaan

STATISTICS:

24 chapters, 685 verses, 18,858 words

MISC:

BOOK  

7

BOOK NAME:

Judges

THEME:

Compromise and confusion

BY:

Unknown, a contemporary of Samuel, Samuel, Phinehas, Hezekiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Ezra

DATE WRITTEN:

1050 B.C.-1000 B.C., 1390 B.C.-1350 B.C., 1300 B.C.-1050 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

1416 B.C.-1065 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The Israelites

WHERE WRITTEN:

Canaan

STATISTICS:

21 chapters, 618 verses, 18,976 words

MISC:

BOOK

  8

BOOK NAME

Ruth

THEME:

God works through the joys and tragedies of life, famine, death, loneliness, etc., to fulfill the purpose of God—the birth of Christ of which Ruth had a part in the lineage; love, kinsman, redeemer.

BY:

Unknown, Samuel by tradition, Hezekiah, Ezra

DATE WRITTEN:

Unknown, 10^th century B.C. to 400 B.C., 399 B.C.-300 B.C., 1100 B.C., about the time of David

DATES COVERED:

1261 B.C.-1251 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The Israelites

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown

STATISTICS:

4 chapters, 85 verses, 2,578 words

MISC:

Ruth was a Moabitess.

BOOK

9

BOOK NAME:

First Samuel

THEME:

Samuel, Saul, and David

BY:

Uncertain, Samuel and Abiathar, a son of the prophets, or possibly others

DATE WRITTEN:

1000 B.C.-950 B.C., 11^th century B.C., 1070 B.C.-1011 B.C., 1000 B.C.-850 B.C.

DATES COVERED

1126 B.C.-1025 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The Israelites

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown

STATISTICS:

31 chapters, 810 verses, 25,061 words

MISC:

Parts occurred after Samuel’s death.  First and Second Samuel were one book.  Sometimes they were entitled First and Second Kings; First and Second Kings were Third and Fourth Kings.

BOOK

10

BOOK NAME:

Second Samuel

THEME: 

Begins with the death of Saul and follows David’s reign

BY:

Uncertain, Samuel and Abiathar, a son of the prophets, or possibly others

DATE WRITTEN:

10^th century B.C., 1011 B.C.-975 B.C., 1000 B.C.-850B.C.

DATES COVERED:

1025 B.C.-988 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The leaders of Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown

STATISTICS:

24 chapters, 695 verses, 20,612 words

MISC:

First and Second Samuel were one book.  Sometimes they were entitled First and Second Kings; and First and Second Kings was Third and Fourth Kings.

BOOK

11

BOOK NAME:

First Kings

THEME:

A kingdom united, then divided  

BY:

Unknown, perhaps a Jewish captive; Jeremiah by tradition

DATE WRITTEN:

562 B.C.-536 B.C., over a period ending by the 6^th century B.C., 971 B.C.-850 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

1025 B.C.-864 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The people of Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown, perhaps in the area of Babylon

STATISTICS:

22 chapters, 816 verses, 24,524 words

MISC:

First and Second Kings were originally known as Third and Fourth Kings.  Some think Jeremiah wrote it, as Jeremiah 52 and 2 Kings 24, 25 nearly identical.

BOOK

12

BOOK NAME:

Second Kings

THEME:

Exploits of the kings of Judah and Israel

BY:

Unknown, perhaps a Jewish captive;  Jeremiah by tradition; probably the same person that wrote 1^st Kings 

DATE WRITTEN:

562 B.C.-536 B.C., over a period ending by the 6^th  century B.C., 971 B.C.-850 B.C., 852 B.C.-586 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

870 B.C.-561 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The people of Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown, perhaps in the area of Babylon

STATISTICS:

25 chapters, 719 verses, 23,532 words

MISC:

First and Second Kings were originally known as Third and Fourth Kings.  Some think Jeremiah wrote it, as Jeremiah 52 and 2 Kings 24, 25 nearly identical.

