Let's look at the cover page of this week's Weeklie please.
We Share the Good News --- this means we find the Good News in Jesus and the Bible.
The word 'Bible' comes from the Greek word 'to biblia' which means ' the books' or the 'the scrolls.'
There are 73 books in the Catholic Bible: 46 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament.
The books of the Bible were written by many different people. While it took over 1,000 years to write the Old Testament, it took only 50-100 years to write the New Testament
The first five books of the Bible are called The Pentateuch (penta took)
They are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
The first book of the Bible is the book of Genesis.
The last book of the Bible is the book of Revelation.
The first verse of the Bible is: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
The last verse of The Bible is: "The Grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."
The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalms 119.
The book in the BIble with shortest name is Job (pronounced with a long o)
The books in the Bible with the longest names are: 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians
The word in the Bible is: 'Mahershalalhashbaz" from Isaiah 8:3
