Bible Trivia
Bible Trivia

You think you scream a lot at sporting events or pep rallies? Top this: An Ephesian mob chanted for two hours in unison, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" (Acts 19:34).


A guy named Dodo is listed in the Bible (Judges 10:1).


Jehu was the original reckless driver (2 Kings 9:20).


Ben-Hur is found in the Bible (1 Kings 9:20).


In 1631 an English Bible printer forgot the NOT in one of the Ten Commandments. Here's how his mistake in Exodus 20:14 read: "Thou shalt commit adultery." Because of this colossal good, the edition became known as the Wicked Bible, and the printer had to pay a large fine.


An edition of the Bible printed at Cambridge, England in 1653 contained the following printer's error: "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall inherit the kingdom of God"? (1 Corinthians 6:9).


Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), Archbishop of Canterbury, reportedly memorized the entire Bible! Some historians record that it took him only three months to accomplish this amazing feat!


At an average pace one can read the Bible out loud in seventy hours and forty minutes. 1