BOOK

13

BOOK NAME:

First Chronicles.  The affairs of the days

THEME:

Genealogy and history of Israel

BY:

Ezra by tradition

DATE WRITTEN:

500 B.C.-450 B.C., written about 100 years after Kings, 5^th century B.C., 360 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

1699 B.C.-444 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The people of Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown

STATISTICS:

29 chapters, 942 verses, 20,369 words

MISC:

First and Second Chronicles were once one.  First and Second Chronicles and Ezra perhaps one history.            

BOOK

14

BOOK NAME:

Second Chronicles

THEME:

The greatness of Judah

BY: 

Ezra by tradition

DATE WRITTEN: 

500 B.C.-450 B.C., written about 100 years after Kings, 5^th century B.C., 330 B.C., 971 B.C.-609 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

1015 B.C.-539 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The people of Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown

STATISTICS:

36 chapters, 822 verses, 26,074 words

MISC: 

First and Second Chronicles were once one.  First and Second Chronicles and Ezra perhaps one history.

BOOK  

15

BOOK NAME:

Ezra

THEME:

The return and rebuilding

BY:

Probably Ezra

DATE WRITTEN:

456 B.C.-444 B.C., 444 B.C.-398 B.C., 538 B.C.-457 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

1723 B.C.-457 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The people of Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown, perhaps Jerusalem

STATISTICS:

10 chapters, 280 verses, 7,441 words

MISC:

Spans about 80 years, beginning about 538 B.C.  Nehemiah, First and Second Chronicles, and Ezra considered a literary work (called Priestly History of Israel). 

BOOK

16

BOOK NAME:

Nehemiah.  Also called Second Ezra

THEME:

Rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls and problems

BY:

Nehemiah and later scribes

DATE WRITTEN:

420 B.C., 445 B.C.-432 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

536 B..C-432 B.C., 445 B.C.-425 B.C., about 20 years

FOR/TO:

The people of Israel

WHERE WRITTEN: 

Unknown, perhaps Jerusalem

STATISTICS:

13 chapters, 406 verses, 10,483 words

MISC:

Artaxerxes I, whom Nehemiah served as cupbearer, was the son of Ahasuerus (Xerxes), who took Esther to be his queen.

BOOK

17

BOOK NAME:

Esther.  The volume of Esther

THEME:

Divine providence of God.  

BY:

Unknown, a Jew who lived in Persia; not Mordecai-10:2,3

DATE WRITTEN:

After 456 B.C., 5^th century B.C., 486 B.C.-465 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

598 B.C.-473 B.C., 485 B.C.-473 B.C., 10 years

FOR/TO:

The people of Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown

STATISTICS:

10 chapters, 167 verses, 5637 words

MISC:

Esther, a person whose name meant star, her Hebrew name was Hadassah-2:7.  Jerusalem, the temple of God, and the name of God are omitted.  This book fits in between the 6^th and 7^th chapters of Ezra. The deuterocanon adds 6 chapters to Esther that most Protestant Bibles do not contain.

BOOK

18

BOOK NAME:

Job

THEME:

Suffering and service

BY:

Unknown, perhaps Job, Moses, Elihu, Solomon, or Isaiah

DATE WRITTEN:

Unknown, perhaps during Solomon’s time, 900 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

1997 B.C.-1827 B.C., 2000 B.C., unknown

FOR/TO:

No specific people

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown

STATISTICS:

42 chapters, 1070 verses, 10,102 words

MISC:

Poetical, wisdom books—Job, Proverbs, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Song of Solomon.  Uz—perhaps in the area of Idumaea, unknown, perhaps southern Lebanon.  Some consider this to be the oldest book in the Bible.  Mentioned by Ezekiel 14:14,20. Job pleads for death, then mercy, but no response.  He wishes someone to resolve the quarrel between them; then finally faces problems with courage and asks God to bring him through painful trials (16:18-17:3) (19:25-27).

