Best Wishes

[Guest guest]

Dear Sam'ites,

Wishing you a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.

Ganesh S/..

 

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Some Xmas trivia:

 

Q:Where does the word Bible come from?

 

The word " Bible " comes from the Greek word Biblia, which means books.

The individual books of the Bible were put together to form a Bible,

a collection of books.

 

Q: How many versions of the bible are there?

 

KJV = King James Version (most popular)

NIV = New International Version

NASB = New American Standard Bible

RSV = Revised Standard Version

Darby = Darby's Translation

YLT = Young's Literal Translation

 

Q:What verse is in the middle of the Bible?

 

Psalms 118:8 is middle verse in the Bible. It reads : " It is better

to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. "

 

Q: What are The Ten Commandments?

 

1. " Thou shalt have no other gods before me. "

2. " Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness

of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth

beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. I the LORD thy God

am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the

children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. "

3. " Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain... "

4. " Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. " ...thou shalt not do

any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor

thy maidservant... "

5. " Honour thy father and thy mother:

6. " Thou shalt not kill. "

7. " Thou shalt not commit adultery. "

8. " Thou shalt not steal. "

9. " Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. "

10. " Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet

thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant... "

 

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