How Many Chapters in the Bible – New Testament and Old Testament Total Number

One interesting fact about the holy bible is to know how many chapters the catholic Bible has in each book.

Each of the books of the holly Bible is divided into different sections: chapters, biblical verses and psalms.

how many chapters in the bible

How many total chapters are there in the bible

In total, the whole Bible is composed of 1,189 chapters. They are divided between the Old Testament and the New Testament.

In turn, these chapters are formed by verses. And, as data the Bible has 3,566,480 letters as a whole.

 

How many chapters in each book of the bible

How many chapters does the Old Testament have?

The books of the Old Testament were written between the years 1,400-400 a.C. In short, the Old Testament has 920 chapters distributed in its 46 books.

 

  • Genesis 50
  • Exodus 40
  • Leviticus 27
  • Numbers 36
  • Deuteronomy 34
  • Joshua 24
  • Judges 21
  • Rut 4
  • 1 Samuel 31
  • 2 Samuel 24
  • 1 Kings 22
  • 2 ° Kings 25
  • 1 Chronicles 29
  • 2nd Chronicles 36
  • Ezra 10
  • Nehemiah 13
  • Esther 10
  • Job 42
  • Psalm 150
  • Proverbs 31
  • Ecclesiastes 12
  • Song 8
  • Isaiah 66
  • Jeremiah 52
  • Lamentations 5
  • Ezequiel 48
  • Daniel 12
  • Hosea 14
  • Joel 13
  • Amos 9
  • Obadiah 1
  • Jonah 4
  • Micah 7
  • Nahum 3
  • Habacuc 3
  • Zephaniah 3
  • Haggai 2
  • Zacarias 14
  • Malachi 4

 

How many chapters does the New Testament have?

On the other hand the books of the New Testament were written after the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. In total, the new Testament has 260 chapters, which in this piece are divided among 27 books.

 

  • Gospel of Matthew 28
  • Gospel of Mark 16
  • Gospel of Luke 24
  • Gospel of John 21
  • Acts of the Apostles 18
  • Epistle to the Romans 16
  • First Epistle to the Corinthians 16
  • Second Epistle to the Corinthians 13
  • Epistle to the Galatians 6
  • Epistle to the Ephesians 6
  • Epistle to the Philippians 4
  • Epistle to Colossians 4
  • First Epistle to the Thessalonians 5
  • Second Epistle to the Thessalonians 3
  • First Epistle to Timothy 6
  • Second Epistle to Timothy 4
  • Epistle to Titus 3
  • Epistle to Philemon 1
  • Epistle to the Hebrews 13
  • Epistle of James 5
  • First Epistle of Saint Peter 5
  • Second Epistle of Saint Peter 3
  • First Epistle of Saint John 5
  • Second Epistle of Saint John 1
  • Third Epistle of Saint John 1
  • Epistle of Saint Jude 1
  • Apocalypse of Saint John 22

 

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