BOOK

19

BOOK NAME:

Psalms.  To the collection; praises; book of praises

THEME:

Conquest of fear by faith, praise, and trust

Book 1        1-41       Reflect Genesis

Book 2      41-72       Israel’s cry for deliverance to Israel’s king

Book 3      73-89       Sanctuary—dominant note, parallel Leviticus

Book 4      90-106     Corresponds to Numbers, the fourth book of Moses

Book 5    107-150     Linked with Deuteronomy, God’s Word
  

Selah—meaning unknown, many opinions—pause in the music accompanying a psalm or prayer;  suspension (of music) as a pause.

BY:

72 credited to David, but he may not be the author of some.  12 to Asaph, 12 to sons of Korah, 2 to Solomon (72 and 127), 1 to Ethan, and 1 to Moses.  All, but 34, bear some title as a superscription; about 50 anonymous.  Titles based on traditions.

DATE WRITTEN:

Unknown, some contain elements varying by more than a thousand years

DATES COVERED: 

1423 B.C.-444 B.C., unknown

FOR/TO:

The Jewish people

WHERE WRITTEN:

Many places

STATISTICS:

150 chapters, 2461 verses, 43,743 words

MISC:

BOOK

20

BOOK NAME:

Proverbs

THEME:

Moral and ethical principles; wisdom; the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom-Pv 9:10

BY:

Solomon—1 to 22:16; Agur and mother of King Lemuel latter portions of Pv 30, 31?  Solomon also credited with 25 to 29; author unknown—22:17 to 24:34 and 30:1 to 31:31 

DATE WRITTEN: 

10^th century B.C., 970 B.C.-930 B.C., 900 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

982 B.C.-961 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Young people

WHERE WRITTEN:

Jerusalem

STATISTICS:

31 chapters, 915 verses, 15,043 words

MISC:

Chapters:
  1-9               Contrasts good and evil; wisdom calls the simple to forsake sin; the harlot calls him to indulgence.

10:1-22:16     Treatment; through chapter 15 by contrast "but;"  wisdom and folly; the fool, scorner, slothful, froward.

22:17-24:22

24:23-24:34

25:1-29:27

30:1-31:31

Other breakdowns:

  1-10           Counsel for young men

11-20           Counsel for all men

21-31           Counsel for kings and rulers

31                Women’s rights (also called)

BOOK

21

BOOK NAME:

Ecclesiastes.  Assembly; one who assembles; one who collects; one who addresses an assembly; preacher; member of the assembly

THEME:

Earthly goals lead to emptiness; happiness through science, philosophy, pleasure, mirth, drinking, building, possessions, wealth, music, materialism—all are empty.  He tried fatalism, natural religion, wealth, morality—all are empty.

BY:

Unknown.  Solomon by tradition; however, many believe it was someone else.

DATE WRITTEN:

Tenth century B.C., 962-922 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

947 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Young people

WHERE WRITTEN:

Jerusalem

STATISTICS:

12 chapters, 222 verses, 5,584 words

MISC:

Solomon used as the central character.  Vanity—emptiness or meaningless.  "Under the sun" may mean without God in the world. Remembering the Creator means a young person must come to the recognition that he is not the Creator or the master of his own life. "Under the sun" occurs about 29 times.  God gives meaning to life—all else is vanity and meaningless.

BOOK

22

BOOK NAME:

Song of Solomon.  Song of songs; best of the songs

THEME:

God’s love

BY:

Perhaps Solomon by tradition

DATE WRITTEN:

Tenth century B.C., 962 B.C.-922 B.C., 1014 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

962 B.C.

FOR/TO:

To the bride

WHERE WRITTEN:

Jerusalem

STATISTICS:

8 chapters, 117 verses, 2661 words

MISC: 

The Jews regarded it as a song expressing the love relationship between God and His chosen people.  Also regarded as between Solomon and his wife.  Typical—Christ and the church, plus other views.

