THE HEBREW BIBLE
VS
THE ENGLISH BIBLE
THE HEBREW BIBLE
THE "TORAH" = PENTATEUCH IN GREEK= LAW IN ENGLISH.
5 BOOKS; GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITCUS, NUMBERS, DEUTEROMY.
THE FORMER PROPHETS, 21 BOOKS.
JOSHUA, JUDGES, 1ST. SAMUEL, 2ND. SAMUEL, 1ST. KINGS, 2ND. KINGS, ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZEKIEL, HOSEA, JOEL, AMOS, OBADIAH, JONAH, MICAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, ZEPHANIAH, ZECHARIAH, MALACHI.
THE WRITINGS: 13 BOOKS,
PSALMS, PROVERBS, JOB, SONG OF SONGS, RUTH, LAMENTATIONS, ECCLESIASTES, ESTHER, DANIEL, EZRA, NEHEMIAH, 1ST. CHRONICLES, 2ND. CHRONICLES.
TOTAL 66 BOOKS; CONTAINING 1189 CHAPTERS AND 31,101 VERSES.
PSALM # 119 IS THE LONGEST CHAPTER
PSALM # 117 IS THE SHORTEST CHAPTER
PSALM # 118 IS THE CENTER CHAPTER AND VERSE # 8 OF THIS CHAPTER IS THE CENTER VERSE.
THE ENGLISH BIBLE
OLD TESTAMENT:
GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DEUTEROMY; 5 BOOKS OF THE LAW.
HISTORY [UNDER THEOCRACY] JOSHUA, JUDGES, RUTH.
[UNDER MONARCHY] 1ST. SAMUEL, 2ND. SAMUEL, 1ST. KINGS, 2ND. KINGS,
1ST. CHRONICLES, 2ND. CHRONICLES.
[POST EXILE ] EZRA, NEHEMIAH, ESTHER. TOTAL OF 12 BOOKS.
POETRY: JOB, PSALMS, PROVERBS, ECCLESIASTES. 4 BOOKS.
PROPHECY:
MAJOR PROPHETS; ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZEKIEL, DANIEL.
MINOR PROPHETS; HOSEA, JOEL, AMOS, OBADIAH, JONAH, MICAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, ZEPHANIAH, HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH, MALACHI. A TOTAL OF 16 BOOKS.
A total of 39 BOOKS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
NEW TESTAMENT:
MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN; 4 BOOKS OF THE GOSPEL.
HISTORY: ACTS OF THE APOSTLES; 1 BOOK.
JERUSALEM; WITH PETER AS THE PROMINENT FIGURE and THE HEAD OF THE JEWISH CHURCH.
ANTIOCH WITH PAUL AS THE PROMINENT FIGURE, THE HEAD OF THE GENTILE CHURCH.
THE PAULINE EPISTLES; ROMANS, 1ST. CORINTHIANS, 2ND. CORINTHIANS, GALATIONS, EPHESIANS, PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, 1ST. THESSALONIANS, 2ND. THESSALONIANS, 1ST. TIMOTHY, 2ND. TIMOTHY, TITUS, PHILEMON. 12 BOOKS.
HEBREWS; There is “NO POSITIVE PROOF OF THE AUTHOR”.
THE GENERAL EPISTLES; JAMES, 1ST. PETER, 2ND. PETER, 1ST. JOHN, 2ND. JOHN, 3RD. JOHN, JUDE. 8 BOOKS
PROPHECY:
REVELATION 1BOOK. TOTAL OF 27 BOOKS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
TOTAL OF 65 BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH BIBLE.
2 Tim 3:16-17 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works".
Matt 4:4 " But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God".
Matt 11:13-14 "For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to com". See Malachi 4: 5-6.
Luke 16:16 "The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it".
Rom 10:3-4 "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth".
Matt 22:29-30 The Sadducees came to Jesus with a question about the resurrection. and a story about seven brothers that successively married the same woman after a brother died.. [see Deut. 25: 5-10]. And"Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven".