What? No chapters and verses?
Did you know the bible was not
originally written in chapters and verses?
Chapter and verses were added later to make reading the bible and
locating passages more convenient.
The Chapters Added In The Thirteenth Century
A man named Stephen Langton divided the Bible into chapters in the
year A.D. 1227.
Langton was a professor at the University of Paris and later he
became the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Verses Were Added In The Sixteenth Century
Robert Stephanus (Stephens), a French printer, divided the verses
for his Greek New
Testament. It was published in 1551.
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When reading the bible, keep in
mind that the chapter divisions are for convenience, not necessarily the break
between two unrelated subjects. You will
find chapters ending and the topic continued in the following chapter. This is important to remember while we are
reading. And, it will keep the
material in the context in which it was originally written, giving us deeper
insight into the Word of God.
I recently heard a message by
Jesse Duplantis, “Did you pick it up today?”
He refers in this message to the Word of God as a treasure in which you
dig and mine the treasure within it, like mining gold. Reading God’s Word opens up a treasure of
knowledge and wisdom into our lives that is immeasurable. No other source will can.
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