BOOK

23

BOOK NAME:

Isaiah.  Jehovah is salvation

THEME:

Messiah

BY:

Isaiah

DATE WRITTEN:

740 B.C.-698 B.C., 8^th century B.C., 750 B.C.-680 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

From Lucifer fallen to 539 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Judah and the Jewish nation

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown, perhaps Jerusalem

STATISTICS:

66 chapters, 1292 verses, 37,044 words

MISC:

He was martyred by being sawn asunder-ref Heb 11:37, tradition says by king Manasseh.

BOOK

24

BOOK NAME:

Jeremiah.  The appointed one of the Lord

THEME:

Judgment is at hand

BY:

Jeremiah, recorded by his scribe Baruch

DATE WRITTEN:

640 B.C.-577 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

From the earth without form and void to 539 B.C., 7th century B.C.

FOR/TO:

Mainly Jews in Judah

WHERE WRITTEN:

Perhaps Jerusalem

STATISTICS:

52 chapters, 1364 verses, 42,659 words

MISC:

Some believe Jeremiah died in Egypt.  Tradition says that Jewish refugees stoned him to death in Egypt.

BOOK

25

BOOK NAME:

Lamentations.  Ah, howl, alas, cry aloud, or lament

THEME:

Mourning for Jerusalem shows there comes a time when prayers will not be answered, and whatsoever a man sows, he shall reap.

BY:

Jeremiah-2 Chr 35:25

DATE WRITTEN:

Perhaps 640 B.C.-586 B.C., about 586 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

586 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Exiles in Babylon

WHERE WRITTEN:

Jerusalem

STATISTICS:

5 chapters, 154 verses, 3415 words

MISC:

Five poems—one for each chapter.  The first four each have 22 stanzas.  The fifth also has 22, but not alphabetical as the first 4.  The fifth one is more of a prayer.  

BOOK

26

BOOK NAME:

Ezekiel.  God strengthens

THEME:

Judgment and glory

BY:

Ezekiel

DATE WRITTEN:

6^th century B.C., 593 B.C.-570 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

Thou hast been in Eden to 571 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Exiles in Babylon

WHERE WRITTEN:

Babylon

STATISTICS:

48 chapters, 1273 verses, 39,407 words

MISC:

BOOK

27

BOOK NAME:

Daniel

THEME:

Rise and fall of kingdoms

BY:

Daniel

DATE WRITTEN:

Perhaps 605 B.C.-536 B.C., 6^th century B.C. 

DATES COVERED:

605 B.C.-537 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Exiles in Babylon

WHERE WRITTEN:

Babylon

STATISTICS:

12 chapters, 357 verses, 11,606 words

MISC:

Daniel lived under three rulers:

1.    Nebuchadnezzar-Babylon

2.    Darius the Mede (Median)

3.    Cyrus (Persian)

BOOK

28

BOOK NAME:

Hosea

THEME:

Redeeming love

BY: 

Hosea

DATE WRITTEN:

755 B.C.-715 B.C., about 760 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

770 B.C.-723 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Northern ten tribes

WHERE WRITTEN:

The northern kingdom of Israel

STATISTICS:

14 chapters, 197 verses, 5175 words

MISC:

Prophesied to the northern kingdom about the time of Isaiah.  Hosea called the prophet with the broken heart—Hosea’s marriage.  Likewise, Israel’s unfaithfulness to the Lord is depicted as a wife who has turned her back on a faithful husband in order to follow evil lovers.

BOOK

29

BOOK NAME:

Joel.  Jehovah is God

THEME:

The day of the Lord is coming.  The attitude of a man’s heart and life before the Lord will determine his reaction to that day.

