AMAZING BIBLE FACTS
144 In the Bible there is a king who had overweight; do you know who he is? He was Eglon, king of Moab (Judges 3:17).
143 Did you know that the Bible speaks about a place where there were 12 springs and 70 palms trees? That place was Elim (Exodus 15:27) It was there where Israelites settled their second camp after having crossed the Red Sea.
141 Did you know two biblical characters were called by the names of planets? Yes, they were Barnabas (called Jupiter) and Paul (called Mercury) (Acts 14:12).
140 Did you know who was the king that in his illness did not seek help from God, but from the doctors? He was king Asa, when he became seriously ill from the feet (2 Chronicles 16:12-13).
138 Did you know that John the Baptist was the greatest of the prophet though he never performed a miracle? (Luke 7:28) He was the most convincing preacher (John 10:41-42).
137 Jacob and Esau were twins, The difference between both of them was that Esau was hairy and Jacob was hairless (Genesis 25:24-26; Genesis 27:11).
134 Did you know the apostle Peter was married? We know that because Jesus healed his mother in law (Matthew 8:14-15).
133 Did you know that Paul preached the longest preaching in the Bible? “Until the sunrise” (Acts 20:7-11).
132 Did you know that John the Baptist dressed like Elijah the Tishbite did? They wore a dress of hair and around the waist a leather belt (Matthew 3:4) (2 Kings 1:8).
130 Did you know that the Benjamites had such aim that they would not fail a hair with a sling? They were very skilled. Read about it in (Judges 20:15-16).
127 There is a letter that Paul wrote to the Laodiceans, but it is not written on the bible. Only the Laodicean and the Colossian church read it back then; (Colossians 4:16) says “After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea”, Did you know it?
126 Revelations is the only book in the Bible that says that you are blessed if you read it. (Revelation 1:3) “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy”.
123 Who could we name as the first musician? It is not David, as you think. The bible mentions Jubal, son of Adah, who was the wife of Lamech, and ancestor of those who “play the harp and flute” (Genesis 4:21) We might dare to mention that he was the first musician or the father of all musicians.
122 Did you know that Bible mentions 6 Judas?
- The son of James, and the Iscariot (Luke 6:16)
- One of the brothers of Jesus (Matthew 13:55)
- The Galilean (Acts 5:37)
- A disciple from Damascus that welcomed Paul to his home, on the straight street (Acts 9:11)
- A «prophet» sent from Jerusalem to Antioch (Acts 15:22).
121 Did you know that besides Sodom and Gomorrah, there were other cities that were destroyed with fire and sulfur? They were Admah and Zeboiim (Deuteronomy 29:23).
117 Do you know what the 30 pieces of silver, for which Judas betrayed Jesus Christ, are equivalent to? (Matthew 26:14-16). Back then, that was the equivalent to 4 months of payment of a common worker. For that amount he did not only betrayed Jesus but also gave him to his pursuers. (Matthew 26:47-48).
116 Did you know Samson killed more people at the time of his death than in his entire life? (Judges 16:30).
115 Besides of Jesus, Bible talks about a man who was the meekest in the world, Do you know who he was? The patriarch Moses. (Numbers 12:3).
114 ¿Did you know that pharaoh pursued Israel people with 600 chariots (Exodus 14:7), and then they were all under the sea (Exodus 14:26-27)? God gave the victory to his people.
