Bibelfacts

The Bible is the best-selling book in the world.

• Currently around 2 - 3 billion copies are sold.
• Around 200 to 300 million Bibles are sold worldwide every year.

Translations of the Bible

The Bible was written over a period of several hundred years

• The Bible was written over a period of 1550 years. (1450 B.C. to 100 A.D.)

• It tells the story of creation, kings, heroes, weaklings and other people. It also includes the story of Jesus, several letters to the ancient churches and the Book of Revelation.

The Bible was written by more than 40 individuals.

• These people did not know each other! They were also all different people, e.g. king, fisherman, doctor, tax collector, general, rabbi, ..
• It is actually impossible for all these writings to have come together in one book, as they were written at completely different times in completely different places.
• It is also impossible for a common thread to run through the entire Bible.
• And yet that is exactly what happened.

What proves that the Bible has not been changed?

• There are 4000 complete handwritten manuscripts of the Bible. In addition, there are 13,000 manuscripts of the New Testament and almost 9,000 partial manuscripts of the Old Testament.

• By analyzing these writings, it was determined that the text of the Bible is still the same.

• Many scrolls were found enclosed in clay pots in caves.

The Bible is a highly topical book.

• The Bible is the most quoted book.

• The Bible can help you in all situations in life.

• It contains extremely precise information.

• The Bible contains texts about the past as well as the future.

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