BY:

Joel

DATE WRITTEN:

About 837 B.C.-795 B.C., about 400 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

Unable to determine accurately, perhaps 836 B.C.-828 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Two southern tribes

WHERE WRITTEN:

Southern kingdom

STATISTICS:

3 chapters, 73 verses, 2034 words 

MISC:

Scholars disagree when Joel lived.  Some believe he lived around 830 B.C., others believe about 400 B.C.

BOOK

30

BOOK NAME:

Amos.  Burden-bearer

THEME:

Judgment on sin

BY:

Amos

DATE WRITTEN: 

Middle of the 8^th century B.C., 765 B.C.-750 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

764 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

New Jerusalem

STATISTICS: 

9 chapters, 146 verses, 4217 words

MISC:

Prophesied in the northern kingdom and aroused antagonism.  He returned to Judah.  Because Israel will not repent, there is nothing left but destruction.  The prophet of God often comes into conflict with the religious institutions of his day.  Man’s understanding of God and His purpose will always be distorted by his own sin and selfish interests.  People do not recognize just how sinful and self-centred one really is and how deceitful the heart can be.

BOOK

31

BOOK NAME:

Obadiah.  Servant of the Lord; worshipper of the Lord

THEME:

The doom of Edom

BY:

Obadiah

DATE WRITTEN:

About 586 B.C., 6^th century B.C., 848 B.C.-841 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

864 B.C.

FOR/TO:

The Edomites

WHERE WRITTEN:

Judah

STATISTICS:

1 chapter, 21 verses, 670 words

MISC:

Shortest Old Testament book

BOOK

32

BOOK NAME:

Jonah

THEME:

The mercy of God

BY:

Jonah (2 Ki 14:25) (Mt 12:39-42)

DATE WRITTEN:

8^th century B.C., 790 B.C.-749 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

767 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Israel

WHERE WRITTEN: 

Israel

STATISTICS:

4 chapters, 48 verses, 1321 words

MISC:

BOOK

33

BOOK NAME:

Micah.  Who is like Yahweh?

THEME:

Judgment and pardon

BY:

Micah

DATE WRITTEN:

740 B.C.-687 B.C., 8^th century B.C.

DATES COVERED:

744 B.C.-704 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Judah and Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

Judah

STATISTICS:

7 chapters, 105 verses, 3153 words

MISC:                           

Lived and prophesied in the southern kingdom.  He condemned the sins of the northern kingdom.  One of the greatest passages in the Bible is Micah’s summary of true religion: Micah 6:8-What doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

BOOK

34

BOOK NAME:

Nahum.  Consolation; consoler; burden

THEME:

The burden of Nineveh

BY:

Nahum

DATE WRITTEN:

Before 612 B.C., 630 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

635 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Nineveh

WHERE WRITTEN:

Possibly Judah

STATISTICS:

3 chapters, 47 verses, 1285 words

MISC:

BOOK

35

BOOK NAME:

Habakkuk.  To embrace; the embracer; one who embraces

THEME:

The righteous shall live by faith

BY:

Habakkuk

DATE WRITTEN:

Unknown, perhaps 640 B.C. to 598 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

Uncertain, possibly  606 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Judah

WHERE WRITTEN:

Judah

STATISTICS:

3 chapters, 56 verses, 1474 words

MISC:

Faith is repentance and humble trust in God.  It is faithfulness, steadfast obedience to God.  Faith is a whole way of life, a daily dependence upon God.  When everything has gone wrong, and all possessions have been lost, and there is not anything to eat, faith will still rejoice in the God of his salvation.  Faith says that God alone is enough.

