- The word bible means “book.” It comes from the Greek word biblios, which originated in the Greek city of the Bylos.
- This city was the largest importer of papyrus in the ancient world, and it is also the primary center for producing books.
- I refer to the Bible as God’s Word, which stands above any books in history. Many Bibles were printed, distributed, and read in ancient times and throughout history. I would say that when Jesus was on earth in the New Testament, any word printed in red ink was His Word, spoken by Him.
- However, I imply that the Bible is not a typical book. It’s the Hagios (which means “sacred” in Greek) Biblios, the Holy Bible, or “set apart.”
- The Bible is history’s most-read, best-selling, and most-translated book. It’s been translated and is available in many languages and dialects today. I learned from what I read that it was written in three languages over 1600 years from all walks of life. However, most of them didn’t live in a similar period, though they all got part of the same story.
- A unique group wrote the Bible of prophets, prisoners, poets, kings, soldiers, shepherds, priests, princes, historians, fishers, tax collectors, businesspeople, scholars, and physicians.+++