BOOK

36

BOOK NAME: 

Zephaniah.  The Lord hides; whom Jehovah hides or shelters

THEME:

The day of the Lord

BY:

Zephaniah

DATE WRITTEN:

App 627 B.C.-607 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

624 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Judah

WHERE WRITTEN:

Judah

STATISTICS:

3 chapters, 53 verses, 1617 words

MISC:

BOOK

37

BOOK NAME:

Haggai

THEME:

Rebuilding the temple

BY:

Haggai

DATE WRITTEN:

520 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

521 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Restored Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

Jerusalem

STATISTICS:

2 chapters, 38 verses, 1131 words

MISC:

BOOK

38

BOOK NAME:

Zechariah.  The Lord remembers

THEME:

The coming of Messiah

BY:

Zechariah

DATE WRITTEN:

520 B.C.-487 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

521 B.C.-494 B.C.

FOR/TO:

Restored Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

Jerusalem

STATISTICS:

14 chapters, 211 verses, 6444 words

MISC:

1-8       Call to repentance

9-14     The future of Israel and God’s people

(8 visions of Zechariah)

BOOK  

39

BOOK NAME:

Malachi.  The messenger of Jehovah; the messenger of the Lord

THEME:

Rebuke

BY:

Malachi

DATE WRITTEN:

Unknown, perhaps 433 B.C.-400 B.C.

DATES COVERED:

Unknown 

FOR/TO:

Israel

WHERE WRITTEN:

Judah

STATISTICS:

4 chapters, 55 verses, 1782 words

MISC: 

BOOK

40

BOOK NAME:

Matthew.   Gift of God

THEME:

The emphasis seems to be on the fact that Jesus is Israel’s promised Messiah—the One that would establish the Kingdom.  Emphasis is placed on the fact that He is the Son of David—of royal descent.

BY:

The apostle Matthew (a tax collector)

DATE WRITTEN:

Approximately A.D. 37 to 50 

DATES COVERED:

From Abraham to just before Jesus ascended to heaven

FOR/TO:

WHERE WRITTEN:

Perhaps written in Judea, perhaps Jerusalem

STATISTICS:

28 chapters, 1071 verses, 23,684 words

MISC:

There are approximately 93 Old Testament quotes or allusions

BOOK

41

BOOK NAME:

Mark

THEME:

The emphasis seems to be on Jesus being the Son of God and discipleship.  Jesus is revealed as the Son of God and suffering, obedient servant of God the Father, Who gave up His life as a ransom for the sin of others in submission to God’s will.

BY:

Mark.  The name of  Yochanan (John) is the original Hebrew name.  The name of Mark (the Latin name) (or Roman prefix which was later added) means “Polite Shining”.  He is believed to be the same one mentioned in the New Testament in Acts 12:12, 25; 13:5, 13; 15:37, 39; Col 4:10; 2 Tim 4:11; Phile. 24; 1 Pe 5:13.  He was a Jewish believer, and his home was in Jerusalem.  He was the son of Mary who lived in Jerusalem, whose house Peter came to after he was delivered from prison.  He was a travel companion of Peter, Paul, and Barnabas.

DATE WRITTEN:

Approximately A.D. 65 to 70.  Some believe A.D. 60.

DATES COVERED:

From John the Baptist to after the ascension of Jesus into heaven

FOR/TO:

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown

STATISTICS:  

16 chapters, 678 verses, 15,171 words

MISC:                            

Approximately 49 Old Testament quotes

BOOK

42

BOOK NAME:

Luke 

THEME:

The emphasis seems to be on the humanity of Christ.  He is the Son of Man that had been rejected by Israel.  As a result, Jesus has preached to the Gentiles also.  Jesus is presented as the universal Savior—the Savior of the poor and rich, male and female, Jew and Gentile, slave and free.

BY:

Luke (the physician).  At a later time, he also wrote Acts as a sequel to the Gospel of Luke. 

DATE WRITTEN:

Approximately A.D. 58 to 60

DATES COVERED:

From Adam to after Jesus ascended to heaven

FOR/TO:

Addressed to Theophilus, perhaps a community leader, or government or Roman official.  

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown, some believe possibly Caesarea or Rome

STATISTICS:

24 chapters, 1151 verses, 25,944 words

MISC:

Approximately 80 quotes from the Old Testament

BOOK

43

BOOK NAME:

John

THEME:

The emphasis seems to be on showing the full deity of Jesus.  Jesus is revealed as the Word that was made flesh in chapter one.  Near the end of the Gospel in 20:28, Thomas said, “My Lord and my God.”  Jesus is clearly presented as the Christ (or Messiah), the Son of God through many miracles.

BY:

The apostle John

DATE WRITTEN:

Approximately A.D. 85-90

DATES COVERED:

From “In the beginning” to just prior to Jesus ascending to be with His Father

FOR/TO:

WHERE WRITTEN:

Probably at Ephesus

STATISTICS:

21 chapters, 878 verses, 19,099 words

MISC:

Approximately 30 quotes from the Old Testament.  To record Jesus’ signs (20:30,31) so readers would believe in Jesus-ref 20:31.

BOOK

 44

BOOK NAME:

Acts of the Apostles

THEME:

Primarily the acts of Peter and Paul

BY:

Luke (the physician).  He also wrote the Gospel of Luke at an earlier time.

DATE WRITTEN:

About A.D. 62

DATES COVERED:

FOR/TO:

Theophilus (a Gentile convert)

WHERE WRITTEN:

Unknown

STATISTICS:

28 chapters, 1007 verses, 24,250 words

MISC:

Luke and Acts are as 2 volumes of the same work. 

BOOK

45

BOOK NAME:

Romans

THEME:

BY:

Paul

DATE WRITTEN:

A.D. 55-59

DATES COVERED:

FOR/TO:

To the believers in Rome

WHERE WRITTEN:

On 3^rd missionary trip, Corinth in Greece, or Philippi in Greece

STATISTICS:

16 chapters, 433 verses, 9447 words

MISC:

BOOK

46

BOOK NAME:

First Corinthians

THEME:

BY:

Paul

DATE WRITTEN:

A.D. 53-56

DATES COVERED:

FOR/TO:

The Corinthian church

WHERE WRITTEN:

Ephesus-1 Cor 16:8; some say, Philippi

STATISTICS:

16 chapters, 437 verses, 9489 words

MISC: 

Much opposition to Paul’s preaching

BOOK

47

BOOK NAME:

Second Corinthians

THEME:

BY:

Paul

DATE WRITTEN:

A.D. 54-57; about 1 year after First Corinthians

DATES COVERED:

FOR/TO:

The Corinthian church

WHERE WRITTEN:

Probably Philippi or Macedonia

STATISTICS:

13 chapters, 257 verses, 6092 words

MISC:

Much about Paul in this epistle.  Paul thought he would meet Titus at Troas.  He was troubled Titus was not there.  He went to Macedonia and found him.

BOOK

48

BOOK NAME:

Galatians

THEME:

BY:

Paul

DATE WRITTEN:

Various opinions range from as early as A.D. 48 to as late as A.D. 62, with perhaps A.D. 53 to 56 the most probable.

DATES COVERED:

FOR/TO:

The Galatians

WHERE WRITTEN:

Ephesus or Macedonia; alternate views are Antioch, Rome, or Corinth

STATISTICS:

6 chapters, 149 verses, 3098 words

MISC:

Paul was upset about certain Jewish believers trying to impose circumcision and the Mosaic law on the Galatians.  

BOOK

49

BOOK NAME:

Ephesians

THEME:

BY:

Paul

DATE WRITTEN:

A.D. 60-62

DATES COVERED:

FOR/TO:

The church at Ephesus

WHERE WRITTEN:

From Rome

STATISTICS:

6 chapters, 155 verses, 3039 words

MISC:

Colossians, Philemon, and Philippians called prison epistles.  Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon believed to be all dispatched at the same time.  Eph 1-3 tells believers what they are in Christ, 4-6 what they should do because they are in Christ.  Some consider Ephesians offers the greatest insight in all the Bible.

BOOK

50

BOOK NAME:

Philippians

THEME:

BY: